Current Projects

The School Wellness Project: The major aims of this project are to support student and educator well-being, enhance universal social, emotional, and behavioral health supports through evidenced-based mental health screening and prevention programming, and support schools in data-based decision-making to identify students' social, emotional, and behavioral needs. The information collected is also used to support schools' climate and culture. This project is carried out in collaboration with other LSU School Psychology labs (e.g., the SWELL Lab).

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Anna Long

Assessment Development: Our main goal in this area of research is to develop and validate rating scales to measure culturally responsive practices in schools. The Culturally Responsive and Inclusive School Scale-Parent (CRISS-P, initial validation completed), as referenced in https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02454-3, and The Culturally Responsive and Inclusive School Scale-Student (CRISS-S, in development) are measurement tools used to assess parents' and students' perception of teacher cultural responsiveness in their school.  

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Anna Long

Project AWARE: The Louisiana Department of Education was awarded the 5-year SAMHSA Project AWARE grant to create trauma-sensitive schools in the state's school systems. The school districts are tasked with increasing access to mental health services in schools. SREC facilitates the collection of project data in order to inform the K-12 schools and their respective districts about new and expanded behavioral health services in schools. SREC leads the LSU team and works with other partners to create professional development and instruction in multitier trauma-informed care for school staff. The LSU team also develops behavioral health screening procedures and referrals to treatment for students. The LSU team includes members from SREC, the Department of Psychology, and the School of Social Work. https://www.lsu.edu/srec/projects/index.php 

• Co-Investigator: Dr. Anna Long 

International Teacher Well-Being: In a series of studies, we propose to investigate national cultural differences as moderators of relationships between (i) Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB), (ii) illegitimate tasks, and (iii) technology use and experiences, respectively, and health outcomes. Our series of studies aims to further illuminate what higher factors drive a different level of citizenship pressure among individuals and how those factors play a role in the relationship between OCB and health outcomes. This project is led by Dr. Smith, I/O Psychologist at Georgia Southern University,  and Dr. Hu, I/O Psychologist at Roger Williams University. 

• Co-Investigator: Dr. Anna Long 

Initial Development and Validation of the Culturally Responsive and Inclusive School Scale - Student Version (thesis project) 

• Principal Investigator: Julianne Hymel, 2nd year

Secondary Traumatic Stress and Other Contributors to Teacher Burnout and Attrition (thesis project)

• Principal Investigator: Mary Snellings Inabnett, 3rd year 

Profiles of Racial Socialization Among Black Parents with Young Children: Associations with Parental Well-Being, Parenting Practices, and Children’s Psychological Adjustment (thesis project) 

• Principal Investigator: Ar'Reon Watson, 3rd year

Examining a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Educator Well-Being (dissertation project)

• Principal Investigator: Oceann Gittens, 4th year 

Extending Token Economy Systems for Children with Learning Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities Using Operant Behavioral Economics (thesis project) 

• Principal Investigator: Parker Levins, 4th year