ABOUT KIND BEHAVIOUR
A calm, thoughtful way to make sense of behaviour.
Kind Behaviour was created for families and support teams who need more than quick advice. We look beyond a single hard moment and consider the routines, relationships, environments, communication, safety, and supports around the person.
From there, we help build practical plans that fit everyday life. Our work is grounded in dignity, compassion, evidence, and clear communication.
The goal is not a perfect plan. It is a clearer, more workable way forward for the person, family, and people supporting them.
WHAT FAMILIES CAN EXPECT
Support that feels respectful, practical, and genuinely caring.
- Thoughtful guidance
- Practical next steps
- Clear communication
- Ethical care that shows up in the work
WHY WE BUILT KIND BEHAVIOUR
A personal understanding of disability. A practical commitment to complex behaviour support.
Kind Behaviour grew from both lived experience and professional purpose. Disability has been part of our lives in different ways and at different stages, shaping how we understand family life, support needs, and the pressure families can feel when behaviour becomes hard to understand or manage.
Those experiences gave us a deeper level of empathy for individuals with disabilities and the people who support them. They also strengthened our desire to create support that feels respectful, practical, and grounded in the realities of everyday life.
Jessica devoted her post-secondary education and professional career to learning about the brain, behaviour, and the different ways individuals with disabilities can be supported. Her background in neuroscience, psychology, and behaviour analysis brings several perspectives together when trying to understand what may be happening and what could help.
We both understand how deeply behaviour can affect routines, relationships, safety, participation, and the rhythm of an entire household. Kind Behaviour was created to focus on that part of the picture: helping families and support teams understand behaviour, find practical direction, and build support that fits real life.
WHAT SHAPES OUR WORK
Lived experience, professional knowledge, and a genuine desire to help.
- Understanding the person behind the behaviour
- Respect for the realities of family life
- Practical support grounded in evidence
- Clear direction when the next step feels uncertain
MEET THE FOUNDERS
The people behind Kind Behaviour.
Kind Behaviour is built by Jessica and Jason together. Jessica leads the clinical work, assessments, service fit, and behaviour support decisions. Jason leads operations, client coordination, scheduling, billing, systems, and the structures that support the family experience.
Their roles are different, but the goal is shared: to make behaviour support feel clear, respectful, organized, and workable in everyday life.
CO-FOUNDER & BEHAVIOUR ANALYST
Jessica Bist, M.Sc., BCBA
Jessica L. Bist, M.Sc., BCBA, is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst and co-founder of Kind Behaviour. She brings over 15 years of experience supporting children, youth, and adults with disabilities across private family-directed support, school, home, community, aide, behavioural intervention, and behavioural consultation roles.
Jessica's work focuses on practical behaviour support for complex and recurring concerns, including Functional Behaviour Assessment, Risk Assessment, caregiver and team guidance, emotional regulation, communication, functional skills, routines, independence, and support planning. Her background combines direct support experience, applied behaviour analysis, behavioural science, neuroscience, research, teaching, collaboration, and family-centred planning.
She is especially interested in helping families and support teams understand what may be contributing to behaviour, clarify safety and support needs, and build plans that are respectful, realistic, and usable in everyday life.
CO-FOUNDER, OPERATIONS & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Jason Lefebvre
Jason leads operations, client coordination, scheduling, billing, systems, and business development at Kind Behaviour. He brings lived experience of disability, community leadership experience, and business training to the work behind the scenes.
Jason helps families understand the process, organize next steps, and know what to expect. He keeps the work behind the scenes responsive and organized, while Jessica remains responsible for clinical fit and clinical decisions.
WHAT GUIDES OUR WORK
Values families should be able to feel.
Values only matter when they shape how support is delivered. These principles guide how Kind Behaviour listens, plans, communicates, and makes decisions with families and support teams.
Dignity comes first
People are more than the behaviour being discussed. Support should respect the person's communication, preferences, relationships, strengths, and what matters in their life.
Compassion with action
Families deserve empathy, but they also deserve useful help. We turn understanding into practical strategies, clear next steps, and consistent follow-through.
Support has to fit real life
A plan is only helpful if it can work in actual homes, schools, daycares, communities, and busy weeks. Support is shaped around the person and the life already happening.
Clear and honest communication
Families should understand what we are working on, why it matters, what to expect, and how the plan may change as new information becomes available.
Ready to talk about what support could look like?
Send a brief email. You do not need to know exactly which service fits. We can help clarify what the next step may look like.