Key note speaking and Workshops
WildFire Wellbeing offers engaging speaking presentations and interactive workshops designed to challenge thinking, spark curiosity and create meaningful change.
Led by Tarnya Bruinier, sessions draw on professional expertise, lived experience and real-world stories to explore behaviour, neurodivergence, inclusion, regulation and wellbeing in practical and relatable ways.
Available across Victoria and beyond, or online, presentations and workshops can be tailored for conferences, workplaces, schools, disability organisations, professionals, families and young people.
From keynote presentations to small-group workshops, sessions are designed to leave people with new perspectives, practical strategies and ideas they can actually use.
About Tarnya
Tarnya Bruinier is a Behaviour Support Practitioner, educator and Director of Wildfire Wellbeing Services. With
a background in teaching and nursing, she brings together behaviour support, neuroaffirming practice,
education, health and lived experience in a practical, human way. As an AuDHD woman and mum to
neurodivergent children, Tarnya is especially passionate about autism, ADHD and intellectual disability, and
about helping professionals look beyond what they can see to understand what matters to the person. Her
presentations are story-led, practical and reflective, designed to challenge assumptions without losing sight of
the realities of everyday support.
What audiences can expect:
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Practical ideas that can be used in real settings, not just theory.
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Stories and examples that make complex ideas easier to understand and remember.
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A neuroaffirming, person-centred lens that respects lived experience and professional expertise.
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A presentation style that is warm, direct, curious and willing to challenge the way we have always done
things.
Please contact us directly to discuss pricing and how to use your NDIS plan for our programs.
Speaking Offerings
Keynotes and professional learning can be adapted for disability, allied health, education, families and
community audiences. A separate interactive workshop is available specifically for neurodivergent young
people.
Formats & Booking
Formats
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20–30 minute keynote
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45–90 minute professional learning session
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Half-day or full-day workshop
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Panels, conference facilitation and tailored team sessions
Common audiences
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Occupational therapists, speech pathologists, psychologists and allied health teams
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Teachers, education support staff and school leaders
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Behaviour support practitioners and disability support teams
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Parents and families
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Neurodivergent young people — through the dedicated young-person workshop
Sessions can be tailored
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Audience knowledge and role
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Conference theme or organisational priorities
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School, disability, allied health or family context
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Length, level of interaction and practical take-home resources
Speaking Offerings
A keynote about changing how we think about behaviour. Tarnya explores curiosity, what matters most to the
person, and why understanding should change practice. Includes practical reflection across body, communication,
people and place.
Best for: allied health, educators, behaviour practitioners, disability teams, conferences.
Behaviour Was Never the Problem
A practical session on looking beyond observable behaviour to understand context, communication, sensory and
physical experiences, relationships, environment and the person’s own priorities.
Best for: multidisciplinary teams, schools, disability services, leadership groups.
Beyond Behaviour: Understanding What Matters
Practical neuroaffirming strategies for teachers and school teams, including reducing unnecessary barriers,
supporting regulation, making learning more predictable and accessible, and responding to distress without
escalating demands.
Best for: teachers, education support staff, wellbeing teams, school leaders.
Supporting Neurodivergent Students Without Making School Harder
A practical approach for responding when a person is overwhelmed, refusing, shutting down or escalating.
Focuses on reducing pressure, understanding what happened, supporting regulation and planning with the person
once they are ready.
Best for: schools, families, disability teams, behaviour support training.
Rest • Digest • Co-regulate • Co-design
An interactive, strengths-based workshop created specifically for neurodivergent young people. It helps
participants understand how their brain may experience sensory input, emotions, regulation, executive
functioning and everyday demands, using accessible activities and practical language rather than
clinical teaching.
Best for: neurodivergent children and young people only; delivered as an interactive workshop rather than
professional training.
My Brain, My Way — A Workshop for Young People
Practical, respectful education around boundaries, consent, relationships, personal safety and accessible learning
for people with disability and the people who support them.
Best for: disability organisations, families, support teams, community education.
Social & Sexual Safety for People with Disability