Kana O’Shea
Behaviour Support Practitioner
Kana is a Behaviour Support Practitioner with extensive experience supporting neurodivergent people across disability, education, home, and community settings.
Her approach is person-centred, collaborative, and focused on understanding what behaviour may be communicating, improving quality of life, and helping participants and the people around them develop supports that create meaningful change.
Why I Chose Behaviour Support
Kana was originally drawn to disability and behaviour support because she was interested in understanding how different people experience and interact with the world.
Over eight years working within disability support and behaviour intervention, her understanding of the role continued to develop.
For Kana, good behaviour support is not about punishment or forcing people to conform. It is about understanding the person, recognising the needs behind behaviour, and developing supports that improve quality of life.
She believes people should feel heard, acknowledged, and actively involved in decisions about their own lives.
A Person-Centred and Collaborative Approach
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Kana approaches behaviour as meaningful communication and seeks to understand what may be contributing to it before deciding how support should change.
She recognises that some participants have experienced approaches to behaviour that were restrictive, harmful, or focused more on conformity than quality of life.
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Behaviour support should reflect what the participant actually wants and needs.
Kana places strong importance on listening, advocacy, and ensuring the participant’s perspective remains central to assessment and intervention.
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Effective behaviour support often requires collaboration with families, support workers, clinicians, educators, and other people who form part of the participant’s everyday environment.
Kana aims to build understanding across the support network so strategies can continue beyond her direct involvement.
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For Kana, one of the most rewarding parts of behaviour support is seeing positive change for the participant and the people around them.
Intervention should improve everyday life and leave the participant’s support network better equipped to continue working towards those outcomes.
Clinical Practice
Kana has worked within disability support and behaviour intervention for approximately eight years and has practised as a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner since 2023. Her experience includes supporting children and adults across a broad range of neurodevelopmental, cognitive, physical, and mental health support needs.
Before moving into practitioner roles, Kana worked directly in behaviour intervention, home-based ABA teams, schools, and disability programs. This experience included implementing behaviour and life-skills programs alongside behaviour analysts, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, families, and educators.
Kana is currently completing a Master of Applied Behaviour Analysis at Monash University and is working towards Certified Behaviour Analyst certification. Continuing her education is important to her because she wants participants to feel confident that their practitioner has both the practical experience and behavioural knowledge required to provide high-quality support.
Her areas of practice include:
Person-centred Positive Behaviour Support
Behaviour assessment and intervention
Behaviour Support Plans
Skill development
Participant and stakeholder consultation
Support-network education
Complex and diverse presentations
Children and adults
Home, school, and community-based support
Collaborative multidisciplinary practice
What You Can Expect When Working With Kana
Kana wants participants, families, and support teams to feel heard, acknowledged, and valued throughout the behaviour support process.
She aims to build trusting relationships, communicate openly, and work collaboratively towards strategies that are practical for the participant’s real life.
Participants and stakeholders can expect a practitioner who listens carefully, advocates where needed, continues developing her own knowledge, and remains focused on achieving meaningful outcomes.
Contact Kana Directly
For enquiries relating to Kana’s current participants, behaviour support services, or professional collaboration, you can contact her directly.
Email: Kana@PCTherapies.com
Phone: 0448 111 877
Refer to Kana
Kana provides specialist behaviour support primarily across Brisbane and Brisbane’s southside, working with children and adults across a range of behavioural and support needs.
Her community-based work may include participant homes, supported living environments, schools, and other settings relevant to assessment and intervention.