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NDIS registered provider

skills-BASED behaviour therapy for children (6+) & teens

Practical, short-term, skills-focused therapy in Adelaide, Melbourne, and Ballarat

Practical, outcome-focused, short-term support for children and young people who need help building real-world skills for daily life challenges. Available with Improved Daily Living (IDL) funding.

To ensure our programs are suitable for your child, or to find out about availability, please contact us directly. 

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Skills-based behaviour therapy

about the service

Our short-term skills-based behaviour-based therapy programs provides outcome-focused support for children and teens (ages 6 - 18) to build real-world skills for day-to-day challenges.​

These programs are not:

  • Psychology or Counselling 

  • Occupational Therapy

  • Positive Behaviour Support or Behaviour Support Plans

These programs are:

  • Evidence-based

  • Practical

  • Skills-focused 

  • Flexible

  • Action-oriented

  • Parent / caregiver educative

  • Designed to support accelerated skill acquisition and emotional wellbeing​

  • Delivered by appropriately qualified practitioners with relevant training and supervision

Teaching functional skills to help address day-to-day challenges

tailored programs: focus areas

Programs are tailored to your child's needs, working to build functional skills in the focus areas, as below: 

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social engagement and participation

Addressing:

School refusal, absconding, demand avoidance (task refusal), anxiety avoidance.

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emotional
regulation

Addressing:

Emotional dysregulation.

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conflict repair and problem solving

Addressing:

Conflict escalation.

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SOCIAL CONNECTION, PLAY, PEER INTERACTION

Addressing:

Challenges with social play and interaction.

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communication requests and self-advocacy

Addressing:

Challenges with expressing needs effectively.

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Routines, eating, and sensory behaviour

Addressing:

Sensory distress, restricted eating - food refusal, independence, transport and accessing the community.

NDIS funding & program details

how the programs work

short-term delivery

Typically

delivered over

10 - 15 weeks; can be tailored to suit child's needs

clear skills-building goals

3 - 5 functional goals to work towards achieving with progress measures

practical & hands-on

No full assessments or behaviour support plans pre-implementation

flexible delivery

Delivered at home, in community, school (if permitted), or clinic

collaborative & educative

Support and training for families and supports

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funding

Available with Improved Daily Living (IDL) funding

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are our skills-based behaviour therapy programs suitable for your child?

Our programs may be suitable for your child if:

  • They are aged between 6 - 18 years of age age

  • They have Improved Daily Living (IDL) funding in their NDIS plan and

  • Their needs are skill-based, and

  • Families are wanting to focus on practical change without requiring full assessments or behaviour support plans* and / or

  • If long wait times for other therapies apply.​

To discuss suitability or request our support, contact us directly. 

Accessing skills-based behaviour therapy programs

program service areas

We deliver our skills-based behaviour therapy programs at home, school (if permitted), in community and, if participants are based in Adelaide, in our Parkside and Salisbury practices.

ADELAIDE 

MELBOURNE AND BALLARAT

  • Adelaide North 

  • eg: Salisbury, Elizabeth, Modbury, Gawler. ​

  • Adelaide South 

  • eg: Marion, Noarlunga, Morphett Vale. ​

  • Adelaide West 

  • eg: Glenelg, Henley Beach, Port Adelaide. ​

  • Adelaide East 

  • eg: Magill, Payneham. ​

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Sessions also available at our Parkside and Salisbury practices. 

  • Melbourne West - eg: Caroline Springs, Sunshine, St Albans, Melton.

  • Melbourne North West - eg: Keilor, Broadmeadows, Sunbury.

  • Melbourne North - eg: Craigieburn, Lalor, Thomastown, Reservoir. 

  • Melbourne North East - eg: Bundoora, Heidelberg. 

  • Ballarat & Surrounds (within 30 minutes of Ballarat) - eg: Ballarat, Bacchus, Marsh, Daylesford. 

BOOK A SKILLS-BASED BEHAVIOUR THERAPY PROGRAM

Fill in the online referral form and select 'Behaviour Therapy using IDL funds' or contact us directly at 1300 575 329 / 8292 5300 or at info@activ8group.com.au.

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