Positive behaviour support that improves quality of life.
Forsyth Therapies is an NDIS registered provider delivering positive behaviour support, support coordination and mental health social work across South East Queensland and the Tweed. We work alongside participants, families and support teams to build skills, reduce behaviours of concern and work towards the reduction and elimination of restrictive practices.
Urgent referrals
Need an interim behaviour support plan quickly?
If a placement is at risk, a regulated restrictive practice is being used without authorisation, or a participant has been left without a plan, call and you will speak to the practitioner rather than an intake queue.
- We can take the referral over the phone, paperwork sorted straight after
- Interim behaviour support plan within one month of engagement, sooner where the risk requires it
- Comprehensive plan within three months, half the time the Commission allows
- We work with the house team before the plan is written
What we do
Our services
Three services, one practice. Whether you are a participant, a family member, a support coordinator or a plan manager, you deal directly with the practitioner doing the work.
Positive Behaviour Support
NDIS | Improved Relationships funding
Functional behaviour assessments and interim and comprehensive behaviour support plans that meet NDIS Commission requirements. Practical strategies developed with the participant and their support network, with training for families and support workers.
Learn moreSupport Coordination
NDIS | Support Coordination funding
Help to understand and use an NDIS plan: connecting with the right providers, coordinating supports, preparing for plan reviews and building capacity to manage supports with confidence over time.
Refer nowMental Health Social Work
The clinical background behind our practice
Aaron is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AASW), qualified to deliver Focussed Psychological Strategies under Medicare. That clinical mental health grounding informs every assessment and behaviour support plan, particularly where disability and mental health intersect. Referrals for this service are not currently open.
About AaronPositive Behaviour Support
What is positive behaviour support?
Positive behaviour support is an evidence-based, person-centred approach. Rather than focusing on the behaviour itself, it looks at the reasons behind it: the environmental, emotional and social factors at play. From there we build practical strategies that improve quality of life for the participant and everyone who supports them.
Working with a behaviour support practitioner can lead to:
- Improved quality of life and greater independence
- Reduction in behaviours of concern
- Stronger relationships with family, carers and support workers
- Behaviour support plans that meet NDIS Commission requirements
- Reduction and elimination of restrictive practices
- Practical training and guidance for the whole support team
For supported accommodation, SIL and SDA providers
Behaviour support your house team can actually use
Supported accommodation services carry the day to day risk and the reporting obligations. We write plans that hold up to scrutiny, then make sure the people on shift know how to run them.
Restrictive practices
Authorisation and reporting
We identify the regulated restrictive practices in use, write them into an authorised behaviour support plan, and prepare the evidence your service needs for authorisation in Queensland or New South Wales. Where a practice is unauthorised we work with you to make it lawful or remove it.
Plans on time
Interim in one month, comprehensive in three
Where there is no current plan in place, an interim behaviour support plan is developed within one month of engagement and a comprehensive plan within three months where the service gives us timely access to staff and records. That is half the time the Commission allows. Engagement runs from the service agreement date, so you have both dates in writing at the start rather than chasing them later.
Training the team
Implementation support
The plan is taught to the workers on shift, not emailed to a manager. Team training, a one page summary for the shift folder, and attendance at handovers or team meetings while the plan beds in.
- Implementation reviews and data showing whether restrictive practices are reducing
- Progress reports written in time for plan reassessment
- Plans written in plain language so a new worker can pick them up mid shift
- Referrals accepted from other practitioners, moving straight to implementation support where the existing comprehensive plan still fits
- A practitioner on site quickly where a placement is at risk
- Advice to your service on incident patterns and what the data is showing
Talk to the practitioner before you refer. Call 0408 966 423 or email admin@ftherapies.com.au.
Check us before you refer
Registration and credentials
Everything you need to verify this service on the NDIS provider register is on this page, so you do not have to ring and ask.
- NDIS registered provider, registration ID 4-4331-4100, in force to 19 November 2028
- Registered classes of support: 0106 Assist Life Stage Transition, 0110 Specialist Behaviour Support, 0132 Support Coordination
- NDIS provider number 4050043348
- NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner, practitioner ID P1190992
- Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Australian Association of Social Workers
- Registered provider Forsyth, Aaron, trading as Forsyth Therapies, ABN 44 797 697 969
- Professional indemnity and public liability insurance held, certificates supplied on request
- NDIS worker screening clearance and current Queensland Blue Card
Where we work
In person across the Gold Coast, Brisbane and surrounds and the Tweed region, with the rest of Queensland by arrangement. We attend supported accommodation and SIL houses on site. NDIA managed, plan managed and self managed participants are all accepted, and services are charged at the NDIS price guide. Telehealth is available where it suits the participant and the task, with assessment observations carried out in person.
