Bernice is a senior clinical neuropsychologist, who has worked at the Royal Children’s Hospital since 1995 and in private practice since 2012. She was the founding coordinator/director of the Learning Difficulties Centre between 1995 and 2006 and has since worked in the Psychology Service (including the epilepsy surgery program).

She completed her Master of Clinical Neuropsychology in 1992 and her PhD in 2009. Her areas of special interest include specific learning difficulties, traumatic brain injury, and epilepsy (but she has helped children with a range of neurological conditions) with a focus on practical recommendations to optimise academic learning.