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New rules put participants, not perks, at the centre of NDIS referrals
New rules put participants, not perks, at the centre of NDIS referrals From late November 2026, NDIS providers will no longer be allowed to offer gifts, rewards or other incentives to win or keep clients. The ban is part of the Securing the NDIS for Future Generations...
The Most Important Growth Often Happens in the Adults around the Participant
Picture a fortnightly behaviour support visit for a seven-year-old. The practitioner arrives, says hello, spends some time watching him play, and then sits down at the kitchen table. With his mum. Later there’s a phone call with his teacher, and a short chat with Nan,...
Insight PBS Launches Impact Statements
Insight PBS launches free Behaviour Support Impact Statement to help people get the support they need A free, person-centred template gives participants, families and Support Coordinators one clear, shared way to show the NDIA what is happening and what support is...
Understanding Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Every parent and teacher has met the moment. You give a simple instruction. The child says no. You repeat it, firmer. Louder no. You threaten a consequence. They dig in like the fate of nations depends on this argument about a school bag. Ten minutes later you’re in a...
What Makes a Quality Behaviour Support Plan?
A deeper understanding of how behaviour support plans are actually scored, why the national average has stalled, and what quality looks like in a document you can hold.
Research: A Health Problem Usually Precedes a Decline in Behaviour
A new study of 166,989 people found that four in ten episodes of challenging behaviour were preceded by a newly recorded physical health problem. The study. Millington, Rydzewska, Jahoda and colleagues at the University of Glasgow, published in BMJ Open on 3 July...
Fade-out Plans
There’s a phrase that appears in almost every behaviour support plan containing a restrictive practice: “to be used as a last resort, with the aim of reduction and elimination over time.”
The NDIS Bill Has Passed the Senate. What Actually Changed?
Sixty-three amendments, one very long Tuesday night, and a set of changes that reach directly into behaviour support practice. The National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 passed the Senate at around 8pm on...
Setting Events and Triggers
Why yesterday’s bad sleep matters as much as today’s trigger. Understanding the two-layer system behind almost every behaviour of concern.
What is a Capable Environment?
A deeper understanding of why the environments around a person may matter more than anything about the person themselves.