Meet The Team
A team of dedicated specialists
FABIC Behaviour Specialist Centre consists of a world-leading team of experts and specialists in the fields of Behaviour Change, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy and the general mental health field.
FABIC is equipped and renowned for handling even the toughest of cases since 2006 and has successfully transformed many lives so individuals, families and organisations are experiencing a changed quality of life.
FABIC also has a dedicated administration team which supports not only the FABIC staff but equally the clients from the moment they phone or enter the clinic until the final goodbye. We make sure everyone is supported to be the amazing person they naturally are and can bring to the world.
Meet The Team
Tanya Curtis
Founder and Managing Director
Behaviour Specialist, Presenter, Author, Course Facilitator, Products Developer
Kathryn Maroney
Speech Pathologist, Products Developer
Kathryn is FABIC’s senior Speech Pathologist and has extensive experience working across the range of general speech pathology practice and particularly in the field of disability and autism.
Emily Rutherford
Provisional Psychologist, Behaviour Counsellor & Behaviour Support Practitioner
Emily is a registered provisional psychologist offering a behaviour focused approach and counselling.
Emily brings focus to supporting all to increase their skills to respond to life, increase independence and capacity, increase quality of life and supports ALL to step closer to living and reaching their full potential every single day.
Joss Ferguson
Provisional Psychologist, Behaviour Support Practitioner
Joss is a registered provisional psychologist who takes a client centred approach to behavioural change.
Joss applies the FABIC Functional Behavioural Assessment Model, as well as Psychometric Assessments to ensure that clients have the opportunity and support to build consistency in how they respond to life’s events.
The Body Life Skills program correlates with Joss’ own lived experiences, that everyone and anyone is capable of making behavioural shifts in their life, and often just require the skills and commitment to do so.
Julie Ferguson
Behaviour Counsellor, Behaviour Support Practitioner
Through a lifelong love of working with people, observing their behaviours and being fascinated by the underlying causes, Julie’s completion of a Counselling Diploma and 14 years’ experience working in the education system, both primary and secondary, sees her well equipped to support with long-lasting behaviour change.
Annie Tran
Occupational Therapist, Behaviour Support Practitioner
Annie teaches people of all ages skills for daily living, be it handwriting and fine motor skills, social skills or understanding emotions and behaviours of themselves and others.
Annie supports individuals, their caregivers and support team to build independence in the home, school/workplace and community environments.
Brodee Callinan
Behaviour Clinician
Brodee is a dedicated Behaviour Clinician with a deep understanding of human behaviour and a genuine passion for helping individuals achieve their full potential. He recognises the uniqueness of every individual and tailors interventions accordingly, ensuring that everyone’s specific needs and goals are addressed. Brodee creates customised behaviour plans that empower individuals to succeed socially, academically and emotionally.
He has a strong educational background in Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) and a Bachelor of Education in Primary Education.
Sean Doolan
Behaviour Counsellor
Sean is dedicated to foster positive behavioural changes in individuals.
With a holistic approach, Sean prioritises to establish trust, active listening, and empathetic understanding to empower individuals to reach their full potential. Through the Body Life Skills program, he supports addressing underlying factors contributing to behavioural patterns. Through his steadfast approach he supports individuals’ mental health and well-being.
Rebekah Hanau
Client Services and Administration
Rebekah is enriched by love and holds a deep connection to humanity and purpose. Rebekah has worked with FABIC since 2016, completing a Certificate III in Business and managing administration services. Rebekah writes behaviour assessments and reports for Behaviour Specialist, Tanya Curtis, whilst overseeing the flow of administration processes.
At present, Rebekah is working towards attaining a Bachelor of Counselling university degree to offer clinical services with FABIC in the future.
Ally Broome
Client Services and Administration
Ally brings her love and an ever-willingness to learn and grow into her role at FABIC.
She began working at FABIC in 2021, engaging in a School Based Apprenticeship for her Certificate III in Business. She now works full time in administration, supporting FABIC from the roots up and learning valuable life lessons every single day.
Rowan Newell
Client Services and Administration
Rowan has worked in a number of industries including telecommunications, mobile provisioning, facilities management, incident management, digital publishing, web development and administration. All of these roles required attention to detail, compassion, understanding, technical knowledge, a willingness to learn and adapt and most importantly connecting with people on a daily basis and Rowan brings all of this and more to his current role.
Rowan’s passion for helping others and truly connecting with those he interacts with, as well as his interest in problem solving and bringing simplicity to life allows him to support the team no matter the task.
Susan Scully
Accountancy and Finance
With over 30 years in Accountancy, Business and Finance, Susan has worked within national and international companies, holding many company directorships and management positions — mostly whilst managing and operating her own and others’ businesses since 1999. Today she runs her own Accountancy and Business Consultancy practice, supporting people and businesses like FABIC with their business, tax and finance affairs that range in size and diversity across many industries locally, nationally and internationally.
Susan knows that life is about supporting and developing people first; our relationships with everyone and everything are key to true health and wellbeing and that includes a healthy relationship with money, finances, tax and accounts. Simplicity is key for Susan and she is an advocate for de-mystifying and simplifying any complexities so they are relatable and easy to understand.