- Team Member
- Advanced Behaviour Support Practitioner
- Central Gold Coast
I am a Behaviour Support Practitioner with over eight years of experience supporting children, adolescents, and adults with complex needs. My practice is grounded in Functional Behaviour Assessment, Positive Behaviour Support, and trauma-informed, person-centred strategies. I am passionate about creating tailored tools and resources that help participants build skills, regulate emotions, and achieve meaningful, sustainable outcomes.
- Lifespan Behaviour Support
- Interim & Comprehensive Behaviour Support plans
- Functional Behaviour Assessments
- Individualised Behaviour Support Intervention Sessions
- Reportable Restrictive Practice protocols
- Staff training & multidisciplinary collaboration
Experience
Vanessa is a Behaviour Support Practitioner with 8+ years of experience delivering Positive Behaviour Support services under the NDIS. She has worked extensively with children, adolescents, and adults, including individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Intellectual Disability, acquired brain injury, and psychosocial disability, conducting Functional Behaviour Assessments and developing Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plans grounded in evidence-based, trauma-informed practice.
She has designed and implemented Reportable Restrictive Practice protocols in line with NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission requirements, with protocols successfully approved through PRODA and OPG, including for high-complexity cases. Vanessa works closely with multidisciplinary teams, Support Coordinators, families, and SIL providers, and is known for creating tailored visual resources — including social stories and QR-based tracking tools — that support participant engagement and skill acquisition.
Training
Vanessa holds a Psychology degree with a speciality in Organisational Psychology, and a Master of Human Resources Management. She is currently endorsed at Advanced level as a Behaviour Support Practitioner under the NDIS capability framework, and has completed extensive training in ADOS-2, ADI-R, Vineland III, the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), and Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT). Vanessa is fluent in English and Spanish.
