Melanie
Melanie supports children, adolescents and adults with complex behaviours, psychosocial disability and neurodivergence. With a background as a Disability Support Worker, she understands firsthand the daily challenges faced by participants and their teams, allowing her to develop practical, realistic and trauma‑informed behaviour support strategies. She is committed to person‑centred practice, strong advocacy, and empowering participants, families and teams through meaningful, individualised behaviour support.
Expertise:
- Supporting complex behaviours, psychosocial disability &multi‑diagnostic profiles
- Functional Behaviour Assessments, Interim and Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plans
- Coordinating support across schools, SIL providers and MDT teams
- Developing practical, proactive behaviour strategies and capacity-building interventions
- Trauma-informed, person-centred and advocacy-focused practice