NDIS Occupational Therapy and Specialist Behaviour Support
Assessment, Intervention, Skill Development, and Practical Support
People Centred Therapies provides individualised occupational therapy and specialist behaviour support focused on creating meaningful and lasting change in everyday life.
Our services extend beyond assessment and reporting. We work with participants to understand their needs, identify practical opportunities for change, build functional skills, support implementation, and measure whether intervention is producing meaningful outcomes.
Our Services
PCT provides two complementary allied health service streams. Each has its own clinical scope, assessment methods, and intervention approaches, while sharing a focus on functional outcomes, participation, quality of life, and individualised support.
Occupational Therapy
Our occupational therapists help participants understand and address barriers affecting everyday activities, independence, safety, and participation.
Services include functional assessment, capacity-building intervention, home and living assessment, sensory assessment, assistive technology, driving assessment, staff training, and practical recommendations for everyday life.
Specialist Behaviour Support
Our behaviour support practitioners work to understand why behaviours occur and what can be changed, taught, or supported differently to improve quality of life and reduce risk.
Services include behavioural assessment, Behaviour Support Plans, functional communication, daily living skill development, staff training, implementation support, and outcomes reporting.
From Understanding Need to Creating Change
PCT’s services may involve different professions and clinical methods, but our approach follows a common principle: assessment should inform action, and intervention should be evaluated by what changes for the participant.
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We develop a clear understanding of the participant’s strengths, goals, functional needs, behaviours, environments, support network, and everyday circumstances.
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Where assessment is required, we gather the evidence needed to understand what is affecting participation, independence, safety, or quality of life.
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Assessment findings are translated into practical strategies, skill development, environmental changes, equipment, behaviour support, training, or other individualised intervention.
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We monitor progress and review whether intervention is producing meaningful change. When the evidence indicates something is not working, we adapt our approach.
Occupational Therapy Services
PCT provides occupational therapy assessment and intervention according to the participant’s functional needs, goals, and circumstances. Our current Occupational Therapy overview identifies capacity building as the cornerstone of the service, supported by a range of specialised assessments.
Capacity-Building Occupational Therapy
Develop practical skills, routines, and strategies that increase participation and independence in everyday life. Progress is monitored over time and may be formally documented where required.
Functional Capacity Assessments
Comprehensive assessment of how disability affects everyday functioning, participation, independence, and support requirements.
Home and Living Assessments
Assessment of current or proposed living arrangements, environmental needs, daily support requirements, and opportunities to increase independence.
Assistive Technology Assessments
Assessment, trial, and recommendation of assistive technology and relevant environmental solutions to improve safety, access, independence, or participation.
Sensory Assessments
Assessment of sensory processing patterns and how they may affect everyday activities, participation, routines, and environmental needs.
Occupational Therapy Driving Assessments
Assessment of how disability, injury, or a health condition may affect a person’s ability to drive safely and independently.
Occupational Therapy Staff Training
Practical training to help families, support workers, and other relevant people understand and implement occupational therapy recommendations consistently within everyday routines.
Specialist Behaviour Support Services
PCT provides assessment, planning, intervention, skill development, implementation support, and outcome evaluation across the behaviour support process.
Behaviour Needs Assessments
Determine whether specialist behaviour support is clinically indicated and, where appropriate, what type and level of support may be required.
Functional Behaviour Assessments
Develop an evidence-informed understanding of behaviours of concern, the circumstances influencing them, and the outcomes they may produce for the participant.
Behaviour Support Plans
Translate behavioural assessment into individualised proactive strategies, skill development, environmental changes, response guidance, and implementation requirements.
Functional Communication Training
Teach practical communication responses that allow participants to access important outcomes in more effective ways.
Functional Daily Living Skills Acquisition
Use structured teaching, task analysis, prompting, reinforcement, and progress measurement to develop practical skills for everyday life.
Behaviour Support Staff Training
Translate Behaviour Support Plans and intervention programs into practical implementation through instruction, modelling, rehearsal, feedback, and competency development.
Outcomes Reporting
Evaluate participant progress, behavioural outcomes, barriers, risks, implementation, and future support needs using evidence gathered across the reporting period.
What You Can Expect From PCT
Across occupational therapy and specialist behaviour support, our approach remains focused on the participant and the outcomes that matter in their everyday life.
Individualised assessment and intervention
Clear clinical reasoning behind our recommendations
Practical strategies that can be used in everyday environments
A focus on functional skills, participation, and quality of life
Collaboration with families and support networks where appropriate
Progress measurement rather than service activity alone
Review and adaptation when an approach is not producing meaningful outcomes
A commitment to functional and lasting change
Services Across South East Queensland
People Centred Therapies provides community-based occupational therapy and specialist behaviour support across Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, the Gold Coast, Toowoomba, and communities within our eastern Toowoomba service corridor.
Our service area includes all suburbs across Ipswich, Logan, and the Gold Coast, as well as Brisbane’s southside, inner-west, and western suburbs.
Not Sure Which Service Is Right?
Tell us about the participant, their current needs, goals, and the support being sought.
Our team can review the referral and help determine whether occupational therapy, specialist behaviour support, or a particular assessment or intervention is the most appropriate starting point.