GRAADA is honored to have the support and contribution of a fine group of students from various disciplines in the social sciences.
Karine Bapte
Karine Bapte, Bachelor’s student in Psychoeducation. Her fields of interest include autism in general, for both adults and children. She would like to practise and conduct her research among young adults who are looking for a job, in order to improve accessibility, integration and inclusion in the workplace. She is currently a research assistant for the De-stress and Progress project with Dr. Stéphanie Fecteau, PhD.
Aude Massicotte-Rochon
Bachelor’s degree in psychology and linguistics and a Master’s in speech therapy from the University of Ottawa. She is a doctoral candidate in psychology, with a focus on clinical neuropsychology, at the University of Quebec in Outaouais (UQO), and her thesis examines online sexual activity among autistic adolescents and adults.
Noémie Desaulniers
Noémie is a student in the master’s program in counseling psychology at the University of Ottawa. Her areas of research interest are related to parenthood, the various issues surrounding the experience of motherhood as well as family dynamics. Noémie joined the research team at the beginning of winter 2021 and is mainly involved in the project ‘‘Learning to de-stress: towards offering a stress management program for autistic students.
Sylvie Drouin
Sylvie is a curious veterinarian (or a curious veterinarian😊), a jack of all trades. Since her graduation in 1994, she has worked with a wide variety of animals, from bees to horses. These studies took place in veterinary public health, which is a component of public health focused on the application of veterinary sciences as they contribute to the protection and improvement of the physical, mental and social well-being of the Man, which allowed him to interfere a little more with "human animals". In this context, veterinary services are integrated into the “One Health” approach, an integrated approach that recognizes the interdependence of the health of people, animals and ecosystems. The approach mobilizes multiple sectors, disciplines and communities at different levels of society to work together to promote the health of people, animals and ecosystems.
Line Desjardins
Lina is a psychoeducator in a private clinic. She is enrolled in an individually designed doctoral program in psychoeduction and psychopedagogy at Laval University, under the direction of Professors Francine Julien-Gauthier and Marie-Hélène Poulin. Her professional interests are in educational interventions that can be used in families with an autistic child. It is therefore natural that her doctoral project focuses on problems with screen use, and more specifically video games. She completed a systematic review of parental practises that influence the problematic use of video games in young autistic people aged 6 to 18. The results were presented during the ACFAS (French-Canadian Association for Advancement of Science) conference.
Isia Cloutier
Isia is a doctoral student in clinical psychology of children, adolescents and parents at the University of Sherbrooke. She completed a honours thesis about the influence of the autistic children’s sex and age on parents’ quality of life and parental stress. Her doctoral essay project focuses on the obstacles and facilitators related to access to services for families living with an autistic child and who immigrated to Quebec. She is also the project coordinator of “Tell me what stresses you, and we will make it a virtual reality” and “My stress is your stress”.
Laurence Fournier
Laurence, who holds a bachelor's degree in psychoeducation, is currently a master's student in psychoeducation, essay and internship profile at UQO. In addition to her essay project, which aims to document recurring stress factors in autistic adolescents, she is also involved in various other projects concerning people with autism or intellectual disabilities as a research assistant. She has also been working with these same clients for several years. Her main interests, both in research and intervention, include child development, psychoeducational assessment and the diagnostic process, as well as the clientele of children with special needs.
Emma Beuchot
Holder of a bachelor's and master's degree in psychology, Emma currently coordinates the Autism Continuum research project: understanding the social service needs of autistic adults and developing collaborative support practices across the continuum of services, led by Marie-Hélène Poulin, Ph. D. at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) and co-directed by Marie-Hélène Morin, Ph. D. at the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR). Emma developed an interest in social research as part of her academic training. Motivated to perfect her knowledge as well as to develop significant experiences for her future practice, she obtained an undergraduate research initiation grant (FRQ-SC) in 2018 for an internship with Marie-Hélène Poulin at UQAT for the Partnership and Autism (PAD) project: towards a concerted model of services for better social participation. Having at heart the improvement of health services in Quebec for autistic people, it is with enthusiasm and motivation that she continues, as a research professional and coordinator, in 2023, the Continuum Autism project.
Evelyne Roy
Bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Montréal, and doctoral candidate in clinical psychology, Neuropsychology concentration, from the University of Quebec in Outaouais (UQO). Her thesis looks at the friendships and romantic relationships of autistic adolescents and adults.
Jeanne Sauvé
Jeanne is a doctoral student at the University of Sherbrooke. She completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology at the University of Montreal. She is interested in human behavior at various levels as it relates to mental health, addiction or autism. She has been a research assistant for the ‘‘Dé-stresse et Progresse’’ project since the end of 2021. She participated in the collection of data as well as its analysis.
Edith Dubé
Edith has a bachelor's degree in psychoeducation since May 2022. She is currently a master's student in psychoeducation, internship and essay profile at the University of Quebec in Outaouais. She joined the research team in January 2021. She is interested in the stress of children, adolescents and parents. In addition, autistic people and people with Gilles de La Tourette syndrome are clients that interest her. Her dissertation project consists in evaluating workshops that were adapted for parents of children with multiple problems from Sonia Lupien’s ‘‘Dé-stresse et progresse’’ program.
Émilie Cousineau
Émilie, holder of an individualized bachelor’s degree in education, is a current candidate for a master’s degree in health sciences at UQAT. The subject of her dissertation is related to autism and possible adaptations within the legal process. Her areas of interest mainly focus on autism, the legal process, mental health, behavioral and neurocognitive disorders, the police domain and their interactions with autistic people. She is also involved in several research projects that bring together her fields of interest.