Melissa Kiomall

Melissa is an Educational Psychologist and a Research Officer at the Monash University Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology (CDPP).

She has worked in the field of autism research for a number of years and currently works in two CDPP Autism intervention research projects; ‘Pre-schoolers with autism: an education and skills training programme for parents’ and the ‘Growing up with Autism: education and skills training for parents of adolescents with Autism’ where she is responsible for cognitive assessments and reports, data collection and analysis and writing up of results.

She also works in the CDPP School Refusal Program, providing assessment and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to school refusing children and adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders.   

She supervises probationary psychologists and provides professional training in developmental and cognitive assessment of children with Autism.  

Melissa is a member of the Victorian Psychologists Association and also has a private practice.