Behaviour Support Practitioner
Serving Bend of Islands & Yarra Ranges Shire

NDIS Behaviour Support in Bend of Islands

Brave Mental Health provides specialist NDIS Behaviour Support to families and individuals in Bend of Islands (3097), within Yarra Ranges Shire in Melbourne’s outer east. This beautiful region can feel isolated when it comes to specialist NDIS services — telehealth has made access far easier, and we also offer in-home visits across the area.

Families in Bend of Islands and Melbourne’s outer east are often passionate advocates for their children — and frustrated by the scarcity of local specialist services. Telehealth removes that barrier entirely, and where in-person is needed, we travel.

When a family in Bend of Islands reaches out, the concern is often not one isolated behaviour. It is usually a pattern: mornings becoming harder, school calls increasing, carers feeling unsure, or a participant becoming more distressed in everyday routines. We start by listening carefully before making recommendations.

What Behaviour Support Looks Like in Bend of Islands

The work is both clinical and deeply human. A Behaviour Support Plan should help everyone around the person respond with consistency, reduce escalation, build skills, and avoid unnecessary restrictive responses wherever possible.

For a family in Bend of Islands, this might mean:

• A Functional Behaviour Assessment for a child whose meltdowns are escalating before school or bedtime
• A Behaviour Support Plan for a teenager with autism, ADHD, anxiety, or sensory overload
• Parent and carer coaching so responses are calm, consistent, and realistic under pressure
• Support worker guidance so strategies are used the same way across home and community settings
• An Interim Behaviour Support Plan where urgent safety strategies are needed before a full assessment is complete

NDIS Funding in Bend of Islands

Yarra Ranges Shire is part of the Melbourne Outer East NDIS planning region. Behaviour Support is commonly funded under Capacity Building — Improved Daily Living. Telehealth access means families in Bend of Islands are no longer disadvantaged by distance. We support plan-managed and self-managed participants:

• Plan Managed — your plan manager handles all invoicing; no out-of-pocket payments
• Self Managed — we invoice you directly; you claim reimbursement from the NDIS myplace portal
• Early Childhood (under 7) — no formal diagnosis required; accessed via your Early Childhood partner

Not sure what’s in your NDIS plan? Book a free consultation — we’ll explain your options in plain language.

Who We Work With in Bend of Islands

Himani works with NDIS participants and families across Bend of Islands, Kangaroo Ground, Wonga Park, and Eltham. We commonly support:

• Children aged 2–12 with Autism (ASD), including children adjusting to kinder, school, or new routines
• Teenagers with ADHD, emotional dysregulation, anxiety, school refusal, or escalating conflict at home
• Adults with intellectual or developmental disability who need safer daily routines and clearer support strategies
• Children and young people with complex trauma, including those in out-of-home care or kinship care
• CALD families in Bend of Islands who want culturally respectful support that works well across different family and community contexts
• LGBTQIA+ participants and families who need affirming, trauma-informed support

School and Community Collaboration in Bend of Islands

For children and young people in Bend of Islands, school collaboration can be the difference between a plan that sounds good and a plan that works. With consent, we help translate assessment findings into everyday classroom and playground strategies.

Telehealth and In-Home Support

We know families do not need another complicated appointment to manage. Sessions can be arranged around school hours, work commitments, support worker shifts, and the participant’s best time of day, with telehealth available across Bend of Islands and nearby suburbs.

About Your Practitioner

Your Behaviour Support Practitioner is Himani Arora, founder of Brave Mental Health. Himani has 5+ years of experience supporting NDIS participants across Melbourne, including families across the Outer East region. She is trauma-informed, culturally affirming, and brings genuine expertise and warmth to every family she supports.

“I believe every person — regardless of their diagnosis, background, or the challenges they face — deserves support that truly sees them. Not just their behaviour, but their whole self.”

— Himani Arora, Behaviour Support Practitioner