Strengthening Collaboration Across the Sector
BSPA continues to actively represent the interests of practitioner members in our engagement with national agencies responsible for quality, safety, and sector development. In February BSPA met with senior representatives from the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission to discuss shared priorities in Positive Behaviour Support and the broader behaviour support workforce.
The discussion was constructive and centred on improving coordination between BSPA and the Commission, particularly in relation to practice standards, supervision, credentialing, and long-term sector capability building. To support this, BSPA and the Commission have agreed in principle to establish a regular quarterly coordination meeting, ensuring clear communication pathways and opportunities to align work where appropriate.
In these meetings, BSPA will continue to share emerging BSPA position papers, highlight practitioner experiences, and advocate for improvements relating to funding structures, supervisory needs, and professional expectations across the sector. BSPA is also preparing a targeted briefing for the NDIS Agency to support ongoing dialogue about pricing and behaviour support practice requirements.
The Commission has committed to providing high‑level feedback where possible and to exploring ways that BSPA’s input can be integrated into forthcoming consultation processes, including those related to supervision frameworks and practice standards.
This ongoing liaison reflects BSPA’s commitment to transparent advocacy and to ensuring that the perspectives of behaviour support practitioners meaningfully inform national policy and regulatory settings.
