Functional Behaviour Assessments
Comprehensive assessments that uncover the function of behaviours and inform targeted, evidence-based supports.
NDIS Registered Practitioner · Bayside & Surrounds
Behavioural support that helps people connect, grow and thrive.
Social Skills Connect is a Melbourne-based practice led by Katherine Van Eede, delivering positive behaviour support through the DIR®/Floortime™ model — for participants, families and the networks around them.
15+ yrs
Education & behavioural support
DIR®
Floortime™ trained practitioner
NDIS
Registered behaviour support practitioner
Katherine Van Eede
BEHAVIOURAL SUPPORT PRACTITIONER
Improving Quality of Life
Building Skills
Supporting Independence
Hi, I'm Katherine
About the practice
Practical, relationship-first support — built around the person, not the diagnosis.
Katherine Van Eede brings two decades across primary education, special education and behavioural support to every plan she writes. She works alongside participants, families, schools and care teams to understand the why behind behaviour and build skills that last.
Sessions are play-led, evidence-based, and grounded in the DIR®/Floortime™ model — a developmental, relationship-based approach with decades of research behind it.
MSpecEd (Hons)
Master of Special Education
BEdStudies
Bachelor of Educational Studies
DipTeach
Diploma of Teaching (Primary)
DIR®/Floortime™
Certified practitioner
Services
What we do
Behavioural support delivered with the participant and their network — at home, at school, and in the community.
Behaviour Support Plans
Clear, NDIS-compliant plans the whole team can use — written for real life, designed to reduce restrictive practices.
Skill & Capacity Building
Targeted strategies that grow communication, social and daily-living skills to support greater independence.
Emotional Regulation Strategies
Practical, relationship-based strategies that help participants recognise, understand and manage big emotions.
Family & School Collaboration
Partnering with families, schools and support teams to align strategies and create consistency across environments.
NDIS Goal Support
Aligning supports with participant NDIS goals and tracking meaningful progress at every review.
The approach
DIR®/Floortime™ — a developmental, relationship-based model.
DIR®/Floortime™ meets each participant where they are. We follow their lead, build on shared moments, and grow the social-emotional foundations that make every other skill possible — communication, regulation, relationships, learning.
It's evidence-based, deeply human, and it lets families do the work in the way that fits their child best.
Talk to Katherine-
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Meet & listen
A no-pressure first conversation about goals, history and what success looks like for the participant.
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Functional assessment
Observation, interviews and data — building a real picture of behaviour in context.
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Plan & co-design
A written behaviour support plan, co-designed with the participant and their network.
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Implement & coach
Hands-on coaching for families, carers and educators so strategies stick.
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Review & adapt
Regular reviews against goals — plans evolve as the participant grows.
NDIS & Compliance
Working confidently inside the NDIS framework.
Katherine Van Eede is an NDIS Registered Behavioural Support Practitioner. Services are delivered in line with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, with reports written for plan review and ongoing support through every step of plan implementation.
Katherine — NDIS Registered Practitioner
Plan-managed & self-managed welcome
Quality & Safeguards aligned practice
Restrictive practice authorisation
Transparent, NDIS-rate billing
Reports written for plan reviews
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ndis
Get in touch
Let's start a conversation
New referrals, family enquiries and provider partnerships welcome. Katherine personally reviews every enquiry.
Call
0402 413 847
Email
katherine@socialskillsconnect.com.au
Socials
@socialskillsconnect
Service area
Supporting participants across Bayside & Melbourne South-East