About Neuroinclusive Supports
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We believe behaviour is communication.
Our job is to listen.
Natalie Carpenter
Founder, Neuroinclusive Supports
Our Story
Support that starts with understanding.
You already know your child. You've likely got a diagnosis, a plan, and tried approaches that haven't quite fit. What you're looking for now is someone who actually gets it, someone who sees your child as a person first, not a set of behaviours to manage.
Natalie is a Social Worker and Advanced Level Behaviour Support Practitioner with 15 years in the disability sector. She also supervises other Positive Behaviour Support practitioners across Australia. Across all of it, her approach comes back to one simple shift: instead of asking how to stop a behaviour, she asks what it's trying to say, and what unmet need sits underneath it.
That understanding shapes every plan she writes. No cut-and-paste templates, no clinical jargon that sits in a drawer unread. Just practical strategies built around your child's real sensory needs and daily routines, working within your existing NDIS plan and alongside the rest of your team.
Your child doesn't need to be fixed. They need to be understood.
Our Approach
Understanding before intervention.
Our work is grounded in contemporary Positive Behaviour Support and informed by neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed, and rights-based practice. Rather than focusing solely on reducing behaviours of concern, we seek to understand why behaviours occur and what a person needs to feel safe, regulated, and able to participate in everyday life.
We believe the best behaviour support doesn't change who a person is. It removes barriers, builds capacity, and creates environments where people can succeed.
Who We Support