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Trauma-informed Positive Behaviour Support grounded in human rights and dignity of risk. Our Co-Designed plans work to reduce restrictive practices.

Specialising in intellectual disability, neurodiversity & complex needs. Serving NSW, QLD & VIC. Our dream is for everybody to recognise their ability to create their own life. At Create A Sense of Place, we want everyone to live their life with purpose, to discover their own sense of place. Vision:
For people living with a disability to recognise and unleash their potential

Mission:
Encouraging people with a disability to build on their sense of belonging

28/10/2026

✨The Restrictive Practices That Can Be Easy to Miss✨

Some restrictive practices are easy to recognise. Others become so embedded in everyday routines that we stop questioning them.
🔹 Keeping personal belongings out of reach
🔹 Restricting access to food or parts of the home
🔹 Creating rules for one person that wouldn’t apply to others
These arrangements may have started with genuine concerns for safety, but that doesn’t mean they should continue without review.

We need to look beyond the routine.

Listen to the person, understand the risks and explore whether changes to the environment or support could reduce the need for restrictions.

A simple question to ask ourselves is: Would we accept this level of control in our own lives?

Reducing restrictive practices can start with something small: noticing the everyday restrictions that others may have stopped seeing.

26/10/2026

✨Looking Beyond Restrictive Practices✨
When a person’s behaviour creates concern, restriction can sometimes feel like the quickest way to manage risk. But before we limit someone’s freedom, we need to understand why the behaviour is happening.
Behaviour may tell us that a person feels unsafe, overwhelmed, unheard or unable to access something important to them. It may also tell us that the environment or the support being provided needs to change.
Good Positive Behaviour Support takes the time to understand this. It may mean changing the environment, improving communication, building skills or supporting the people around the person to respond differently.
Restrictive practices should never become the default because they are familiar or convenient. We should keep asking what can be done differently and how the person can have more choice and control.

Safety matters, but so do freedom, dignity and the right to be involved in decisions about your own life.

23/10/2026

💜 FEEL GOOD FRIDAY – CELEBRATING INCLUSION! 💚

Inclusion is more than just a word or an action to tick off our to do list — it’s making sure everyone feels valued, respected, heard and that they truly belong and are important.
Let’s celebrate our differences, embrace each other’s strengths and create communities where everyone has the opportunity to shine. Because everyone deserves a place where they feel accepted and understood. 💜✨

21/10/2026

✨Meet our Chief Visionary Officer...Brigette✨

In 2016, Brigette founded Create A Sense of Place (CASoP) in response to a clear need for a values-based, ethically driven organisation—one that prioritises dignity, rights, and inclusion over compliance checklists. Today, she proudly serves as CASoP’s Founder and Chief Visionary Officer, leading a multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering trauma-informed, rights-based, and neuro-affirming support.
Her role spans strategic leadership, program and resource development, NDIS compliance, and mentoring. Designing frameworks and tools that encourage both the people we support and our team to live, work, and grow with purpose. No off-the-shelf policies here—everything is built from the ground up, with intention and care. Her leadership is informed by lived experience, ethical practice, and a firm belief in systemic change.
Brigette is currently completing a Master’s in Disability Practice and Leadership (Developmental Education) and is also a trained mediator—skilled at helping individuals and organisations work through complex conversations and conflict respectfully.
Outside of CASoP, she serves as a Committee Member for Disability Advocacy NSW on their Disability Advocacy Advisory Committee, contributing to systemic reform. In 2021, she co-founded a charity dedicated to supporting people with disability to live free from harm.
Through her work, she remains committed to challenging the systems that limit people’s rights and reimagining what ethical, human-led practice can look like in action. 💜

19/10/2026

✨Reducing Restrictive Practices Through a Human Rights Lens✨

Restrictive practices can become part of everyday support without anyone stopping to ask whether they are still needed. A locked cupboard, limited access to food or belongings, or medication used to influence behaviour may be seen as keeping someone safe, but each one can also limit a person’s freedom and control over their own life.
At Create A Sense of Place, reducing restrictive practices starts with knowing the person. We look at what they may be communicating, what is happening around them and what needs are not being met.
• What is the person telling us through their behaviour?
• Is something in the environment contributing to their distress?
• What could we change or put in place before restricting the person?

The aim is not simply to stop a behaviour. It is to understand what is happening and find safer ways to support the person without unnecessarily taking away their rights.

16/10/2026

💛 FEEL GOOD FRIDAY 💛

✨ “Different abilities. Same dreams. Every person deserves the opportunity to shine.” ✨

Disability doesn’t define a person’s potential. Every individual has strengths, dreams, goals and something valuable to contribute.

This Friday, let’s celebrate the small wins, the big achievements, the everyday acts of courage and the people who make our communities more inclusive.

💚Listen to understand.
💚 Make space for every voice.
💜 Celebrate individuality.
💜 Champion choice, dignity and inclusion.

Because a truly inclusive community isn’t about changing people to fit the world — it’s about creating a world where everyone belongs.

Let’s keep supporting, empowering and creating a sense of place for everyone.

13/10/2026

✨Making Positive Behaviour Support Training Practical✨

Positive Behaviour Support training needs to make sense in the reality of a person’s everyday life. Staff may understand a strategy on paper but still be unsure what it looks like during a difficult moment.
Our training uses examples, discussion and practical activities to help teams think about the way their own responses influence what happens next.
• We look at questions such as:
• What does being calm and genuinely present look like in practice?
• How might our tone, body language or expectations add to a person’s distress?
• How can we recognise early signs and respond before the situation escalates?
• Does the strategy respect the person and make sense for their life?
The aim is for staff to leave with something they can actually use—not just information they heard in a training room.
When teams understand the person, reflect on their own practice and know why a strategy matters, support is more likely to be consistent and respectful.
If your team needs practical PBS training that is built around the person they support, please get in touch for more information 💜

11/10/2026

✨Supporting Self Determination Through PBS✨

Self-determination means having a real say in your own life. For people with disability, this right can easily be reduced when others make decisions in the name of care, safety or efficiency.

A Positive Behaviour Support plan should reflect the person’s goals, preferences and communication. The person should be involved in developing the plan in whatever way works for them, and the people around them should know how to recognise and respect their choices, including when the answer is no.

The purpose of PBS is not to make a person easier to support. It is to understand what matters to them, reduce the barriers they face and support them to have greater control over their own life.

08/10/2026

💜 FEEL GOOD FRIDAY 💜COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT- NDIS Changes..where is the positive in this we find ourselves wondering…amongst all the change there is something positive to hold onto. ... there’s a stronger focus on getting back to what the NDIS is really about — people.
With changes to funding, planning, provider requirements and safeguards, there’s a real opportunity to create a system that is:
✨ More focused on outcomes
✨ More accountable
✨ More person-centred
✨ More focused on choice and control
✨ And, most importantly, shaped around the individual — not just the service
Change can be challenging and it is scary so lets support the people who it is impacting, lets make it an opportunity to do things better.
Let’s keep the focus where it belongs: on people, their rights, their voice and their lives. 💜

07/10/2026

✨MEET THE TEAM ✨ CODY, Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner. Cody infamous for his human rights approach. through creativity and dedication to improving people’s quality of life. Cody has immediate availability ✨

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PO Box 379
Newcastle, NSW
4221

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+611300222767

Website

http://createasenseofplace.com.au/

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