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My behaviour support goals workbook

Planning to help participants achieve their goals for a good life

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The My behaviour support goals workbook is a tool for behaviour support practitioners to use with participants who show behaviours of concern.

It is not intended for the participant to complete on their own, but instead as a workbook completed with your support.

This workbook builds on what you already know about the person. It also builds on the plans you made together in What a good life looks like for me, which focused on understanding the person’s long-term goals for their future.

In the workbook, you will work together to plan goals that align with the person’s ideas of what they want more of in their life and what a good life looks like for them.

It is designed to help you understand strengths and challenges from the participant’s perspective and work together on identifying how behaviour support planning can help make changes that achieve their needs and wants for a good life in the short-to-mid-term.

The workbook provides conversation-starters and should be used together with follow-up questions. Take notes in this workbook and keep it as a record of your conversation to guide you when writing the behaviour support plan.

Example of My behaviour support goals

Before starting this workbook

You can download the workbook (download Word version for desktop) in Word format, meaning you can edit it to suit your participant's needs or situation.

You are likely to build on information you have already learned about your participant, through Yarning and getting to know each other.

You may wish to use the following tools that have either been completed previously or bring them with you to this session in case they’re needed.

Workbook sections

This workbook is a guide to support the behaviour support plan goal setting; you don’t need to complete all sections.

  • Interests and strengths – Discover what the person enjoys and is good at.
  • Daily life and routines – Discuss routines, activities and support needs.
  • A good life – Revisit the person’s needs for a good life and broader life goals.
  • Goals for the future – Explore work, volunteering, and community involvement.
  • Independence – Talk about living skills, decision-making and transport.
  • Challenges and support needs – Identify triggers and calming strategies.
  • Health and wellbeing – Address medical needs and staying healthy.
  • Dreams and aspirations – Discuss hopes and future goals.
  • Coping and behaviour support – Find ways to manage stress and emotions.
  • Setting goals – Work together to establish behaviour support goals that will help the person address any behaviours of concern and contribute to achieving their needs for the future.

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