Sexualised Behaviours Support Resources
What is Sexualised Behaviours?
A sensitive sign that needs understanding, not shame
Sexualised behaviours can occur in children, teenagers, and adults. These behaviours can range from using sexual language or gestures to inappropriate touching or actions that don’t fit the social context. While sometimes linked to natural curiosity or developmental differences, sexualised behaviours can also signal unmet needs, exposure to inappropriate material, mental health concerns, or responses to trauma. Responding calmly and safely, without shame or punishment, is essential to protecting wellbeing and guiding someone toward healthier boundaries and understanding.
Sexualised behaviours look different for each individual
No two people display or experience sexualised behaviours in the same way. For some, it may be verbal expressions or humour. Others may engage in physical behaviours or interactions that feel unsafe or unexpected. In some cases, behaviours are sensory-seeking or linked to conditions like intellectual disability, neurological differences, or mental health challenges. Sometimes, these behaviours signal past trauma or a need for specialised therapeutic support. Understanding the underlying reasons is critical to responding safely and effectively.
Support should protect dignity and guide safely
Punishment or shaming responses can increase confusion and distress, making behaviours worse. Real support provides calm boundaries, education, and safe, private spaces to understand feelings and develop healthy ways to express them. With compassionate, trauma-informed approaches, people of all ages can learn safe relationship skills, understand consent and privacy, and feel secure in managing their own behaviours.
Championing People who Display Sexualised Behaviours
We work with children, teens, and adults to respond to sexualised behaviours with safety, respect, and understanding. Our goal is to protect dignity, reduce harm, and support each person’s development toward safe, healthy expression and relationships.
Supporting emotional wellbeing and regulation
We offer strategies to manage impulses, anxiety, or distress that may contribute to behaviours.
Creating safe, structured environments
We adapt home, school, workplace, or community settings to reduce triggers and provide calm, predictable boundaries.
Offering trauma-informed therapy and counselling
For individuals impacted by trauma or past harm, we connect them with psychologists and therapists experienced in safe, specialised care.
Providing respectful education and skill-building
We teach healthy boundaries, privacy, consent, and safe ways to express sexuality appropriate to the person’s age and capacity.
Collaborating with families, carers, and services
We ensure consistent, respectful responses across all support networks to create safety and understanding without stigma.
How we can help with Sexualised Behaviours?
Whole Family Developmental Support →
Coaching for families to respond calmly, safely, and without shame
Tools to set clear boundaries while supporting emotional needs
Guidance for siblings and carers to maintain safety and trust
Functional Capacity & Needs Assessments →
Assessments to understand developmental level, triggers, and risks
Recommendations for safe environments, supervision, and education supports
NDIS planning to include therapeutic and behavioural interventions
Skill-Building and Sexual Health Education →
Age-appropriate education on consent, body safety, and social boundaries
Coaching for healthy ways to meet sensory or emotional needs
Tools for building respectful relationships and safe routines
Positive Behaviour Support →
Behaviour plans focused on understanding and safely redirecting behaviours
Strategies that support privacy, consent, and appropriate expression
Training for carers, educators, and services to respond consistently and respectfully
Psychology and Mental Health →
Therapy to explore underlying trauma, anxiety, or unmet emotional needs
Support for building emotional regulation, identity, and self-understanding
Trauma-informed care to address past experiences and promote healing
Regional Intensives →
In-home, hands-on support for families in remote communities
Training for local services and schools to manage behaviours safely
Building long-term, local networks for consistent and respectful support
Say G’day today and we can work together to see what we can do to support you.
Hear it from real families
“Before we understood what was really going on for J, every day felt like a struggle. Our support workers were doing their best, but nothing seemed to click. It often felt like we were all trying to push J into doing things, and the more we pushed, the more he shut down.
When Brooke and her team explained Autism & PDA to us, it was like someone finally turned the light on. We realised he wasn’t being difficult, he was doing everything he could to feel safe and in control.
With Brooke’s help, our whole approach changed. His support workers stopped trying to force things and started meeting him where he’s at by giving him time, space, and choices.
Now, J’s so much more relaxed. He actually wants to spend time with his workers because they see him for who he is. He laughs more, joins in on his own terms, and doesn’t feel like he has to mask or meet anyone else’s expectations.
It’s been incredible to watch him grow into himself, just by being accepted”
- J’s Mum
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Real people. Real experience.
Here for you.
We’re not just professionals — we’re people who get it.
Our team is proudly autistic-led, trauma-informed, and shaped by lived experience. We’ve sat on both sides of the table — as clinicians, as family members, and many of us as neurodivergent individuals ourselves.
We understand that life isn’t always neat or easy, and behaviour support should never feel like a judgement or try to change who you are.