Current Projects

Project LIME: Leading Improvements in Mental-health and Equity. This project aims to alleviate school mental health personnel shortages and increase LEA capacity to provide equitable, inclusive mental health services through larger cohort admission, expanded systematic prevention and intervention efforts through MTSS, and ultimately improve student outcomes in order to increase critical capacity and expertise in supporting youth mental health with a focus on equity. (2023-2027). U.S. Department of Education Mental Health Service Provider Demonstration (MHSP) Grant Competition.


Project AWARE: Advancing Well-being And Reifying Equity. This project aims to address the critical need for high-quality, trained mental health service providers (MHSP) in high-need, local education agencies (LEAs) through enhanced recruitment, training, and employment of school psychology graduate students in high-need schools to promote evidence-based, culturally-responsive mental health services (2023-2027). U.S. Department of Education Mental Health Service Provider Demonstration (MHSP) Grant Competition.


A Pilot Study of The Zones of Regulation for Educational Settings. CEHD Research Acceleration “Jump Start” Grant. This project aims to examine the feasibility, acceptability, effectiveness, and fidelity of implementation of The Zones of Regulation curriculum, a framework for teaching strategies for emotional regulation, executive functioning, and social cognition (2023-2024).