Our Services

CDBS provides structured, evidence-informed services that support organisations to strengthen behaviour practice, build capability, and embed consistent approaches across teams and settings. Services are designed to support educators, leaders, and organisations in strengthening clarity, consistency, and sustainable practice within real-world, day-to-day environments. Support is delivered across early years, OSHC, and school settings throughout metropolitan, regional, and remote communities across Australia.

Professional Consulting

Professional Consulting provides structured, in-context support to help organisations understand behaviour, strengthen educator practice, and improve consistency across teams and environments. Consulting focuses on understanding behaviour within context and supporting teams to apply developmentally informed, strategy-led approaches in day-to-day practice.

Behaviour Consultation and Case Load Support

Understanding Escalation, Risk, and Contributing Factors

Analysing Behaviour Patterns and Influences to Support Data Informed Practices

Reviewing Current Practices, Responses, and Systems

Supporting Behaviour-Related Decision-Making

Supporting Teams through Complex, High-risk, or High-pressure Behaviour Situations

Keynote Speaking & Sector Presentations

CDBS delivers keynote presentations and sector-based talks that support shared understanding, reflection, and alignment across teams and organisations. Presentations are practice-focused and grounded in real-world experience, supporting professional audiences to think more deeply about behaviour, escalation, educator practice, and implementation.

Understanding behaviour through a developmental and function-based lens

Moving beyond reactive behaviour management

Influential and environmental factors in behaviour

Escalation, regulation, and educator response

Building consistent, sustainable behaviour practice across systems

Professional Learning

Professional Learning supports educators and teams to build knowledge, applied skill, and behaviour practice that aligns with shared frameworks, stronger professional judgement, and consistent approaches across settings.

Female child behaviour specialist supporting early learning development

Professional Workshops provide focused, practical learning that strengthens educator understanding, applied strategies, and team consistency in everyday behaviour practice.

2-hour Professional Learning Sessions
Child development specialist working with children in classroom

Professional Development Days provide deeper learning opportunities for teams and leaders seeking more detailed exploration of behaviour, implementation, decision-making, and consistent practice across settings.

Full-day Learning Pathways
Child behaviour specialist working with a young student

Framework and Systems Development

Framework and Systems Development supports organisations to embed consistent behaviour practice across teams, sites, and systems by establishing shared language, practice expectations, and sustainable approaches over time. Support may include:

Development or review of behaviour support frameworks and aligned policies and procedures
Establishing consistent escalation, response, and decision-making processes

Practical guides and implementation tools to support everyday consistency

Online Learning

Online Learning provides flexible access to structured, evidence-informed professional learning that supports consistency, continuity, and implementation across teams and services.

Online Learning

Online Learning provides flexible access to structured, evidence-informed professional learning that supports consistency, continuity, and implementation across teams and services.

How we work with you

Professional Support Across Australia

CDBS works with organisations across Australia, supporting services in metropolitan, regional, and remote locations.
Delivery may include in-person or online engagement, depending on context, scope, and organisational needs.

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.......