Become a Behaviour Support Practitioner

Yes. Teaching qualifications and classroom experience are a strong foundation for positive behaviour support. Teachers already understand behaviour, plan for individual needs, collect data and work with families. Our six-week, self-paced pathway lets you train while you keep teaching, with supervision booked around your school day and a Summer Intensive over the school holidays.

Build your knowledge and skills against the NDIS Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework, complete supervised practice, put together a portfolio of evidence, and apply to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission to be assessed as suitable. Once you're found suitable, you practise through a registered specialist behaviour support provider. Our Internship Pathway and Six-Week BSP Intensive support you through each step.

The NDIS Commission considers a relevant qualification to be a bachelor degree (Australian Qualifications Framework Level 7) or higher in a relevant field, including Positive Behaviour Support, developmental education, education, psychology, psychological science, occupational therapy, speech pathology, nursing, social work, behavioural science and Applied Behavioural Analysis. The Commission may also consider other qualifications where they demonstrate alignment with the knowledge, skills and capabilities outlined in the PBS Capability Framework. It also looks at your experience and capability together, so experience working with people with disability matters too.

It's the NDIS Commission's assessment route for new entry-level practitioners. You apply with your resume, qualifications, a professional development plan covering the seven domains of the PBS Capability Framework, and a supervision agreement with a proficient-level practitioner, then build a portfolio as your skills develop.

Yes. New entry-level practitioners are expected to have a supervision agreement with a proficient-level practitioner and take part in regular supervision. ConnectFirst™ provides 1:1 and group clinical supervision for new and developing practitioners.

Pay varies by employer, experience and practitioner level. ConnectFirst™ contractor roles for Early Intervention Specialists and NDIS-suitable behaviour support practitioners pay $90–$150 per hour, depending on practitioner level, experience and contracted arrangements.

Yes. Our training is 100% online and self-paced, 1:1 supervision is booked around your schedule, and weekly group sessions are recorded, so you can keep working in your current job while you train.

Yes. All ConnectFirst™ training and supervision is delivered online, so you can join from anywhere in Australia, including Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT and the Northern Territory.

A behaviour support practitioner is a person the NDIS Commission finds suitable to develop functional behaviour assessments and behaviour support plans. A specialist behaviour support provider is an organisation registered with the NDIS Commission under registration group 0110, which must engage NDIS behaviour support practitioners to develop plans. ConnectFirst™ contracts under Assist Disability, a registered NDIS behaviour support provider.