Behaviour Support, for real.

A Family Affair

One couple set their marriage at stake on the answer. One wanted to use a passive nurturing method. The other wanted to use firm discipline. And don't assume one is male and the other female. You would be wrong if you did. 

Needless to say. The marriage ended at a stale mate. You know why?

Because nothing can last on extremes. If you want a marriage to work you need compromise. If you want behaviour support to work you need balance.

Balance of Factors

Not between extremes. To find balance you need reason and feeling in sync. Kids are not an abstract formula. Kids are real people with complex needs.

Too much of one. Things do not work. Too much of the other. Things do not work. 

More Like a Circle

But not so much this and that - behaviour support is more about plus this and then more. You look for the whole view - the ways things flow in real life.

We call this ecology, some say ‘holistic.’

We think this perspective comes from observing life and relationships. And not a tad of wisdom. Buckets might help.

Nurturing the Flow

• Structure and nurturing. Yes.

• Boundaries and a bit of limited choices. Yes.

• Freedom appropriate for the child's development. Yes.

• But freedom is the partner of responsibility. Without one the other will fail.

So, it goes. The mix is unique for each child. Each person. Yet don't we want to get it right? Yes. Indeed.

Behavioural support in real life is about balance and flow. It is keeping relationships healthy, and finding ways to support our needs and the needs of others.

We look at the behavioural life of two-legged (humans) as highly flexible and yet given to patterns, routines, and cumulative processes. One things leads to the next, and the narrative is not always easy to understand.

About ATS

ATS is a registered behavioural specialist service under NDIS, with practitioners PhDs Jo Bowers and Dwayne Kennedy. We are members of the Australian Counselling Association, and the Australasian Society for Lifestyle Medicine. We work via telehealth with NDIS participants in behaviour support, counselling, and therapy assessment funded areas.

Life is a balance, sometimes even a dance.