A person living with a disability may have multiple and complex needs depending on the diagnosis. There may be behavioural changes caused by different reasons like brain injury due to accident, diseases like stroke, conditions such as autism and conduct disorders such as Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. These reasons not only cause distress to the person living with a disability but also hurt the family and the carers.
If you are managing an NDIS participant as a family member or as a carer and your loved one is showing complex behaviour, you may need a Behaviour Support Plan (BSP). This plan is usually devised in consultation with the family, carers and other support people involved in managing the participant. The main objective of this plan is to help better manage the concerning behaviour. This will help to improve the quality of life of the participants.
Devising an NDIS Behaviour Support Plan
The primary objective of BSP is to protect the participants
and others around them from any potential harm and help them to improve their
quality of life. The NDIS Commission Support Team is responsible for providing
clinical guidance to the NDIS participants. The commission usually does not
recommend using restrictive practices like physical, mechanical or medical
constraints. These restrictions should be avoided until deemed necessary.
Behaviour Support Plan can only be managed and developed by the
qualified Health Care Practitioners recommended as suitable for the task by
NDIS. This healthcare practitioner will be responsible for laying out
essential functional behaviour assessments and devising a plan suitable
to the individual needs and requirements of the participant involved. Behaviour
Support Practitioners are generally engaged by your NDIS providers offering psychosocial recovery and trusted support coordination. Behaviour
support practitioners usually take one month to devise an interim plan and up to
six months for a comprehensive plan. These support practitioners are fully
trained and devise strategies based on evidence and individual needs.
These strategies should be proactive in approach so that it may address a
participant’s needs and the functions of their behaviour.
Components of an Effective Behaviour
Support Plan
While developing a Functional Behaviour Assessment, an NDIS
support practitioner usually consults with participants and their loved
ones. Previous behavioural support assessments and strategies to manage
difficult behaviour should also be considered while working on the new
behaviour support plan. Strategies that must be adopted may include:
- Suggesting changes in the physical environment.
- Abstaining from the factors that trigger complex behavioural issues.
- Give them more opportunities for choice and access to an increased variety of activities.
- Teaching the right skills and behaviour, including suitable communication strategies and guidelines.
How Can HiFive Help You with a Behaviour Support Plan?
Behaviour Support Plan (BSP) is customised as each person’s needs and requirements are different. Strategies devised in BSP should be reviewed regularly so that these strategies can be adjusted according to needs that arise. HiFive Community Services is a top-rated Disability Services in Australia. HiFive will help you connect to the right support to achieve your goals, whether that be a behaviour support plan, trusted support coordination, personal care, in-house support and community access, psychosocial recovery, or aged care. As an innovative NDIS-registered support provider, we proudly offer flexibility, choice, and control to Victoria’s disabled community. Our NDIS-approved qualified Health Care Practitioners help you develop an inclusive BSP that not only brings ease to the behavioural complexities of the participant but also helps to cast a positive impact on all the people involved in taking care of him/her. All staff members at HiFive are fully scrutinized and screened before beginning employment with us, so you can rest assured that anyone we send out to you will be highly experienced and reliable.
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