Getting started
How referrals work
Send the referral
Complete the referral form below, or email us directly. Anyone can refer: participants, families, support coordinators, plan managers or GPs.
We contact you
We will be in touch within two business days to discuss availability, funding and what you are looking for.
Service agreement
Once everything fits, we complete a service agreement and consent so you know exactly what will be delivered and at what cost.
Supports begin
Assessment and supports start, with plain-language reports and regular communication throughout.
About us
About Forsyth Therapies
Aaron Forsyth
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AASW)
NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner
Practitioner ID P1190992
Forsyth Therapies is led by Aaron Forsyth, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AASW) and NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner based in Queensland. Aaron works across behaviour support, support coordination and psychological services with participants of all ages and circumstances.
The practice is registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission and works to the NDIS Code of Conduct and practice standards. Plans and reports are written in plain language so participants, families and support teams can actually use them.
All assessments and behaviour support plans are developed under regular practice supervision with a senior behaviour support practitioner, and are reviewed against the NDIS Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
What is positive behaviour support?
Positive behaviour support is an evidence-based approach that looks at the reasons behind behaviours of concern rather than just the behaviour itself. We assess what the behaviour is communicating, then build practical strategies that improve quality of life, teach new skills and make the behaviour unnecessary over time.
Who is behaviour support for?
Anyone whose behaviours of concern are significantly affecting their safety, quality of life or the people around them. It is about the impact of the behaviour, not the diagnosis, and it can be funded for children, adolescents and adults across all disability types.
What funding do I need for behaviour support?
Behaviour support sits in the Capacity Building part of an NDIS plan, under the category called Improved Relationships, or Behaviour Support in newer PACE plans. If you are unsure whether your plan includes it, send us a referral and we will help you work it out.
What if my plan does not include behaviour support funding?
It can be requested at a plan reassessment with supporting evidence about the behaviours and their impact. We can point you and your support coordinator or LAC to the evidence that helps, and in some circumstances other parts of a plan can fund an initial recommendations report.
What happens after I make a referral?
After first contact and a service agreement, we complete a functional behaviour assessment: talking with the participant, family and support team, observing where the behaviour happens, and reviewing any previous reports. From there we develop a behaviour support plan with practical strategies, train the people who will use it, and review how it is working.
How long does a behaviour support plan take?
Where restrictive practices are in use, an interim plan is in place within one month of engagement and a comprehensive plan within six months, as the NDIS Commission requires. Without restrictive practices, timeframes depend on the complexity of the assessment, and we will give you a realistic timeline at the start.
What are restrictive practices, and do you work with them?
Restrictive practices are actions that limit a person's rights or freedom of movement, such as certain medications, physical restraint or restricted access to items. Yes, we develop the interim and comprehensive plans the Commission requires, work with Queensland's authorisation processes, and build strategies aimed at reducing and eliminating these practices over time.
How is behaviour support different from psychology or counselling?
Psychology and counselling mainly work on a person's internal world, such as anxiety, mood and trauma, usually in sessions with the person. Behaviour support works on the whole environment around the person: the routines, communication, settings and support approaches that drive behaviour. Many people benefit from both. Aaron's clinical background as an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker informs our behaviour support work, particularly where disability and mental health intersect.
Who can make a referral, and what does it cost?
Anyone can refer: participants themselves, family, support coordinators, plan managers, GPs and other providers. Services are billed at the rates in the current NDIS Pricing Arrangements from the relevant funding category, and everything is quoted in a service agreement before any work begins, so there are no surprises.
Do you offer telehealth, and where do you service?
We service Queensland, with telehealth available for parts of behaviour support and support coordination work. Behaviour support generally involves a mix of face-to-face visits in the places where behaviour happens and telehealth for team meetings and reviews.
Referrals
Make a referral
Fill in the form below and we will be in contact within two business days. If it is urgent, call 0408 966 423.
