Core Support

We at FOSTERING INDEPENDENCE will assist you with your daily life activities such as personal hygiene, meal preparation, household cleaning and yard maintenance.

Our main aim is to allow you to live your life independently by :

• Helping you to make decisions for the household
• Developing self-care skills, such as bathing
• Assisting with or preparing meals
• Undertaking domestic duties

With the Consumables service, you will be able to maintain your day to day needs by accessing the items and services related to your ability to improve your mobility and live an independent life, which includes:

• Continence products (pads, pull-ups etc)
• Low-cost interpreting & translating devices
• Food and swallowing items such as water syringes
• Home enteral nutrition (HEN) to get enough food or drink to keep you well and healthy

We at FOSTERING INDEPENDENCE will assist you to achieve your independence by accessing the chosen mode of transport to commute to your school, place of work, for leisure activities and more, which will help you to achieve your goals.

We at FOSTERING INDEPENDENCE collaborate with you to make a plan for social and community participation activities you would like to perform and to join, engage and socialise with your friends and community.

These might include:

• Joining a local fishing club
• Sports coaching and training
• Attending a vacation camp
• Attending religious ceremonies
• Participation in social causes
• Performing Art and Craft activities

We at FOSTERING INDEPENDENCE are committed to enhancing a participant’s quality of life and bringing about positive change by being consistent in our approach with implementing Positive Behaviour Support processes in close collaboration with a Behaviour Support practitioner, family and friends and more importantly following a person-centred approach.

Our Process consist of six steps which are aligned with and follow the  National Disability Insurance Scheme (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018.

1 – Building a Behaviour Support Team

Positive Behaviour Plan begins by developing a team of the key stakeholders or individuals who are most involved in the client life. This team should include the family, but also may include friends, other family members, therapists, and other instructional or administrative personnel. Team members collaborate in multiple ways in order to develop, implement, and monitor a client support plan.

2 – Person-Centred Planning

Person-centred planning provides a process for bringing the team together to discuss their vision, choices, likes and dislikes for the client. Person-centered planning is a strength-based process that is a celebration of the client and a mechanism of establishing the commitment of the team members to supporting the client.

One of the key features of positive behavior support for client with problem behaviour and their families is a commitment to a collaborative team approach. This is especially important for clients whose problem behaviour occurs in multiple settings such as the home, community etc.

3 – Functional Behaviour assessment

Functional assessment is a process for determining the function of the client’s problem behaviour. Functional Assessment or Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA) involves the collection of data (evidence-based strategies), observations, and information to develop a clear understanding of the relationship of events and circumstances that trigger and maintain problem behaviour, while safeguarding the dignity and quality of life of people with disability.

4 – Hypothesis Development

The functional assessment process is completed with the development of a behaviour hypothesis statement. The behaviour hypothesis statements summarise what is known about:

1. Triggers
2. Behaviours
3. Maintaining consequences
4. Purpose of the behaviour

5 – Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plan development

Behaviour support plans must contain the following components:

• Behaviour Statements – Statements that include a description of the behaviour, triggers or antecedents for the behaviour, maintaining consequences, and the purpose of the problem behaviou
• Behaviour Prevention Strategies – Strategies that may be used to reduce the likelihood that the client will have a problem behaviour. These may include environmental arrangements, personal support, changes in activities, changes in expectations, etc.
• Replacement Skills – Skills to teach that will replace the problem behaviour.
• Consequence Strategies – Guidelines for how the Support worker will respond to problem behaviours in ways that will not maintain the behaviour. In addition, this part of the plan may include positive reinforcement strategies for promoting the client’s use of new skills or appropriate behaviour (this may also be included in prevention strategies)
• Long Term Strategies –This section of the plan may include long-term goals that will assist the client and family in meeting their vision of the client (e.g., develop friends, attend a community program).