Behaviour Management

Our Behaviour Management Safety & Support is a short-term consultation is a 8 week program in which we will run an assessment to find out why these severe, frequent or dangerous behaviours are happening and assist you with an immediate plan to deescalate the behaviour so they are less likely to occur at all and also how to respond if the behaviour does occur. Behaviours may include aggression towards others, running away (absconding), self-injury and property destruction. This is suitable for families in crisis or who need immediate behaviour support. It is likely that after this program your child may still need to be taught replacement skills (eg: more communication, play skills) but you should see an immediate decrease in the behaviours of concern to keep your child safe whilst you wait and explore these next steps. You will attend weekly parent support sessions to achieve this and services are delivered in person and online. 

Our Behaviour Management Co-operation & Communication program is also a short-term consultation across a 12-week program. This is most suitable for general cooperation barriers and emerging behaviour problems that you’d like to tackle before it gets worse. We will teach you how to best set up the home environment for success, what skills to teach your child and how to do this and prevent any future more dangerous behaviours from occurring. You will attend weekly parent support sessions, practice and teach these skills between sessions and services are delivered in person and online.

The Behaviour Management programs are short term (8-12 week) programs that are either focused on keeping your child (and those around them) safe and to develop general cooperation skills. It is not as intensive or comprehensive as an early intervention program which typically teaches across all developmental domains (for example, communication, play, social skills, motor skills, daily living skills, etc). If you’re not sure which program would be most appropriate, then please contact us for a discovery call and we can discuss this with you in more detail. Follow this link to book in a discovery call.

Depending on the purpose of the session, we offer services in a variety of ways for you to get the help you need, including:

• Telehealth consultation
• Phone consultation
• Home sessions
• Community access visits and educational settings (preschool, school)
• In-centre sessions at Super Kids HQ in Gladesville

Please note that a travel charge will apply for sessions outside of HQ.

Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) is based on the principles of learning which apply to all people, not just autistic children. It is a scientific approach to understanding behavior. ABA refers to a set of principles that focus on how behaviours change, or are affected by the environment, as well as how learning takes place. Every behaviour and skill that we all learn is a result of the same processes used in ABA! When we first meet your child, we will use an assessment to identify your child’s current skills and any support needs, and then develop an individualised set of programs to break down priority skills into smaller, easy to learn steps. Then we will continue to increase the complexity of these programs until they have met their short and long term goals.

Our initial discovery call is free. During this time we can decide what is the best service for you and your family. The fee structure is based on your needs and best practice recommendations for your child. This can occur over the phone or at our office in Gladesville. Follow this link to book in a discovery call.

Our Behaviour Management programs are all supervised by our Clinical Lead in Behaviour Management, Amelia Bates. Amelia has a particular interest in behaviour management for severe problem behaviour and specialises in utilising the Practical Functional Assessment (PFA) and implementing Skills Based Treatment (SBT). She provides in-house and external staff training and supervision in this area. All Super Kids programs are supervised by a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) or Certified Behaviour Analyst (CBA). To find out more about why this is important and what a BCBA is, click here).

Yes. The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) will fund ABA services for autistic children and children with other developmental disabilities. Super Kids is not currently a registered NDIS provider, however, funding can still be used clients who have plans that are self-managed or plan-managed. If your plan is not currently self-managed, you can request for this to be changed by contacting your NDIS coordinator.

ABA is based on the principles of learning which apply to all people, not just autistic children. Your child does not need to have a diagnosis of autism to benefit from ABA. Many children with other developmental delays, such as global developmental delays, intellectual delays and speech delays may require support in achieving their goals. This also applies for neurotypical children who have problem behaviour. 

Our behaviour management services are suitable for children aged 2-12 years and will be individualised based on their strengths and skills.