Dr Brent Hayward RN CMHN MEd PhD has spent most of his career working in clinical, regulatory, and policy roles which support people with intellectual and developmental disability, particularly those persons with behaviours of concern. His PhD explored the social network influences on the development of behaviour support policy in the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Brent has worked in the Victorian Department of Education for the last six years and is presently Principal Behaviour Support Adviser, leading the policy and practice for behaviour support and restraint and seclusion in government schools. He continues to work clinically in a specialist school for students with high support needs. Brent has wide experience in the design and delivery of state and national conferences and is involved in several research collaborations in the disability, behaviour support, school, and mental health nursing fields.