Coco Bernard

• Triaging and waitlists management within a busy rehabilitation service.
• Completion of neuropsychological assessments to aid with diagnostic formulation, cognitive profiling, and provision of tailored treatment recommendations.
• Collaborative goal-setting and treatment planning within a multi-disciplinary team, including conduction of joint assessments and therapy sessions with other allied health disciplines.
• Facilitation of therapy groups including the LaTCH Memory Group, My Rehab Journey, and Strokewise education groups.
• Provision of short to medium term cognitive, behavioural, and psychological interventions for clients with acquired brain injury and other neurological conditions.
• Mood screening and provision of short-term psychological interventions in the ABI population using CBT-ABI, MI, and ACT therapeutic approaches.
• Preparation of reports, letters and discharge summaries for a range of external stakeholders including clients, families, GP's, specialists, Centrelink, and NDIS providers.

• eNACT (Neurorehabilitation And Clinical Translation) Research Group
• Working as a clinician and researcher on a MRFF-funded randomised control trial examining Vocational Rehabilitation Models after stroke. Within this role, I provide assessment and guidance to a multidisciplinary team/client/stakeholders (GP, employers) to support vocational rehabilitation and return to work planning.
• Working as a clinician within the Young Stroke Service's Neuropsychology Intervention Hub providing 1) psychological intervention for young stoke survivors presenting with mood disturbance (CBT-ABI manualised 12-week therapy)and 2) group-based memory intervention (Memory Skills Group 6 week program) for those presenting with memory difficulties.
• Co-facilitation of the VaLIANT Proram (Valued Living after Neurological Trauma) a recently developed manualised 8-week treatment combining psychological and cognitive intervention for people with acquired brain injury. The group uses a values based approach to help clients to participate in things important to them and addressing cognitive and emotional barriers to doing those things.
• Research support: completing clinician based competency based assessments with regards to group facilitation and manual adherence, as part of the VaLIANT clinical trial study.
• Consultation and facilitation of a Peer-Led Aphasia Group (2021) supporting discussion around psychological changes post stroke.

• Triaging and waitlists management.
• Completion of neuropsychological assessments to aid with diagnostic formulation, cognitive profiling, and provision of tailored treatment recommendations.
• Collaborative goal-setting and treatment planning within a multi-disciplinary team, including conduction of joint assessments and therapy sessions with other allied health disciplines.
• Facilitation of therapy groups including Fatigue Management Group and the Monash Memory Skills Group.
• Provision of short to medium term cognitive and psychological interventions for clients with acquired brain injury and other neurological conditions.
• Mood screening and provision of short-term psychological interventions for support with adjustment.
• Preparation of reports, letters and discharge summaries for a range of external stakeholders including clients, families, GP's, specialists, Centrelink, and NDIS providers.

• Worked within a broader psychological team across three large sub-acute hospital sites within Monash Health, responding to referrals from a range of sub-acute medical, psychiatry, aged care, and rehabilitation wards.
• Provision of neuropsychological consultations, assessments, education and brief interventions in the hospital setting.
• Assessment of decision making capacity regarding acute financial, medical, and lifestyle matters, which included preparation of reports for VCAT and attendance at VCAT meetings when required.
• Behaviour assessment and development of Behaviour Support Plans.
• Project work: Psychology Student Portfolio, NDIS Lead for Psychology, worked to develop a single-session cognitive rehabilitation group for inpatients on the neurorehabilitation ward.

• Reviewed medical records in preparation for assessment and treatment.
• Conducted individual and group therapy, behavioral interventions and intervention with families as part of interdisciplinary team treatment approach.
• Completed comprehensive assessments relevant to patient's presenting concerns and treatment goals.
• Interpreted neuropsychological and psychological data within context of complex medical histories.

Worked across a range of services including:

• Outpatient Neuropsychology Clinic servicing referrals from RMH specialists clinics including Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Renal, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Oncology.
• Cognitive Dementia and Memory Service: provision of neuropsychological diagnostic assessments and oral/written feedback to clients, families and the team (geriatricians, allied health) in a timely manner, often providing same-day impression and feedback to geriatrician and family. Attendance at weekly case conferences and PD events.
• Research Assistant working across a range of quality projects (designing an effective outcome measurement for the RMH outpatient clinic, assisting with a Systematic Review of Neurobehcet's Disease).

• Working 4 days/week within a busy inpatient neurorehabilitation ward as the sole neuropsychologist, independently triaging and managing the caseload and waitlist.
• Completion of assessments from beside screens to comprehensive diagnostic assessments for patients with a range of acquired brain injuries, neurological conditions, and complex medical co-morbidities.
• Development and implementation of interventions for patients with challenging or complex behaviours, including management of clients in post-traumatic amnesia or delirium.
• Screening of cognition and mood for all new stroke patients on ward.
• Support to team around complex discharge planning, navigating medico-legal issues, and assessment of decision making capacity.
• Experience working with CALD populations and interpreters.
• Quality work: Rehabilitation Unit Management Group, Stroke Education Workforce Committee, Neuropsychology Outcome Measurements Working Group, Rehabilitation of Anxiety/Depression in Stroke Patients.