Marijke Mitchell has worked in the field of paediatric and child health nursing for 30 years.  Marijke holds postgraduate qualifications in paediatric nursing and paediatric intensive care nursing and a Master of Nursing (Research).  From 2004-2009, Marijke coordinated the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Clinical Nursing (Child Health) at The University of Melbourne and has continued to teach at a postgraduate level.  Marijke's PhD research involved the development and evaluation of a simulation-based training program for acute care staff managing behavioural emergencies in children with autism.  Currently Marijke works as a postdoctoral research fellow in Department of Paediatrics at Monash University and a Clinical Nurse Consultant in Neurodevelopment and Disability at the Royal Children’s Hospital.