Co-Designed Support with the CALMER Approach

The CALMER Approach holds this principle at its core. Co-design means support is never created for people in isolation, but always with them — alongside families, carers, educators, and professionals.

Through the CALMER Neuro-Behavioural Approach (CNBA) and Neuro-Behavioural Support (CNBS), co-designed support brings together lived experience and professional knowledge to create safe, meaningful, and authentic plans. These are not just written but lived — restoring alignment, congruency, and ensuring people feel safe, connected, heard, and understood.

Co-designed support is more than collaboration. It is a living ecosystem of empathy, authenticity, and shared humanity — building capacity for lasting change.

Early Childhood Supports

Seeing the world through the child’s eyes to understand, connect and nature growth with empathy and authenticity.

Therapeutic Supports

Everyone needs the right level of co-designed therapeutic support at the right time to succeed.

Behaviour Support

Behaviour is rarely random – it is shaped by a chain or events and contributing factors

What People Are Saying

I explored approaches like the Neurosequential Model, the Low Arousal Approach, and the Trauma Wisdom Circle — all of which added value, but still felt incomplete. What I love about CALMER is how it brings the research from all these pioneers and much more together into one approach.”

— Pam, Autistic parent and family educator

“It was good to hear a different approach… Very insightful, and justified a lot of unanswered questions.”

— Emma, Behaviour Support Practitioner

“We see this training as a significant milestone in our focus to continuously improve the quality of supports delivered to participants”.

NDIS Provider

“As the principles of your model are universal, I see a real strength of your model in helping others — carers, staff, and families — to understand and challenge assumptions, perceptions, and labels relating to the person they support or interact with.”

Michael, Psychiatrist

“I wasn’t sure about having yet another behaviour support plan… but you started from the beginning and helped us understand why the behaviours were escalating. You made it simple and practical—we feel like we have our life back.”

— Amy, Parent