Child Development & Behaviour Specialists

Child Development & Behaviour Specialists provides professional consulting and training services for schools, early years, and OSHC settings across Australia. CDBS works with educators, leaders, and organisations to strengthen behaviour decision-making, build consistent practice, reduce risk, and support safer, more effective responses in everyday settings.

Child development and behaviour specialists supporting children in Aus

how cDBS supports practice

CDBS provides structured, evidence-informed support that focuses on building shared understanding, consistent adult responses, and systems that support safe, effective practice.
The focus is not on quick fixes or isolated strategies, but on approaches that support clarity, consistency, and confidence in practice, even in complex or high-pressure situations. 

Child Development and Regulation

The Function of Behaviour

Influential and Environmental Factors

Educator Responses and Patterns

Data-informed Decision-making

Preventative, Responsive, and Restorative Strategies

Practice, Strategy, And Capacity-Building

CDBS strengthens professional knowledge, educator practice, and day-to-day implementation through consulting, training, and structured support that helps teams respond with greater consistency, confidence, and clarity. Support is designed to strengthen professional judgement, practical implementation, and shared approaches across schools, early years, and OSHC settings.

This includes supporting educators and leaders to:
Capacity-building focuses on embedding approaches that can be maintained over time, rather than relying on individual strategies or short-term interventions.
Structured behaviour support strategies for child development

Understanding Behaviour, Influential Factors, & Effective Practice

CDBS supports educators and teams to understand behaviour in context, recognising how development, stress, unmet needs, skill development, relationships, and environmental influences shape behaviour, regulation, and day-to-day practice. This work strengthens adult response, practical implementation, and consistent behaviour support across schools, early years, and OSHC settings.

Professional Consulting and Training for Organisations

Professional Practice Consulting

In-context consulting that strengthens behaviour practice, professional decision-making, team consistency, and educator response

Framework and Systems Development

Framework and Systems Development. Support to strengthen procedures, frameworks, escalation processes, and consistent practice systems across settings.

Under Framework and Systems Development

Support to strengthen procedures, frameworks, escalation processes, and consistent practice systems across settings

Under Keynote Speaking and Sector Presentations

Targeted presentations for conferences, leadership groups, sector events, and professional audiences.

Capacity-building focuses on embedding approaches that can be maintained over time, rather than relying on individual strategies or short-term interventions. 
Experts providing child behaviour support and development services

Professional Support Across Australia

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.

Our Testimonial

Andra Webb-Lavery Goldfield Child Care
Through our continued partnership with Kel, Goldfields Child Care Centres has been able to build comprehensive practices in the areas of behaviour and development. We have been able to build a strong foundation of knowledge and we continue to learning and develop our understanding. Kel’s hands on approach.........
Lisa Manifold Teacher
We are grateful thanks to Kelly for her presentation at Good Shepherd today – her sharing of knowledge was talked about over the lunch break and gave us renewed enthusiasm for supporting our students who display behaviours that indicate they are not ready to learn, with new ways we can support them and feel positive about doing so.
Education Support CentreRockingham Senior High School
Kelly has become a huge asset to our service, she is a wealth of knowledge about behaviour and development. She provides the tools and resources to improve practice and guide educators.......
Kelly BarkerSchool Principal
Kelly Oldfield delivers high-quality professional learning that empowers school staff with practical strategies and evidence-based approaches to support students with disabilities. Through targeted training, coaching.......