About Us
Your Life Matters (YLM) is a registered company delivering services in the mental health and disability space. Our services include behaviour support, consultancy, developmental education, clinical supervision, and training. Our staff have a variety of qualifications and expertise in psychology, developmental education, disability support, positive behaviour support, functional behaviour assessment, teaching at higher education level, training, service delivery consultancy and more.
Jo McRae
Behaviour Specialist / Consultant / Clinical Supervisor
Jo McRae is a Lecturer in Disability and Community Inclusion within the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University. She contributes to content development and lectures in positive behaviour support within the Bachelor of Disability and Developmental Education and the Graduate Certificate in Positive Behaviour Support. Jo started her career as a crisis counsellor and began specialising in PBS for people with disability thirteen years ago. She has been on the Behaviour Support Practitioners Australia (BSPA) board of directors since 2023, and has contributed to numerous advisory groups, PBS resource project evaluations, communities of practice, and focus groups. Jo has a particular interest in promoting quality clinical supervision for behaviour practitioners. She is the director of Your Life Matters, delivering behaviour support, clinical supervision, training, and PBS consultancy across Australia.
Kylie Denman
Behaviour Specialist / Developmental Educator
Since graduating as a Developmental Educator in 2015 Kylie has experienced a wide range of roles in the disability sector including Support Work, Project and Program Coordination, and Senior Practitioner (including Specialized Support Coordination and Advocacy support). It was in these roles that she first came across Positive Behaviour Support. She quickly identified it’s benefits and started learning as much as she could about how it worked. This led Kylie to complete the Post Graduate Certificate in Positive Behaviour Support through Flinders University prior to stepping into her current role of Behaviour Specialist.
Kylie loves that she gets to use an evidence-based process that is tailored to the person she is working with. She believes it highlights the important distinction between the person and the challenging behaviour. Kylie is especially interested in teaching others how to use principles of positive behaviour support in their lives.
Rosheni Ratnayake
Behaviour Specialist / Consultant / Clinical Supervisor
Rosheni is a Behaviour Support Practitioner at Your Life Matters, where she delivers Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) services to people with disability and their support networks. Rosheni works collaboratively with individuals, families, and service providers to understand the underlying reasons for behaviours of concern and to develop practical, person-centred strategies that improve quality of life. Her work focuses on building supportive environments, strengthening skills, and reducing reliance on restrictive practices in line with the principles of Positive Behaviour Support and the NDIS Practice Standards.
Catherine Klippel
Administration and Finance
Cath began her career as an Administrative Service Officer with the Australian Government. She is known for her exceptional organisational skills and initiative.
She has had several administrative roles over the years and successfully ran her own small business.
Managing finances, creating budgets and helping others is something Cath has continually undertaken throughout her life.
Since 2015, Cath has dedicated much of her time as a volunteer coach and committee member at Riding for the Disabled Jennibrook Farm. Here, she had been heavily involved in delivering quality equine based services and therapy for people with disabilities. A role she cherished, as seeing the development and changes in behaviour when surrounded by a nurturing and positive environment, was very rewarding. She still volunteers and is involved in property management and horse welfare.
Cath thoroughly enjoys her present administration and finance role and strives to assist and support the Your Life Matters Team.
Alyssa Campbell
Behaviour Specialist
Alyssa is a Behaviour Specialist and Developmental Educator at Your Life Matters, where she provides Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) to people with disability and the teams who support them. Alyssa works collaboratively with individuals, families, and service providers to understand the underlying reasons for behaviours of concern and to develop practical, person-centred strategies that improve safety, wellbeing, and quality of life. Her practice focuses on building skills, strengthening supportive environments, and reducing the use of restrictive practices in line with the principles of Positive Behaviour Support and the NDIS Practice Standards.
Abbey Fraser
Behaviour Specialist
Abby is a Behaviour Specialist at Your Life Matters, where she provides Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) to people with disability and the teams who support them. Abby works with individuals, families, and support providers to understand the function of behaviours of concern and develop practical, person-centred strategies that promote safety, skill development, and improved quality of life. Her practice focuses on collaborative problem-solving, building supportive environments, and implementing evidence-based PBS strategies that reduce the need for restrictive practices and support people to participate more fully in their communities.
Tom Briggs
Behaviour Specialist
Tom is a Behaviour Specialist and Developmental Educator at Your Life Matters, where he delivers Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) services to people with disability and the teams who support them. Tom works collaboratively with individuals, families, and service providers to understand the factors contributing to behaviours of concern and to develop practical, person-centred strategies that improve quality of life and participation. His practice focuses on strengthening skills, adapting environments, and implementing evidence-based PBS approaches that reduce reliance on restrictive practices and support people to live safer, more meaningful lives.