Lina Barkas received her Masters in Psychology from the University of Manitoba. She is a licensed psychological associate with the College of Psychologists of Ontario, with a focus on school psychology with children and adolescents. Over the years, she has worked at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and at The Hospital for Sick Children in the Child Development Clinic, Autism Research Unit and oncology department.  

Since 2009, she has worked at the Toronto District School Board as a psychoeducational consultant, providing comprehensive assessments to evaluate students’ strengths and weaknesses in thinking, reasoning and learning. Her forte includes identifying learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, giftedness, attentional difficulties (including ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders, as well as providing evidence-based strategies and recommendations to help students achieve their learning potential.