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Meet TRS Clinical Lead Miranda

TRS Clinical Lead Miranda joined the team on 17 February and works remotely from Melbourne in a part-time role. With nearly 30 years of experience as an Occupational Therapist, Miranda brings deep knowledge across health, rehabilitation, injury and disability.

As TRS Clinical Lead Miranda, she supports our clinicians and helps ensure we deliver the best services possible to our clients.


A Career Built on Experience

Miranda has worked across many areas of occupational therapy. Her career spans health, rehabilitation, injury management and disability services. This experience allows TRS Clinical Lead Miranda to guide and support clinicians across the organisation.

If you’d like to learn more about the role of occupational therapists, visit the
Occupational Therapy Australia website: https://otaus.com.au

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A Love for Swing Dancing

Throughout life we pick up hobbies and sometimes leave them behind. But a few passions stay with us forever.

For Miranda, that passion is teaching swing dancing. While she doesn’t teach at the moment, she hopes to return to it one day.


Life Outside of Work

When sheโ€™s not working, TRS Clinical Lead Miranda enjoys spending time with her family. She loves cooking, going for gentle walks, and spending time in the garden.

She also enjoys giving Fiona Brockhoff a run for her money with her gardening skills. When Miranda is outside in the garden, she often has Double J playing in the background. Sheโ€™s a big fan of the station.

If you’re curious about Double J, you can listen here:
https://www.abc.net.au/doublej


Mirandaโ€™s First Job

Before becoming an occupational therapist, Miranda started working at 16 years old. Her first job was ironing clothes for Rajee Fashions in Launceston, Tasmania.

Later she worked as a checkout operator at Woolworths.

If you had to choose just one food to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be? Chicken? Pasta? Steak?

Not Miranda.

Her pick would be crispy skin fresh salmon โ€” although she jokes it probably wouldnโ€™t be from Tasmania.


A Life Guided by Kindness

Thereโ€™s a saying: โ€œKind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.โ€

This quote reflects TRS Clinical Lead Miranda perfectly. She brings a glass-half-full attitude to every day and looks for ways to lift others up.

When asked to describe her life in one word, Miranda chose Kindness. Anyone who has worked with her would likely agree.


Connect With TRS Clinical Lead Miranda

TRS Clinical Lead Miranda is always happy to connect. Sheโ€™s keen to meet the team and build relationships across the organisation.


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CogniFit Cognitive Training at TRS

At The Rehabilitation Specialists (TRS), we provide CogniFit cognitive training to address cognitive difficulties that may impact work performance and everyday functioning. Through structured, personalised brain training, we help clients strengthen cognitive skills, build capacity, and work toward meaningful goals โ€” including return to work and increased independence.


What Is CogniFit?

CogniFit is a digital brain training platform designed to enhance cognitive health through interactive, evidence-based exercises. Importantly, it combines detailed assessment with targeted training, allowing us to deliver highly individualised programs.

First, clients complete a comprehensive assessment. This assessment evaluates five core cognitive domains:

  • Memory

  • Attention

  • Perception

  • Coordination

  • Reasoning

In total, CogniFit measures more than 20 specific cognitive abilities within these domains. As a result, it generates a detailed cognitive profile that highlights strengths as well as areas requiring development.

Because of this structured approach, our consultants can prescribe a program tailored specifically to each clientโ€™s needs.

You can learn more about the science behind CogniFit here:
https://www.cognifit.com


How We Deliver CogniFit Cognitive Training at TRS

At TRS, several consultants are trained to prescribe and monitor CogniFit programs. Rather than offering generic brain games, we integrate cognitive training into a broader rehabilitation framework.

Typically:

  • Clients complete three online sessions per week

  • Programs run for 8โ€“12 weeks, depending on individual goals

  • Consultants provide regular face-to-face or telehealth sessions

  • Progress is monitored and programs are adjusted as needed

Throughout the process, we actively track improvements and provide practical strategies to help clients apply gains in real-world environments.


CogniFit in Workplace Rehabilitation

Cognitive difficulties often affect concentration, memory, emotional regulation and task efficiency following injury or illness. Therefore, we use CogniFit cognitive training to support structured cognitive training for return to work within our workplace rehabilitation services.

As cognitive function improves, clients may:

  • Perform tasks more efficiently and with fewer errors

  • Require less supervision

  • Manage higher task complexity

  • Sustain attention for longer periods

  • Tolerate greater cognitive and emotional demands

  • Recover more quickly after interruptions

  • Retain and recall information more effectively

  • Process information better in busy environments

Consequently, improved cognitive capacity often translates into increased work readiness and sustainable return-to-work outcomes.

To learn more about our broader rehabilitation services, visit our Workplace Rehabilitation page.
[Internal link to Workplace Rehabilitation Services]

Additionally, guidance on workplace adjustments can be found via JobAccess:
https://www.jobaccess.gov.au


CogniFit in the NDIS Space

In addition to workplace rehabilitation, we provide CogniFit cognitive training to NDIS participants. Here, our focus shifts toward improving daily functioning, independence and skill development.

How It Works

First, a consultant meets with the participant to identify goals.
Then, we develop a tailored training program aligned with those goals.
After that, the participant completes sessions online while attending regular check-ins to monitor progress and adjust difficulty levels.

How Cognitive Improvements Translate to Daily Life

As cognitive skills strengthen, participants may experience:

  • Improved attention during conversations

  • Better short-term and working memory

  • Faster processing speed

  • Enhanced planning and organisation

  • Greater emotional regulation

For example, participants often report improved ability to manage appointments, remember instructions, or respond calmly to unexpected challenges.

To explore related services, visit our NDIS Services page.
[Internal link to NDIS Services]


Who Can Benefit from CogniFit Cognitive Training?

We have used CogniFit with clients who present with:

  • Physical injury

  • Psychological injury

  • Illness or disability

  • Long-term post-injury cognitive difficulties

Importantly, both early referrals and clients referred more than 18 months post-injury have demonstrated measurable improvements in capacity.

Because cognitive skills remain adaptable, targeted training can support meaningful rehabilitation at multiple stages of recovery.


Interested in CogniFit Cognitive Training?

If you would like to learn how CogniFit cognitive training at TRS can support your goals โ€” whether for return to work or improved daily functioning โ€” contact us today to speak with one of our consultants.



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