We are happy to hereby announce our new team member and OT: JOAHNNE BERNADAS!
Joahnne is a registered Occupational Therapist from the Philippines with 4 years of experience in different settings, i.e. hospital, clinical and school-based. Before coming to Cambodia, she worked for children with special needs and adults with physical dysfunction at a JCI accredited hospital, Children with special needs in a school based and clinical settings in the Philippines. Her expertise includes children with Autism, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Down Syndrome, Behavioral problems, and Cerebral palsy. She is also trained to handle patients with Physical Dysfunctions such as CVA, TBI and other orthopedic cases.
Joahnne graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy at the University of Perpetual Help Dalta in Manila, Philippines on April 2015. She was awarded, together with her team, Best Thesis for their research paper on Effect of Skilendre in Promoting Independence in Dressing Skill of Children with Down Syndrome and were a finalist in University Annual Research Congress in 2015. She practiced her clinical internship with different government institutions in the Philippines.
She loves to travel to know more about different cultures. She would go to the gym and visit pet cafes during her free time.
“ I do believe people have their own pace of healing and I respect everyone’s uniqueness from each other, that’s why when dealing with different cases I always ask about the determination and willingness of the patients to participate in the therapy process. I have been working with both geriatric and pediatric settings so that I could at least accommodate people’s needs for either adults or children. I have also worked as a traveling OT to provide services to areas where OTs are not readily available. I also volunteered in medical missions and charities. I have a big soft heart for my patients and seeing them improve in many ways makes me feel happy and full filled. As I continue to learn and explore the world of Occupational therapy, I am going to take my Master’s degree in Occupational therapy to gain more knowledge that I can use in the field and to help more people.”