Behaviour support that begins with the whole person.
Foundational Minds delivers NDIS positive behaviour support as part of Ladybug Therapeutic Collective, working alongside participants, families, and teams to understand what behaviour is communicating, and to build support that genuinely fits the person.
One connected line, from assessment to everyday life.
Good behaviour support is not a document that sits in a drawer. It is a single line that connects careful assessment, the people who know the person best, and the small decisions made every day.
The person, not the behaviour
We begin with the person: their strengths, history, sensory world, and what a good day actually looks like for them.
Safety comes first
Behaviour makes sense in context. We work in ways that protect dignity, reduce distress, and never rely on control.
Difference is not deficit
Support is designed to fit a neurodivergent person as they are, drawing on both clinical practice and lived experience.
Built to be used
Plans are written in plain language so the people around the person can follow them, every day, with confidence.
How we can help.
Behaviour support across the full pathway, from first assessment to the everyday work of putting a plan into practice.
Functional behaviour assessment
A careful, respectful assessment of what behaviour is communicating, grounded in the person's context rather than a checklist.
Comprehensive behaviour support plans
Clear, usable plans built around strengths and prevention, with strategies a support team can follow consistently.
Interim and early support
Timely interim strategies when a situation cannot wait, so the person and their team are not left without guidance.
Implementation and team training
Hands on coaching and training so the plan is understood, owned, and delivered well by the people doing the work.
Complex needs and restrictive practice
Considered support for complex presentations, with a clear focus on reducing and removing restrictive practices over time.
Telehealth and regional outreach
Practical access for participants across New South Wales and Queensland, through telehealth and planned in person work.
Psychology, built into something a young person can hold.
Alongside one to one behaviour support, we build structured programs that put psychology into the hands of children and young people, especially the ones the system tends to miss.
SETT
A structured psychoeducation program for children and young people, designed to make core psychological ideas concrete, practical, and theirs to keep, rather than something that only happens in a clinic room. Built from direct practice and grounded in behaviour science.
Pull Our Socks Up
POSU delivers a fresh pair of socks to a young person every month: a small, reliable, no strings anchor for children and teenagers who are doing it tough. It is built on a simple premise we call Three Meals and a Mattress, that regulation, learning, and trust are only possible once a young person's basic needs and dignity are met. The socks are not the point. The consistency is.
The people we work alongside.
Behaviour support works best when everyone around the person is part of the same plan.
Participants and families
Children, young people, and adults, with families held as partners rather than bystanders.
Support coordinators
Clear communication, realistic timeframes, and reporting that makes your job easier.
Foster and kinship carers
Trauma informed support for carers holding complex situations with limited backup.
Support and SIL teams
Training and coaching so frontline staff feel confident and consistent.
Schools and early childhood
Collaboration with education teams so support is consistent across the day.
Allied health and providers
Joined up work with the other professionals already in the person's life.
Clinical depth, held with humanity.
Foundational Minds was built on a simple belief: behaviour is communication. When we understand what a person is trying to tell us, support stops being about managing behaviour and starts being about meeting a need.
The practice works across NDIS, trauma informed care, and child and youth wellbeing in New South Wales and Queensland. The work is grounded in behaviour science, a decade of direct practice in under resourced communities, and lived experience as a neurodivergent practitioner.
It is written in plain language, because a plan no one can follow is not support. Every plan is designed to be read, understood, and used by the people who are actually there, on the ordinary days as much as the hard ones.
Foundational Minds delivers NDIS positive behaviour support as part of Ladybug Therapeutic Collective, and is a member of Behaviour Support Practitioners Australia.
Let's start a conversation.
Share a little about the person and what is happening. We respond personally, usually within two business days, and arrange a first consult if it is a good fit.