What we offer
Positive Behaviour Support
Helping you thrive with practical, person-centred strategies.
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is an evidence-based approach designed to help you live more fulfilling, independent, and inclusive lives. Practitioners explore the reasons behind behaviour and develop strategies that promote well-being, participation, and personal growth. PBS focuses on understanding you and what’s causing behaviours, so we can support you in safer, more positive ways, without using restrictive practices wherever possible.
At Gateways, we understand that Positive Behaviour Support can transform lives. Our compassionate and experienced team works closely with individuals, families, and support staff to develop strategies that are meaningful, practical, and achievable.
We take a hands-on approach, observing environments, understanding unique needs, and tailoring solutions that fit your life. Our ongoing guidance ensures these strategies work in everyday situations.
Our behaviour support practitioners collaborate with you to create a personalised Positive Behaviour Support Plan (PBS Plan) tailored to your life and goals. This includes:
Understanding your individual strengths, needs, and triggers.
Identifying positive strategies to encourage desired behaviours and outcomes.
Providing clear guidance and practical support to apply these strategies in daily life.
We are with you every step of the way, offering practical solutions that make life easier, more enjoyable, and more fulfilling.
Our team combines years of hands-on experience with evidence-based, person-centred approaches.
We help you build the skills, and confidence, to activley participate in your community
Our focus is on reducing restrictive practices and creating safe, inclusive environments.
We provide advice, training, and resources to ensure strategies make a real difference in daily life.
Meet our team
Daniel Broomby
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
Daniel has extensive experience supporting individuals with a broad range of needs and diagnoses. He is currently completing a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences and has undertaken training in ADHD, Autism, Key Word Sign, ASK, and Moss-PAS. Daniel is committed to Positive Behaviour Support as an evidence-based, person-centred framework that aligns with neuro-affirming practice. His professional interests include supported accommodation, least restrictive practices, and ensuring behaviour support interventions are ethically sound, legally compliant, and focused on promoting independence and long-term wellbeing.
Carolyn Foot
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
Carolyn has over twenty years’ experience in Positive Behaviour Support and holds a Bachelor of Social Work. She supports people with disability who have experienced trauma, disrupted attachment, grief and loss, and mental health challenges. Her person-centred, strengths-based approach focuses on understanding the individual behind the behaviour. Carolyn works collaboratively with participants, families and support teams to build safety, independence and wellbeing through respectful, evidence-based practice. Outside work, she enjoys time with her grandchildren and travelling with her husband and their two Frenchies, Bert and Myrtle.
Kylie Donavan
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
With qualifications in Education and Psychology, Kylie brings 30 years of experience in teaching and disability support, with a strong focus on trauma‑informed, neuroaffirming practice. Informed by both professional and lived experience, she develops person‑centred strategies that are practical, effective, and sustainable. Outside work, Kylie is Chief Mischief Officer to her children, dog, and cat overlord. She enjoys live music, musicals, AFL, books, indulgent baking, and exploring politics, history, and true crime—always curious about why people do what they do.
Vrishika Arora
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
Vrishika has around 1.5 years’ experience in behaviour support and holds a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Child and Family major) and a Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education. She supports individuals across the lifespan, with strong knowledge of development, family systems and practical behaviour strategies. Her background in early learning informs a calm, structured, relationship‑focused approach. Fluent in English, Hindi and Punjabi, Vrishika values cultural sensitivity, collaboration, and person‑centred practice that promotes dignity, independence and meaningful participation.
Sharne Russell
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
Sharne has over 14 years’ experience in the disability sector across children and youth services, accommodation and day programs. She focuses on understanding the reasons behind behaviour, recognising it as a form of communication and using this to develop practical, individualised plans.
Sharne supports teams and individuals to move from crisis management to proactive, preventative approaches, building consistency and confidence in everyday support. Practical, collaborative and down-to-earth, she aims to make Positive Behaviour Support clear and achievable. She values seeing participants and teams grow in confidence as positive, lasting changes occur over time.
Outside of work, she enjoys family time and camping as much as she can.