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Jacqueline A. Rondeau, Psy.D.

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Dr. Jacqueline Rondeau is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in neuropsychology and cognitive rehabilitation.

As the founder and director of Montclair Memory Clinic, she provides leadership and oversight of the clinic activities. As a neuropsychologist, she provides assessment of the cognitive-linguistic and emotional-behavioral effects of neurological conditions. She also provides cognitive rehabilitation therapy for patients who experience a significant change in function following traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular accident, encephalopathy and other medical disorders.

Educated in the Specialized Knowledge of Brain-behavior Relationships

Professional training and educational qualifications:

• Pediatric Neuropsychology Fellow in the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program under the supervision of Dr. Eric Brown at NYU Langone’s Medical Center
• Holistic Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Fellow in the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine under the supervision of Dr. Yehuda Ben-Yishay and Dr. Leonard Diller, New York University Hospital Center
• Neuropsychology Fellow in the Division of Neurology under the supervision of Dr. Kathy A Lawler and Dr. Andrea Casher at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Cooper Hospital University Medical Center
• Neuropsychology Fellow in the Department of Neurology under the supervision of Dr. Chad Bradshaw at State University of New York, Syracuse NY
• Advanced specialized education in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, IL

Educated in the Science of Psychopharmacology

• Completed required didactics and clinical practicums in Postdoctoral Master of Science in Psychopharmacology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ

Certified by the Board of Psychological Examiners as Licensed in New Jersey
Practicing Psychologist (2003 to present)

Fulfilled requirements:

• Credentialed by the National Register of Health Service Psychologists as satisfying requirements in training and experience
• Post-graduate completion of two years of supervision as provisionally licensed clinical psychologist
• Attained doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, IL. Dissertation: MMPI-2 characteristics of adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Certificate awarded in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy at the Adler School of Professional Psychology, Center for Cognitive Therapy, Training and Research—under directorship of Arthur Freeman, EdD, ABPP

Additional Education

• Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the Adler School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL
• Master of Arts in Special Education; Educating Children with Behavior Disorders from Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
• Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Kentucky, Lexington KY
• Concentrated studies in English, French and secondary education

Educator

• Dr. Rondeau serves as preceptor for nurse practitioner students at Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies at Monmouth University
• She has provided mentoring and supervision to doctoral students in psychology during their internships at Riverview Medical Center and Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
• She has provided supervision for doctoral students in psychology at Fairleigh Dickenson University in Teaneck New Jersey
• Lectures at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Riverview Medical Center and Bayshore Community Hospital as well in the community
• She was an adjunct professor in the Graduate College of Education at DePaul University in Chicago
• Previously a Learning Disabilities Clinician at DePaul University and Special Educator in Chicago Metropolitan Public Schools

Professional Affiliations

• American Psychological Association
• National Academy of Neuropsychology
• International Neuropsychology Society
• American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy
• New Jersey Psychological Association

Monica R. Christian, MS, CCC-SLP, the Speech-language Coordinator at Montclair Memory Clinic, is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist, with over 10 years of experience providing care to children and adults presenting with a variety of speech, language, and cognitive disorders in a variety of different settings including outpatient rehabilitation facilities, home care, hospitals, skilled nursing/subacute facilities, and in private practice.

Currently, Ms. Christian is employed at Hackensack University Medical Center, Pascack Valley, providing outpatient and acute inpatient care with a special interest in the provision of care to adults with neurogenic communication disorders.

Ms. Christian holds a master’s degree in speech-language pathology from the University of Arizona and a bachelor’s degree in communication sciences and disorders from Syracuse University.

Ms. Christian has provided clinical support and supervision to clinical fellows and graduate students within community-based treatment centers and in graduate clinical settings.

She is a member of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA) with participation in the special interest division of Gerontology.