Upcoming Events

Join Susan and Tanya who love supporting people to make their impulses happen – from Impulse to Action, they are here to support every step of the way.

DAY 1 – PRESENTATION AND WORKSHOP
Saturday 10 August 2024 – 9:00am – 4:30pm AEST (QLD Time)

DAY 1 – NETWORKING DINNER
Saturday 10 August 2024 – 5:00pm – 7:00pm AEST (QLD Time)

DAY 2 – BOOK AN OPTIONAL PERSONAL CONSULTATION
Sunday 11 August 2024 – See booking calendar for availability

Tuesday 13 Aug 2024 – 7:00pm – 8:00pm AEST (QLD Time)

In this presentation-style workshop we will discuss how to build a foundation that supports us and all others within a framework where mental wellness is the standard. And thus, anything away from this foundational norm is regarded as a stepping stone to compromised mental health.

Thursday 15 August 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 31: Common challenges for a person with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Poster 32: Autism Spectrum Disorder – Life lessons

Tanya Curtis is well-known and highly regarded for her work with autism, and she will always maintain that a person is not their behaviour and that skills must not be expected but need to be taught.

These two posters detail the common challenges and life lessons for a person with an ASD, and while they do not apply to everybody on the spectrum, they provide more opportunities to learn new skills and gain self-mastery over what was might once have been perceived as difficult or even impossible.

Thursday 15 August 2024 – 7:30pm – 8:20pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 33: FABIC perfectionism worksheet

Perfectionism is a worldwide plague and responsible for some people not wanting to try anything new, for fear of failure or not doing something perfectly. This chart offers a series of questions for reflection and will support tracing this scourge back to its roots.

Monday 19 August 2024 – 9:30am – 2:30pm AEST (QLD Time)

This presentation-style workshop is for all those ready to embrace a simple model that, when practically applied in everyday life, offers LASTING behaviour change strategies for themselves and all others they may be supporting, whether formally or informally.

Monday 19 August 2024 – 6:30pm – 8:00pm AEST (QLD Time)

In this presentation we will explore the question of whether ADHD is the primary concern, or if there are other underlying causes that, when left unaddressed, result in people presenting with ADHD symptoms.

Tuesday 20 August 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 34: Fingers, toes, nose, heart

This presentation introduces a simple technique for supporting a person to connect with their body again. This might be needed after a code red meltdown or anywhere on the FABIC Behaviour/ Anxiety Scale that is higher than code blue or green.

Wednesday 21 August 2024 – 5:30pm – 7:00pm AEST (QLD Time)

In this session we will explore what forms the foundations of our interactions and how we can establish and set standards in interactions and relationships both in and out of the classroom.

Thursday 22 August 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 35: Stop, breathe, squeeze, communicate, skills

When a person goes to code red, orange or yellow on the FABIC Behaviour/Anxiety Scale, it is important to offer an opportunity to de-escalate and communicate what took their body higher than blue in a way that is preferred and wanted rather than using their previous non-preferred or unwanted behaviour.

Skills building is only possible when the body is relatively settled and the original part of life the person found challenging can be addressed.

Tuesday 27 August 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 36: Acknowledge vs ignore and bury

Life presents challenging situations to us all. And when that happens, we always have a choice: do we acknowledge what has happened and how it has affected us or do we call in the concrete truck and bury it all?

Tuesday 3 Sep 2024 – 7:00pm – 8:00pm AEST (QLD Time)

Sometimes what people do is thumbs up, and sometimes what people do is thumbs down. But no matter the outward presentation, at the core of every single person is ALWAYS an awesome, amazing and lovable being. This presentation and interactive workshop covers the foundations and language to use when supporting any person with LASTING behaviour change.

Thursday 5 September 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 37: Can I change this life situation?

There are situations in life that we can change and influence and those that we cannot, and it is important to know the difference. Both options present challenges and come with their own set of natural consequences, especially when we attempt to change something that is out of our control.

Friday 6 September 2024 – 9:30am – 2:30pm AEST (QLD Time)

Senior Behaviour Specialist Tanya Curtis introduces a simple yet effective way of communicating that offers understanding to both parties. Implemented in daily life, it has changed many troubled relationships in homes, schools, workplaces and communities while laying the foundation for a new and solid way forward.

