She received her M.Sc. in School and Community Psychology from the University of Calgary in 1998 and is currently a PhD candidate at UWA. Before moving to Australia in 2008, Bernadette worked in private practice, consulted to schools, and was actively involved in several pediatric research studies. In addition, she was the psychologist on the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Clinic before moving to the Developmental Clinic at Alberta Childrens Hospital. Bernadette received specialist training in autism assessment at both the University of Toronto Autism Research Unit and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York).