I'm a designer and scientist-practitioner passionate about health, education, and human flourishing. I hold graduate credentials in school psychology (CA, CT), health psychology, and machine learning, and have extensive leadership experience in both lab and applied settings, including adult health psychology and pediatric neuropsychology clinics, PreK-12 public schools (all ages), university health centers, and data science and VR user experience (UX) labs.
In my work as a researcher and applied scientist, I have drawn on insights from the learning, affective, neurocognitive, and developmental-behavioral sciences to improve child and adolescent therapeutic and health measurement systems and contribute to our evolving understanding of cognitive and emotional well-being and what it looks like across the lifespan and within social networks.
As a clinician, bilingual school psychologist, and independent contractor/ consultant, I strive to uplift and empower communities by providing high-quality, evidence-based psychoeducational services to schools, clinics, and families. For fun, I like going to the beach and the mountains, working on my '77 Chevy Sport Stepside C10, writing/recording music, and doing things with my hands (art + design projects, landscaping).
My areas of expertise include comprehensive bilingual psychoeducational assessment and case formulation using a full range of school neuropsychological tests and measures, school-wide mental health and academic intervention systems, consultation in test-taker experience, design, and affective cognition, comprehensive school planning for at-risk/marginalized youth, and trauma-informed schema-based psychotherapeutic approaches for improving biobehavioral health outcomes in childhood and adolescence.
I'm also passionate about education activism/community change, public health, and finding ways of making STEM curricula more meaningful, awe-inspiring, and memorable. I'm always happy to consult with families by phone or via email (email preferred for initial contact). I am also available for industry consultation in the digital therapeutics, EdTech, extended reality (XR), educational entertainment, product development, and sound and experience (UX) design spaces.
Serving: Connecticut and California
Phone: +1 (860) 323-3479
Email: oscara.ruy@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/arcabehavioralhealth