Saturday 7 Sep 2024 – 9:30am – 2:30pm AEST (QLD Time)

This presentation and interactive workshop will support those who have experienced controlling behaviour patterns from others, been using controlling behaviours themselves or are supporting others to break this cycle, either way.

Sunday 8 Sep 2024 – 9:30am – 2:30pm AEST (QLD Time)

We will explore the short and long-term impacts of two different approaches when it comes to addressing behaviour challenges and mental health symptomatology.

Thursday 12 September 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 38: Planning and organisation
Poster 39: Focus, commitment and organisation – Example

Many people find it hard to organise, plan and sequence a task, especially when the instructions are only given verbally. In this presentation, Tanya shares a visual step-by-step guide to complete a particular task or provide structure to a period of time.

Tuesday 17 September 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 40: Voice volume
The use of concrete words is important, especially when it comes to giving instructions. This poster is used for monitoring a person’s voice volume so that the message sent (the instruction) is the same as the message received.

Poster 41: Abstract vs concrete words
When we teach new skills, the likelihood of a person learning and implementing them is greatly increased when we all speak the same language and use concrete words.

Tuesday 17 Sep 2024 – 6:30pm – 8:00pm AEST (QLD Time)

In this presentation-style workshop we will discuss and explore all things confidence and offer practical tools to approach the many daily situations that are perceived as difficult. Let’s kick confidence erosion to the kerb and lay a foundation that leaves you feeling prepared to embrace whatever life presents next.

Wednesday 18 Sep 2024 – 5:30pm – 7:00pm AEST (QLD Time)

This session will explore how we can recognise our own triggers and learn to de-escalate ourselves before responding to situations presenting in front of us.

Thursday 10 October 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 42: FABIC Behaviour Rating Scale – Template
Posters 43, 44 & 45: FABIC Behaviour Rating Scales BILL / ANDREW / AIMEE

This template is used to support people to have the same understanding of what behaviours and language are expected in a particular situation. It lists both the preferred and non-preferred behaviours, provides a choice of ratings and room for the consequences. Key is that everybody has the same message about what is expected in a defined situation.

Monday 14 October 2024 – 9:30am – 2:30pm AEST (QLD Time)

Life can often present lots of new situations seemingly all at once and when we don’t feel equipped to respond to them, we are likely to experience anxiety. This presentation-style workshop offers a model that allows us to approach each life lesson so that it does not leave us in overwhelm or anxiety, rather embraces a ‘let’s go approach’ with enthusiasm and joy.

Tuesday 15 Oct 2024 – 7:00pm – 8:00pm AEST (QLD Time)

In this presentation and interactive workshop we will discuss the short and long-term impacts of the two different approaches to address behaviour challenges and mental health symptomatology – relief strategies and their impact vs skills building for LASTING behaviour change.

Wednesday 16 October 2024 – 5:30pm – 7:00pm AEST (QLD Time)

Stress affects people in different ways. Learning how to identify stress can support in targeting the necessary skill building to support yourself to deal with daily stress that can lead to burn-out.

Thursday 17 October 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 46: Learning new skills

This presentation is really about perfectionism – which is impossible and does not in truth exist. But many people are affected by this bane, which has a negative impact on their behaviour. And thus, learning new skills is about practising these skills and making mistakes – practising some more and making some more mistakes – and so on.

After all, we do not expect a toddler to suddenly get up and walk in a straight line from their cot to the door – so why would we ever impose the demand for perfectionism on ourselves?

Thursday 31 October 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 47: Connecting with people

Tanya Curtis likens learning social skills to learning how to drive a car, a process that can be broken down into steps and simplified. Prompts and verbal cues are offered that allow for more ease and flow. Not a single skill should ever be taken for granted.

This presentation will cover the tools needed to connect with others and send a message that one is interested in having a chat and finding out more about them.

Thursday 7 November 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 48: Intended vs interpreted messages

The message a person intends to send is called the intended message and the message received is the interpreted message. And when they differ, it can come to misunderstandings if not reactions and disharmony. And it is not just the words that count, because behaviours, thoughts and feelings are equally as important.

