Elevate Youth Lab™
by Supporting Communities Australia
Notes on youth mentoring, Positive Behaviour Support, NDIS Capacity Building, and the young people the system called too complex.
Written by Yosmerys Aparicio Cuencas, founder of Supporting Communities Australia and creator of the Elevate Youth Lab framework.
Capacity Building is the part of a young person's NDIS plan that pays for the future version of them. A plain-English guide to what it actually funds, the three biggest myths, and how to know if the spending is working.
Read the post →What separates a behaviour support plan a family lives by from one that sits in a drawer. Written for parents, carers, and support coordinators trying to work out if the PBS practitioner they have is the right one.
Read the post →Most placement breakdowns are not about a "bad" young person. They are about unmet needs, unmanaged behaviour patterns, and skills nobody has taught yet. Here is what actually holds a placement together.
Read the post →What Improved Daily Living actually funds when the participant is a young person, not an adult. Written for families reading their NDIS plan for the first time and support coordinators explaining it.
Read the post →The highest-leverage window in Out-of-Home Care is the two years before a young person ages out. Here is what to build in it, and what to stop delaying.
Read the post →The two services get confused constantly. They are not the same thing, they do not solve the same problem, and getting the wrong one is a common reason a young person plateaus. Here is the difference in plain English.
Read the post →What to ask, what to look for, and what the red flags are. A practical checklist for families, support coordinators, and DCJ caseworkers matching a young person to a provider.
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