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Are you interested in joining BSPA’s Board of Directors?

Nominate for the Behaviour Support Practitioners Australia (BSPA) Board of Directors

Our vision is for BSPA to be the leading national peak body for Behaviour Support Practitioners across Australia.

Our mission is to advance evidence-based behaviour support through representation, support, and accountability for person-centred, safe, and effective practice that upholds and protects human rights. We do this by influencing policy and practice, promoting professional standards, and raising the profile of Positive Behaviour Support nationally.

About the BSPA Board

The BSPA Board of Directors brings together a diverse group of professionals united by a commitment to advancing the quality, capability, and integrity of behaviour support practice in Australia.

Board members come from a range of professional backgrounds, including:

  • Behaviour support practice and service delivery
  • Critical disability studies, behaviour analysis, and allied health
  • Lived experience as family members and informal supporters involved in behaviour support
  • Rights-based practice and disability advocacy
  • Public policy, regulation, and governance
  • Research and higher education
  • Finance, law, and organisational management

This multidisciplinary composition reflects BSPA’s diverse membership and affirms its commitment to representing that diversity within its governance.

Commitment and Expectations*

Serving as a BSPA Director offers an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to BSPA’s planning and activities that advance behaviour support in Australia.

All Directors are expected to:

  • Participate in Board planning, training, and performance review activities
  • Attend at least 75% of scheduled Board meetings (approximately seven per year, held in person or virtually)
  • Participate in the Annual General Meeting and any special meetings
  • Contribute to specific governance or strategic portfolios
  • Lead and contribute to at least one key project aligned with BSPAs mission and strategic plan
  • Represent BSPA at relevant events, forums, and stakeholder meetings, where appropriate.

The expected time commitment is approximately 6–8 hours per month, depending on role and committee involvement.

Each Director serves a term of up to three years, with eligibility for reappointment in accordance with the Constitution. Directors may serve a maximum continuous term of nine years, unless extended by special resolution of members.

* It is recommended all nominees seek their own legal counsel before accepting directorial office.

Who Should Apply

We welcome expressions of interest from individuals who:

  • Demonstrate a commitment to human rights and ethical behaviour support
  • Value collaboration, inclusion, and professional integrity
  • Are motivated to contribute to the development of a strong, credible national voice for Behaviour Support Practitioners.

How to apply

  • Read the FACT SHEET
  • Download the Board Nomination form
  • Include the name and contact details of one referee (Nominator 1) who can support your nomination.
  • Include the name and contact details of one referee (Nominator 2) who will support your nomination
  • Complete and submit the Expression of Interest Form including uploading the BSPA Nomination Form

Go To Expression of Interest Form

Next Steps

Expressions of Interest are open until 17 November 2025.

Following the close of submissions, each candidate’s 200-word statement will be shared with BSPA members, who will be invited to vote for their preferred candidate. This process ensures that BSPA’s leadership continues to reflect the values, expertise, and vision of its membership.

We look forward to welcoming new Directors who will help shape the future of Behaviour Support Practitioners Australia and strengthen our shared commitment to advancing rights-based, evidence-informed behaviour support across Australia.

The BSPA Board of Directors 

 

Express Your Interest here

 

BSPA Webinar series
"Strengthening Supervision. Strengthening practice."

As part of BSPA’s ongoing Webinar Series 2026, BSPA is offering a 1.5‑hour online webinar presented by a credentialled panel including specialist supervisors Sharon Paley, Jon Martin and Jo McRae.

Registrations are now open for the upcoming webinar; exploring the role of clinical supervision in building practitioner capability and supporting quality behaviour support practice.

📅 29th July 2026 3:00-4:30PM (Adelaide time)
🎟 Free for members RSVP here

Non-members click to register

Preparing images for upload

How To Optimise Images for the Event Calendar

This short tutorial aims to help you optimise your image so that is has appropriate dimensions and as small a file size as possible.

Step 1.

Know where your image is saved

Your image must be saved onto your computer and sitting somewhere in your computers file system. It doesn't matter where, as long as you know where it is.

If your image is currently attached to an email, you will need to save it into your computers file system.

We recommend having it saved on the Desktop for easy access.

Step 2.

Correct image dimensions

To check your images dimensions and file size, you can right-click on it and choose 'Properties'.

The recommended dimensions and file size for images uploaded to a BSPA calendar event are:

Width: between 600px & 900px
Height: between 350px & 600px
File size: less than 300kb

If your image dimensions are bigger than this, you can modify them in the next steps, but if they are smaller then you'll need to find another image.

Step 3.

Import image into online editor

If you are familiar with editing images in Photoshop or some other program, then simply use that program to modify the image so it is within the specifications listed in Step 2.

If not, then we recommend to use 'Photopea' which is a free full featured online image editor.

Click here to open: photopea.com

After it opens in a new browser tab, drag your image from your Desktop (or wherever you have it saved) onto the Photopea page. You can also click the "Open From Computer" link and browse through your computers file system to find and upload the image.

Step 4.

Modify image dimensions if needed

In the Photopea top menu, click Image > Canvas Size. It should open this box:

My sample is image mich taller than it is wide, so I'll reduce the height to make the image square.

In the height box, I'll enter "4128" so that it matches the width, then click OK. This has now cropped the image from the top and the bottom equally.

If the action of your image is all in the top part or bottom part of the image and you don't want to crop into that, then use the "Anchor" tool to tell the editor where to "anchor" the crop from. If you only want to crop the top part of the image, then click the bottom middle square on the Anchor before clicking OK and it will only crop the top of the image. This also works the same if you want to crop the left or right side of an image.

Step 5.

Reducing size and exporting

In the Photopea top menu, click File > Export as > WEBP. It should open this box:

Here you need to enter new dimensions, as per the recommendation in Step 2. Note that the Width and Height boxes are linked, so that when you change one, it will automatically update the other correspondingly. This is to ensure that the image does not get distorted from it's overall dimension ratio.

In the Width box, I'll enter "600", then I'll change the Quality from 92% down to 80%.

This has now updated the resulting file size which is shown at the bottom of the image. As you can see, it is well under the maximum file size of 300kb.

So now, click the Save button, give your image a meaningful name, preferably something similar to the name of the event, and save it onto your Desktop (or other preferred location on your computer).

You now have an optimised image ready for upload to your BSPA event.