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NDIS Behaviour Support Plan Template
A working structure for a registered behaviour support practitioner.
A behaviour support plan sets out how a team supports a person in a way that reduces behaviours of concern and builds skills. It is built on a functional assessment and focuses on proactive strategies first.
This is regulated work. A behaviour support plan must be developed by a registered NDIS behaviour support practitioner, and any regulated restrictive practice must be authorised and reported. The template is a structure to organise that work, not a replacement for it.
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Current as of July 2026
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What the plan sets out
A behaviour support plan must be developed by a registered NDIS behaviour support practitioner. Specialist behaviour support services must be delivered by a registered provider, and any provider using regulated restrictive practices must also be registered. The fields below organise the practitioner work.
- Participant details, and the practitioner and registered provider
- Background, communication, and what matters to the participant
- A summary of the functional behaviour assessment
- The behaviours of concern, their triggers, and their likely function
- Proactive strategies and the skills being built
- Response strategies for keeping everyone safe
- Any regulated restrictive practice, its authorisation, and a plan to reduce it
- A review date and sign-off, including the participant or representative
How to use it
Behaviour support practitioners
Ground the plan in the functional assessment and lead with proactive strategies. Where a regulated restrictive practice is proposed, record its authorisation under the relevant state or territory rules and the path to reduce and remove it.
Providers implementing the plan
Train the team on the response strategies and record how the plan is followed. If your service uses regulated restrictive practices, registration and reporting to the Commission apply.
Questions people ask
Who can write a behaviour support plan?
A registered NDIS behaviour support practitioner. Specialist behaviour support is regulated, and the plan is built on a functional assessment the practitioner conducts. This template organises that work for the practitioner and the team; it does not qualify someone to write a plan on their own.
What are regulated restrictive practices?
They are practices that restrict a person rights or freedom of movement, and they are tightly regulated. Any use must be authorised under the relevant state or territory rules and reported to the NDIS Commission, and the plan must set out how to reduce and eventually remove them.
Does a provider need to be registered?
Providers delivering specialist behaviour support services must be registered, and any provider using regulated restrictive practices must also be registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. The Commission behaviour support pages set out the obligations that apply to this work.
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