Professional Development
Our Professional Development series delivers high-quality, evidence-informed learning that supports skill development, ethical decision-making, and ongoing professional competence. Sessions are grounded in real-world practice and invite reflection, connection, and professional renewal.
Practical Skill Expansion for Counsellors
'Functional Behaviour Assessment'
As counsellors, we often work with clients whose needs extend beyond traditional counselling frameworks. Developing interdisciplinary skills is becoming increasingly important in contemporary counselling practice.
Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA) is not a counselling modality. It is an evidence-informed behavioural assessment approach with its foundations in psychology and is widely used across behaviour support, education, disability services, psychology, and allied health.
Understanding FBA provides counsellors with valuable skills to better understand why behaviours occur, identify environmental and contextual influences, strengthen case formulation, and collaborate more effectively with professionals from other disciplines. These skills are particularly valuable when supporting clients with complex behavioural, developmental, or psychosocial needs.
We're excited to have Resh facilitating our upcoming ACA Approved Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA) Training. Drawing on his extensive expertise in disability practice and higher education, Resh will provide practical, evidence-informed learning that participants can immediately apply within their own practice.
Whether you work with children, adolescents, or adults, this training will broaden your understanding of behaviour, strengthen your assessment skills, and enhance your confidence when working with complex presentations.
Join us for this valuable professional development opportunity and earn ACA-approved OPD points while expanding your counselling toolkit.
Part A Theoretical Aspects- Sept 20 9-11am AEST
Part B Practical Aspects- Sept 21 6-8pm AEST
Investment
Part A and Part B $220 (inclusive of GST)
ACA 5 OPD points PACFA 4 hours Cat A
SESSION OVERVIEW
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Part A Focuses on what is an FBA and why is it conducted? Functions of Behaviour- Attention, Escape, Tangible, Sensory, The ABC model, Methods of data collection and ethical considerations in conducting an FBA.
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Part B Focuses on identifying and clearly defining target behaviours, collecting information, analysing patterns and trends, implementing evidence based intervention strategies, monitor outcomes and effectiveness.
Ethical Decision
Making in Counselling
A practical process for navigating ethical dilemmas with confidence
Ethical dilemmas are rarely black and white. When competing responsibilities, client needs, professional boundaries and ethical obligations collide, knowing what to do next can feel challenging.
This practical 1.5 hour PD gives counsellors a clear, structured process for working through ethical dilemmas with greater confidence.
Using realistic counselling scenarios, we’ll work through the ethical decision-making process step by step — identifying the dilemma, considering ethical principles and responsibilities, exploring options, assessing risks and reaching a decision that can be clearly justified and documented.
Participants will leave with a practical framework they can return to whenever an ethical dilemma arises — helping move from “What on earth do I do here?” to “I know how to work this through.”