Worksheets for kids from Daniel's Diaries™, and plain language behaviour support resources from Foundational Minds for families, support teams, schools, and young people. Everything here is free.
From the Traffic Light Kit and the Decoder Toolkit: one a child fills in with a grown up, and two for the adults, in the same words. Print them, or use them on a screen.
A worksheet a child fills in with someone they trust: what green, yellow, and red feel like for them and what helps, then the traffic light card to cut out and stick on the fridge.
DownloadThe grown up side of the card: what each colour means for the nervous system, the morning and evening windows, what to say back, and the patterns worth watching for.
DownloadFive sentences kids say when something underneath is not being said. For each one, the brain story, the emotion underneath, the road being built, and what to say back.
DownloadShare your email and the whole set downloads at once: the Traffic Light Kit, the Decoder Toolkit and its worksheet for kids, two guides for parents, the First Week Back kit, and the Practitioner's Companion for fellow clinicians.
What behaviour support is and how we provide it, for the people around a person and for the young person themselves, plus the tools we ask teams to use. Download, print, share.
What positive behaviour support is, what it is not, and how it works when it comes through Foundational Minds: the five steps, your part, our part, and restrictive practices in plain words.
DownloadWritten to a teenager. What behaviour support actually is and is not, your brain's alarm system, your say, what we will never do, and who to call if things are bad right now.
DownloadBefore, behaviour, after. Six entries per sheet with a line for setting events, and a short guide to writing what you would see and hear rather than a label.
DownloadWhat to have ready, what happens in the first consult, and what happens after. Nothing on it is a requirement.
DownloadComplete what you can and send it to intake@foundationalminds.com.au. A partial referral is better than a delayed one.
DownloadWant one for a specific setting, a school, a service, or a team? Program development is a service in its own right.
Send the referral form, or share a little about the person and what is happening. The intake team will be in contact within 48 hours to discuss the referral and advise of any current waitlist times.
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Specialist behaviour support: NDIS positive behaviour support as part of Ladybug Therapeutic Collective, and private behaviour assessments and plan development. This site.
How it works. Rigorous assessment, a structured process, and a plan the team around the person can run, so support keeps working when we are not in the room.
Gamified neuroscience that teaches kids how their brains work, emotional regulation, attention, and the rest, by playing.
How it works. Seven Super Skills a child earns, weekly check ins, a parent dashboard in the same words, and a Practitioner Hub that turns the engagement data into a support plan, an NDIS recommendation letter, and a progress summary for the family.
A pair of socks every month for a disadvantaged young person, no matter what. posu. exists to end child sexual abuse in Australia.
How it works. Six months of socks, a six week psychoeducation program on what the brain does under anger, anxiety, and risk, then monthly mentoring for longitudinal information and wrap around support. Minds at Work engagements fund it.
The overall brand. Corporate consulting on psychosocial hazards and psychosocial risk, grant writing, and psychoeducation program development.
How it works. One principle across everything: understand how the brain works, then use it to make things better for the people involved, whether that is a workplace, a school, a service, or a child.
FFG Consulting's psychosocial risk program for organisations, and the commercial arm that funds the group's not for profit work.
How it works. A short survey across seven domains every quarter, a clinician's interpretation of where strain concentrates, training built on the findings, and a documented review cycle.
