National Disability Insurance scheme takes into account an individual participant needs and requirement to provide the required support in order to life a quality life. The services are customised based on the individual situation and defined goals .
The four CORE Support categories at which we work with individual/participant that assist them to develop foundational life skills , such as daily life activities and community inclusion.
We at FOSTERING INDEPENDENCE will assist you with your daily life activities such as personal hygiene, meal preparation, household cleaning and a yard maintenance. Our main aim is to make you an independent person to live your life independently by :
⦁ Make decisions for the household
⦁ Develop self-care skills, such as bathing
⦁ Prepare meals
⦁ Undertake 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, pullups 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.
Assistance with community inclusion
We at FOSTERING INDEPENDECE collaborate with you to make a plan for social and community participation activities you would like to perform and join to engage and socialise with your friends and community. This includes:
⦁ Joining a local fishing club
⦁ Sports coaching and training
⦁ Attending a vacation camp
⦁ Attending Religious ceremonies
⦁ Participation in social causes
⦁ Performing Art and Crafts activities
We at FOSTERING INDEPENDENCE committed to enhance the quality of live and bringing a positive change in the life of individuals by being consistent in our approach with implementing Positive Behavior Support process in close collaborating with Behaviour support practitioner, family and friends and more importantly following a person-centred approach by keeping the individual at the centre.
We follow PDAC technique, which is elaborated as PLAN, DO, CHECK AND ACT.
Our Process consist of six steps which are aligned and follows the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018.
⦁ Building a Behaviour Support Team
⦁ Person-Centred Planning
⦁ Functional Behaviour assessment
Functional assessment is a process for determining the function of the client problem behavior. Functional Assessment or Functional Behavioral 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 behavior, while safeguarding the dignity and quality of life of people with disability.
⦁ Hypothesis Development
The functional assessment process is completed with the development of a behavior hypothesis statement. The behavior hypothesis statements summarize what is known about:
⦁ Triggers
⦁ Behaviours
⦁ Maintaining consequences
⦁ Purpose of the Behaviour
⦁ Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plan development
Behavior support plans must contain the following components:
⦁ Behavior Statements – Statements that include a description of the behavior, triggers or antecedents for the behavior, maintaining consequences, and the purpose of the problem behavior.
⦁ Behaviour prevention Strategies – Strategies that may be used to reduce the likelihood that the client will have a problem behavior. These may include environmental arrangements, personal support, changes in activities, changes in expectations, etc.
⦁ Replacement Skills – Skills to teach that will replace the problem behavior.
⦁ Consequence Strategies – Guidelines for how the Support worker will respond to problem behaviors in ways that will not maintain the behavior. In addition, this part of the plan may include positive reinforcement strategies for promoting the client’s use of new skills or appropriate behavior (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).
⦁ Continuous Monitoring & Re-assessment based on Client, workers and Family feedback