According to Senior Behaviour Specialist Tanya Curtis, clarification of messages received is an underutilised skill which can go a long way to making every interaction a light and joy-full occasion.

Thursday 14 November 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 49: Why is there bullying behaviour?

Bullying behaviour has been on the rise everywhere, from our homes to schoolyards and workplaces. The factors that contribute to it are avoiding responsibility for the behaviour, blaming others for being a victim and not being in control plus not feeling equipped to respond to the life lesson presented.

In this presentation, Tanya Curtis gives equal importance to the part that the person targeted by the behaviour plays. When it comes to deflecting bullying behaviour, the tools are zero reaction, living responsibility, claiming oneself and bringing understanding. Life cannot be controlled, but we can all learn skills that support us to be settled in life.

Tuesday 19 Nov 2024 – 7:00pm – 8:00pm AEST (QLD Time)

For many, the quality of their everyday life is influenced by a strong need to be and do ‘perfect’. This results in increased anxiety which impacts on the quality of life for all to varying degrees of intensity. We will look at breaking the cycle of perfectionism and explore skills to approach life without the imposition of ‘perfect’.

Thursday 21 November 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 50: The game of bullying

Behaviour Specialist Tanya Curtis is an expert on bullying behaviour and shares her experience and the tools needed to put an end to this game. She has inspired untold many to achieve settlement and ease and know that bullying is not normal and does not need to be part of our life.

Friday 22 November 2024 – 9:30am – 2:30pm AEST (QLD Time)

Following the presentation we will discuss and explore how to build a foundation that supports us and all others towards a way of life where mental wellness is the standard. And thus, anything that deviates from this foundational normal is regarded as a step into a much lesser quality of mental health, i.e. mental illness.

Saturday 23 Nov 2024 – 9:30am – 2:30pm AEST (QLD Time)

Many people are exposed to abuse and some on a regular and even repetitive basis. This can present as abuse from others, abuse towards and of others and abuse of self.

Sunday 24 Nov 2024 – 9:30am – 2:30pm AEST (QLD Time)

When our everyday life includes caring for others, why is it that we tend to put our own needs to one side? And what impact does that have on us and equally all others? Furthermore, what then is the quality of care we are able to provide?

Monday 25 November 2024 – 9:30am – 2:30pm AEST (QLD Time)

Together with Senior Behaviour Specialist Tanya Curtis we will explore the qualities we bring to all our relationships. When founded on bringing and accepting the unique puzzle piece and design of each person equally, we are accelerated towards enriching relationships for all.

Thursday 28 November 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Poster 51: Social skills 50:50

Social interactions are scary for some, especially when their endeavours have not been positively received in the past and they are left feeling rejected. Often, it happens because one participant dominates the situation and has not learnt about the 50:50 inclusiveness.

Thursday 5 December 2024 – 6:00pm – 6:50pm AEST (QLD Time)

Posters 52 & 53: Social skills: When I say hello / When I say goodbye

This presentation on social skills covers two simple tools for the start and the end of a social interaction, how to say hello and goodbye. Skills cannot be expected but must be taught where needed and many a crash landing plus feelings of disappointment and rejection can be avoided when the willing student of life is ready and the teacher of life is prepared.

Saturday 7 Dec 2024 – 10:00am – 3:00pm AEST (QLD Time)

Teaching in a remote community comes with many amazing experiences and some different challenges, this workshop will support you with preparing to undertake a remote teaching position.

Monday 9 December 2024 – 9:30am – 2:30pm AEST (QLD Time)

This workshop-style presentation will support you to develop the understanding of your own and other people’s feelings of sadness, grief, depression and experiences of loss. Participants are offered practical and easy to apply take-home strategies that, when successfully implemented and lived, can greatly reduce their impact on everyday life.

Tuesday 10 Dec 2024 – 7:00pm – 8:00pm AEST (QLD Time)

In this presentation-style workshop we will discuss our attachments to how life and other people should be and how that impacts on our quality of life. Could it be that it is not life that makes us react – but our attachments to how it should all be? And if so, what can we practically do to change that?