Behaviour can be easy to see. The influences shaping it are often less visible.
CDBS looks beyond the immediate presentation to build a deeper understanding of what may be affecting behaviour and a young person’s capacity in that moment. That understanding helps teams move beyond assumptions and surface-level responses, and make more informed decisions about what may need to be taught, supported, adjusted or strengthened.
The focus is not on finding a single explanation. It is on helping teams understand what may be happening beneath the behaviour, strengthen professional judgement and respond in ways that are more informed, consistent and effective.
Development | Communication | Regulation | Sensory Needs | Relationships | Environment | Expectations | Adult Responses
CDBS provides specialist support across three connected areas, recognising that sustainable behaviour support depends on more than individual strategies or isolated responses.
Effective practice is shaped by professional knowledge, adult responses, team consistency, implementation and the systems that sit around them. CDBS works across these areas to help educators, leaders and organisations strengthen understanding, make more informed decisions and build approaches that a
CDBS provides in-context consulting to strengthen understanding, decision-making and behaviour support practice. This may include observation, consultation, practice review, complex or persistent behaviour support, strategy development and implementation guidance for educators, leaders and teams.
CDBS provides professional learning that strengthens understanding, professional judgement and practical implementation. This includes targeted workshops, full-day professional development, leadership learning, keynote speaking and tailored organisational learning.
CDBS works with organisations to strengthen the frameworks, processes and systems that sit around behaviour and wellbeing practice. This may include procedures, escalation and response processes, implementation structures, practice review and organisational approaches designed to support greater consistency and sustainability.
CDBS works with leaders and organisations to strengthen behaviour support beyond individual strategies. This includes reviewing current practice, strengthening consistency across teams, developing clearer systems and processes, and supporting implementation so that agreed approaches are more likely to be understood, applied and sustained.
The focus is on identifying where practice, expectations, adult responses and organisational systems may be contributing to ongoing challenges, then strengthening the structures that support more informed and consistent decision-making
A practical guide to behaviour support across education and care.
Behaviour is often the most visible part of what is happening, but it rarely tells us the whole story. This book supports educators and leaders to look beyond the immediate behaviour, consider the wider influences shaping it, and make more informed decisions about expectations, support and practice.
Grounded in the CDBS approach, it brings together practical thinking about behaviour, capacity, adult responses and the environments and systems around young people.
CDBS looks beyond the behaviour itself to understand what may be shaping it, what the young person can access in that moment, and how the people, environment and systems around them may be influencing what happens next.
Behaviour is rarely explained by one factor. Development, communication, regulation, sensory needs, relationships, expectations, previous experiences, environmental demands and adult responses can interact in different ways across different situations. Understanding those influences helps teams move beyond assumptions, surface-level responses and isolated strategies.
This wider lens supports stronger professional judgement. It helps educators and leaders consider what may need to be taught, supported, adjusted or strengthened, and how adult responses and team practice can better support the young person.
The aim is not to find one explanation for behaviour. It is to build a clearer understanding that supports more informed decisions, greater confidence across teams and behaviour support that can be implemented consistently and sustained in practice.
Development | Capacity | Regulation | Relationships | Environment | Adult Response | Systems
CDBS provides consulting and training services to schools, early years, and OSHC settings across Australia, including metropolitan, regional, and remote locations. Support can be delivered in person or online depending on service need, team structure, and location.