Rise & Roar Behaviour Consulting · Adelaide
Neuroaffirming behaviour support, built on trust.
Compassionate, trauma-informed behaviour therapy for children, families, schools and allied health across Adelaide. Anchored in regulation, psychological safety and autonomy.
Here's how I can help
Support that meets you where you are
Holistic, neuroaffirming behaviour support designed around the person. Their nervous system, their relationships, their everyday life.
Children & families
Individualised, neuroaffirming support that prioritises regulation, connection and choice. Never compliance for its own sake.
Schools & teachers
Practical, research-grounded strategies that fit real classrooms: choice boards, low-tech communication and co-regulation routines.
Clinicians & allied health
Mentoring, workshops and shared resources for compassionate, evidence-based behaviour analytic practice.
The order matters
Regulation, safety, communication. Then skills
For all learning opportunities, first there must be regulation. Everything else is built on top. Never the other way around.
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Regulation first
Before anything else, we attend to the nervous system. Learning, communication and connection rely on a regulated body. For both the young person and the people around them.
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Psychological safety & trust
We move at the pace of trust. Rapport, predictability and respect for autonomy come before any goal. And stay with us through every session.
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Functional communication
Accessible communication, across moments of dysregulation, is non-negotiable. We build options that work without compromising trust or autonomy.
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Skill building, in context
Only once regulation, safety and communication are in place do we explore skills. Chosen with the person, embedded in the life they actually live.
How we’re different
A different kind of ABA practice
We work from a neuroaffirming, trauma-assumed lens. Informed by compassionate practice, co-regulation research (including Dr Paul Gilbert's work) and the lived experience of the people we support.
Neuroaffirming, not compliance-based
Autistic and neurodivergent ways of being are not problems to fix. We support the person, not the diagnosis.
Trauma-informed by default
We assume trauma may be present and lead with safety, choice and collaboration. For the young person and their family.
Holistic & quality-of-life focused
Goals are co-created with the person and family, anchored in real choices and meaningful quality of life. Not arbitrary milestones.
Research-informed, plainly explained
We translate the evidence base for ABA, co-regulation and compassionate care into language that families and educators can actually use.
Frequently asked
Common questions
A few of the things parents, teachers and clinicians ask before we work together.
What makes your approach different to other ABA in Adelaide?
We practise neuroaffirming, trauma-informed behaviour analysis. That means regulation, psychological safety and functional communication come before skill targets, and goals are co-designed with the person and their family. Focused on quality of life and autonomy.
Who do you support?
Children, teenagers and their families, as well as teachers, clinicians and allied health colleagues looking for compassionate, evidence-based behaviour support and training.
Do you work with NDIS participants?
Yes. We share clear, plain-language explainers about NDIS supports, advocacy, and how compassionate behaviour analytic services can fit alongside other allied health.
Get in touch
Ready to start with support that feels safe?
Whether you’re a parent, teacher or clinician. Reach out for a no-pressure conversation about what neuroaffirming behaviour support could look like for you.