Welcome to Powerminds, your behaviour support services provider for children in Melbourne and Victoria. We focus on the specific developmental and behavioural needs of younger children (4-9 years).
Our team uses evidence-based strategies to support and enhance each child’s development, ensuring tailored and effective interventions.
Understanding Behaviour Support
Behavior support uses structured methods to modify challenging behaviors in children, essential for their development and long-term well-being.
It helps them acquire social, emotional, and academic skills, focusing on foundational abilities and enhancing complex skills like problem-solving and peer interaction.
Early and consistent intervention prevents behavior issues from worsening and supports the child’s adaptation to new challenges, ensuring a smoother developmental path.
Our Approach to Behaviour Support
Powerminds employs evidence-based methodologies and positive behavior support (PBS) principles tailored to children’s developmental stages.
- Positive Reinforcement: Encourages desired behaviors by rewarding good actions with age-appropriate techniques.
- Social Skills Training: Teaches essential social skills, focusing on fundamental interactions and complex social cues.
- Cognitive Behavioral Techniques: Helps children manage emotions and actions through problem-solving, effective for self-reflective children.
- Family Involvement and Training: Trains parents and caregivers to apply behavior management strategies at home.
At Powerminds, we offer behaviour support services tailored to children’s developmental stages. We focus on basic behaviours and social skills for children (4-6 years). We tackle more advanced emotional and behavioural challenges for older children and preadolescents (7-11 years).
For Younger Children (4-6 years)
Our behaviour support services for younger children focus on foundational social and emotional skills.
- Individual Behavior Plans: Tailored strategies addressing specific behavioural needs like tantrums and sharing difficulties.
- Social Skills Groups: Structured sessions to teach and reinforce fundamental social interactions such as sharing, cooperation, and understanding feelings.
- Parent Guidance Sessions: Coaching parents on effectively handling daily behavioural challenges.
For Older Children & Pre-Adolescents (7-11 years)
Behaviour support for this age group targets more complex behavioural and emotional challenges.
- Advanced Social Skills Training: Sessions to navigate complex social scenarios and build peer relationships.
- Cognitive Behavioral Support: Helping children understand and manage their emotions and reactions to reduce anxiety and improve behaviour in school settings.
- Academic Support Plans: Behavioral strategies integrated with academic support to address school-related behaviour issues.
