Berna Elias holds a master’s degree in Social Psychology and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Montreal School of Social Work. Berna has over ten years of experience as a social worker in a multicultural setting and within a transdisciplinary team. She is interested in supporting individuals with neurodiversity, their families and the practitioners working with them. Her research interests include child-parent-practitioner partnerships in intervention, transcultural context, and participatory partnership research. Berna’s work is rooted in anti-oppressive practices and clinical sociology that are based on reflexive, comprehensive, critical and interdisciplinary approaches.