Reviewing my plan, my goals and staying on track
Checking in or reviewing participants' behaviour support plan and goals
Reviewing my plan (download Word version for desktop), my goals and staying on track is a workbook for behaviour support practitioners to use with participants who have a behaviour support plan in place.
The document helps behaviour support practitioners engage with the participant and key members of their support network, when the time comes to review and refine the plan.
It is essential to check that the behaviour support plan is being implemented appropriately, taking into consideration any changes in the persons preferences and support needs, and that people are making progress toward their plan’s goals, whether they are ready for new goals and, importantly, assessing whether the plan is moving the person toward their goals for a good life.
This process is about gathering information to involve the participant and the people who are working with them on their plan to understand what is working and why, as well as what is not working and why.
This is also when you engage the participant and any important members of their support network in revisions to the plan, to ensure that the plan is dynamic, changing to do more of what’s working, less of what’s not, and also keeps the person’s safety, wellbeing and human rights at its core.
Bring resources you may have already completed during your planning process, as you may wish to use them now, either to complete (if you haven’t) or to check whether the participant’s needs for a good life have changed at all.
When using the workbook
Some simple steps to help you prepare for working together through this stage of the behaviour support plan, include:
- Create a comfortable space – Ensure a quiet, relaxed environment with any needed support tools.
- Provide information – Make sure the participant understands who you are, why you are there, what this workbook aims to do and what the information will be used for before getting started (see Communication rights in behaviour support planning).
- Encourage participation – Let the person take their time and involve a trusted person from their support network, if needed (see Engaging effectively).
- Get consent – Explain the purpose and reassure the person they can choose what they want to share (see My communication rights).
- Adapt as needed – Allow different ways to respond, take breaks, and adjust or reword questions where helpful (see Adapting communication for different people, Signs of successful communication and engagement, Different communication techniques).
- Respect their choices – Skip or change sections based on what you can see from the person’s communication (ie words, body language etc.).
Workbook sections
Reviewing and assessing the behaviour support plan's progress and goals should be approached flexibly. While the Reviewing my plan, my goals and staying on track (download Word version for desktop) workbook includes the sections listed below, you don't need to complete all sections and you can adapt the document as much as needed to include pictures, personalised photos, or drawings made by the person themselves.
The workbook includes:
- Checking in – Exploring what a good life looks like for the participant.
- Good life goals – Discussing the participant’s good life goals and whether they have changed; if so – how?
- The behaviour support plan – Talking through the current use of the plan, what’s working and who is involved.
- Making changes – Exploring what needs to change and how to do more of what helps, while reducing things that don’t help.
- Moving toward my goals – Revisiting the person’s needs for a good life and broader life goals and how this behaviour support plan helps them achieve these goals.
- Next steps for my behaviour support plan – Planning what happens next, including when the behaviour support practitioner will review the plan again.
Next steps
Also see:
- My communication rights
- Getting to know each other: About us
- The Spectrum of Participation in behaviour support planning
- What does my support network look like?
- What a good life looks like for me
- My behaviour support goals workbook
- Making this plan work – effectively
- Engaging support networks in change
Other useful links (external sources):
- Submit and get feedback on a positive behaviour support plan through Promoting positive behaviour support practice (scroll to ‘Practitioners: Access your learning’ on the homepage, linked above, and create a free account to access free additional learning)
- NDIS Policy guidance: Developing behaviour support plans, outlines the NDIS Commissioner’s expectations of for developing behaviour support plans that contain regulated restrictive practices
- NDIS How to develop behaviour support plans, talks about types of behaviour support plans, and provides: templates; guides and checklists; and information about submitting a behaviour support plan
- Talk about restrictive practices in a meaningful way that upholds participants' rights using the NDIS Restrictive Practices and Me resources
- NDIS Regulated restrictive practices summary and protocols (Word download) outlines what information should be included when using regulated restrictive practice(s) and – importantly – working to reduce and eliminate them
- NDIS resources on Evidence-informed practice and Person-centred practice outline what is expected of NDIS providers, including: what the practices are; why they are important; how they can be implemented by NDIS providers; and where to find further information
- NDIS What are high-risk practices? is an easy-read resource that provides examples of practices that are never okay and must not ever be used in behaviour support practice