What kind of supports does a Behaviour Consultant provide?

A Behaviour Consultant helps students learn new skills, understand their emotions, and feel more confident in their daily lives. The focus is on understanding how your child learns, what supports they need, and what helps them thrive across home, school, and community settings.

Behaviour Consultants work with families to support areas such as:

• Communication
Examples: helping children express needs and wants, self-advocating, supporting reciprocal conversation, strengthening perspective-taking

• Emotional regulation and coping
Examples: identifying early signs of overwhelm or distress, learning proactive and in the moment calming strategies, building confidence during stressful moments

• Family routines
Examples: smoother mornings and bedtimes, mealtime routines that work for everyone, planning cultural or religious activities, creating positive shared experiences

• Self-determination
Examples: increased understanding of self, understanding diagnosis or neurodiversity, identifying likes and dislikes, understanding what helps them succeed, learning to ask for support or use strategies independently

• Peer relationships
Examples: joining play, navigating friendships, creating fulfilling social interactions, building reciprocal social interactions

• Leisure and play skills
Examples: expanding interests in meaningful ways, learning to enjoy activities independently, exploring shared play with siblings and/or peers

• Sibling and family relationships
Examples: building positive dynamics, supporting co-regulation between siblings, reducing conflict, strengthening connection

• Independence and daily living skills
Examples: toileting, dressing, hygiene, meal participation, following simple routines

• Sleep, feeding, and overall wellbeing
Examples: exploring sleep routines, supporting flexible eating habits, building comfort with feeding and mealtime challenges

• School support and collaboration
Examples: IEP support, communicating with teachers and EAs, building consistency between home and school

• Academics and learning readiness
Examples: kindergarten readiness, executive functioning basics, time management, organization

• Transition planning
Examples: preparing for high school, post-secondary options, identifying supports for adulthood

• Long-term independence
Examples: early employment skills, building confidence in community settings, increasing safety and awareness

Everything is tailored to each client’s strengths, interests, and stage of development. Support is grounded in natural-environment learning, is collaborative with families, and is designed to fit realistically into daily life. The aim is to help individuals grow in ways that feel safe, meaningful, and true to who they are.

What Can a Behaviour Consultant Help You With?

A Behaviour Consultant works with you to build skills that support your goals, your independence, and your sense of confidence. The focus is on understanding your strengths, how you learn best, and what tools you need to move through the world in a way that works for you.

A Behaviour Consultant can help with:
• organizing your time, tasks, and school or work routines
• emotional regulation and managing stress
• navigating friendships, communication, and relationships
• building life skills such as budgeting, cooking, planning, or transportation
• exploring self-identity and self-advocacy
• creating systems that make everyday life easier
• supporting school, workplace, and community success
• setting and working toward personal goals

Sessions are collaborative and shaped by your input. You decide what feels important, and the consultant helps create practical steps to support you. The goal is to help you feel equipped, confident, and understood — without changing who you are or pushing you into someone else’s idea of “success.”