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PBS Essentials

Restrictive Practices

Learn to protect the rights and safety of people with disability by eliminating the use of restrictive practices—or, when necessary, ensuring they are the least restrictive and used only as a last resort. 

What's included?

Course Highlights

  • Updated content
  • Interactive activities
  • Self-paced course
  • Behaviour-based design
  • Certification of completion

From Concepts to Application

You will learn everything from foundational concepts to applying them in ethical, effective, and durable intervention designs across diverse situations.

Reduce or Eliminate Restrictive Practices

You will learn to identify and assess restrictive practices, train family members and other stakeholders, and advocate for the participant’s rights within the settings they live in or wish to access.

Promote Rights and Reduce Restrictive Practices

Learn practical and effective strategies
by actively engaging in hands-on activities that build confidence and competence.
Explore a variety of proven tools and frameworks designed to enhance efficiency and drive meaningful results.
Gain the skills to identify, assess, reduce, or eliminate restrictive practices to protect the rights and safety of people with disability.

Meet Your Instructors

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Michael Manning

Michael has over 10 years experience supporting participants of all ages who have physical and intellectual disabilities. His goal is to improve clinical practice, quality of life, and protect human rights for his participants. He has provided expert advice on best practices and clinical governance to community services and government agencies and has worked with the NSW Department of Communities and Justice as an Independent Behaviour Specialist to reduce restrictive practices.

Michael is also skilled at navigating the complex relationship between Child Safety and the NDIS. Michael has a Bachelor of Psychology with first-class honours and has worked as a sessional academic at Griffith School of Applied Psychology, where he led tutorials and mentored students. Michael is a Clinical Lead and Behaviour Support Practitioner at Kameleon Group working across the Gold Coast and surrounding areas in QLD.

Ready to reduce Restrictive Practices and protect rights?

You will not only learn the skills you need, but also be provided with evidence-based tools and the opportunity to put your learning into practice through real-life case studies.

This course is designed to elevate your practice by equipping you with the skills to define Restrictive Practices in line with NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission standards, identify their use in real-world contexts, evaluate associated risks and harms, and plan and communicate safe implementation.

You’ll be supported to lead efforts that reduce Restrictive Practices and uphold the rights of people with disability.
COURSE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Meet our team

In addition to the course instructors, many professionals worked on the design and development of this course. Check it out:
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Ready to transform the way you support behaviour?
Start reducing and eliminating Restrictive Practices with confidence today!