Frequently asked questions

A growing collection of practical tools and resources for behaviour support practitioners. Everything here is built around values-aligned, neuro-affirming, and practice-informed approaches.

Behaviour support practitioners working in the NDIS context, but really, anyone who supports neurodivergent or disabled people in a clinical, educational, or community role. Some tools are built for new practitioners, others for experienced ones, and many work for both.

Yes. Most tools here are free and open. The PBS Hub requires a separate login because it stores personal supervision and PD data, but accessing the hub itself is free.

Lauren (she/her) at Seven Dimensions Consulting built this hub. She's a behaviour analyst, educator, and supervisor with 19 years of experience working alongside neurodivergent adolescents and young adults with high support needs.

As an autistic and ADHD behaviour analyst, she brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her teaching and supervision. Her work draws on contextual behavioural science, human rights, and person-centred, values-led practice, with a commitment to decolonising and intersectional approaches.

Lauren lives and works on Garigal Land and honours the custodians of the Eora Nation.

Use the suggestion box at the bottom of the homepage. It goes straight to Lauren's email. Real suggestions from real practitioners shape this hub.

Some tools call AI behind the scenes. Where AI is used, it's as a thinking partner, never a replacement for clinical judgement. The activity library, ABA glossary, and most static tools do not use AI.

The activity library, ABA glossary, Goals and Skills tool, and RP Toolkit do not store any data. You can use them without logging in or being tracked.

The PBS Hub stores your personal supervision and PD records, but only you can see them.

Only ever enter de-identified information into any tool here. Even with no data storage, this is good professional practice and protects your clients.

Yes, that's what they're for. Just remember: they're starting points, not scripts, and don't replace your clinical judgement or supervision.

Absolutely not. These tools support good practice, they don't substitute for it. If you're newly qualified, lean on supervision. If you're experienced, you already know that.

Because language shapes practice. The terminology choices here are deliberate and reflect the values of rights-based, neuro-affirming behaviour support. Words like "challenging behaviour", "problem behaviour", and "maladaptive" frame the person as the problem; this hub frames behaviour as communication that arises in context.

If the language feels unfamiliar, that's part of the learning, and it's worth doing.

Yes, please share. Just point them to the website rather than copying tools elsewhere, that way they get the latest versions and any updates.

Regularly. New tools, new activities, new sections are added when they're ready. Big updates are infrequent because thoughtful resources take time to build well.

Pick the filters that fit your learner: skill area, age, communication level, setting, and format. Then click "Show activities". You can also click "Show activities" without filtering to see what's in the library. Once results show, you can search within them.

It describes how the learner currently communicates: building communication (pre-symbolic), single words or symbols, short phrases, full sentences, or complex expression.

These categories match how the activities are designed, not how the learner is "ranked". A learner can sit across multiple levels depending on the context.

Yes. Each expanded activity has a "Download PDF" button that produces a print-ready version with all the details and any printables.

Adapt it. Activities are starting points, not protocols. Change the materials, the format, the timing, the communication mode, whatever fits your learner.

If a printable is provided, it's listed at the bottom of the expanded activity card. Otherwise, you can create your own using simple visuals, photos, or symbols.

Because behaviour isn't itself a skill area. Activities are organised by what the learner is building toward, emotional regulation, communication, transitions, and so on, not by what an outsider sees as "problematic".

If you're looking for support with a specific behaviour, think about the function it's serving and filter by the relevant skill area.

Plain-language definitions of core ABA terms, with examples that show the term in real practice context. It's useful for new practitioners learning the language, experienced practitioners refreshing concepts, and families trying to understand reports or recommendations.

Because language matters. The glossary gently redirects outdated or harmful terminology to more values-aligned alternatives. The redirect isn't to shame, it's to inform.

They're accurate in substance but written for accessibility, not for textbooks. They're meant to help practitioners and families understand and apply concepts in real life.

Yes, use the suggestion box on the main hub homepage.

It supports writing meaningful, person-centred behaviour support goals and breaks them down into teachable skills that reflect what matters to the person.

No. It helps you think through goals, not generate them automatically. The thinking is yours; the tool just gives you structure.

No. It's a static tool that doesn't store any data. The examples and case studies are not real client information, so there's nothing to save or protect.

If you're using the tool to think through real goals for a real client, do that thinking offline or in your usual notes, this tool is for the thinking process, not for storing your work.

A dedicated space for behaviour support practitioners to log supervision sessions, track professional development hours, and build a portfolio of evidence over time.

Because it stores your personal data: supervision logs, PD records, reflective notes. The login keeps your information yours.

Only you, unless you explicitly share it. The hub doesn't share your data with anyone, including Lauren.

Yes. The hub allows you to export your records as PDFs or spreadsheets so you have your own copies for audits, applications, or your own files.

A guided resource for thinking through, reducing, and reporting restrictive practices in a person-centred, rights-based way.

It supports your thinking, but the determination of what is or isn't a restrictive practice is your professional and ethical call, often with input from a supervisor or BSP team.

You can use what you create here as part of your reporting process, but always cross-check with your organisation's specific reporting requirements and the relevant regulatory framework.