News and Announcements

Welcome, Audra and Juan to the lab! Congrats to recent graduate lab members, Staci and Patrick! Learn about lab members under the "Team" tab.

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News from Current and Former Lab Members:​​

• Andrea Molina Palacios matched to White Birch Educational Services in the 2025 APPIC Match!

• Dr. Staci Ballard began as an Assistant Professor in School Psychology at New Mexico State University in September 2024! Congrats, Staci!

• Dr. Patrick Robinson-Link began as a post-doctoral fellow with Innovations for Youth (i4Y) at UC Berkeley in September 2024! Way to go, Patrick!​

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The lab recently received the following external grant:

• Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Amy Cook; Co-PI: Brian Daniels). Transforming Boston Access to Mental Health in Schools (BAMHS). Funded: $299,793 over 2 years (2024-2026). Improving Youth Behavioral Health Outcomes in Boston through Behavioral Health Workforce Expansion Grant, Boston Public Health Commission.

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Selected Recent Publications (*indicates current or former student lab member):

Knox, J. L., *Lawson, T. K.,  Goodwin, A. K. B., Golden, A., Arch, D. A. N., & Fallon, L. M. (in press). Supporting cultural responsiveness in the classroom: An exploratory study of teacher profiles. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation. 

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Zhang, Y., Yu, Q., Li, H., Renshaw, T. L. & Fallon, L. M. (2025). Happy together: Multilevel associations between chinese adolescents' and teachers' school-specific subjective wellbeing. Journal of School Psychology.

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Fallon, L. M., *Laenen, D. P., *Kausel, J., *Sunda, R., *Palacios Molina, A. V., & *Romero, E. D. (2024). Prompting implementation of culturally responsive teaching in a therapeutic setting. School Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000638 

 

Daniels, B., Fallon, L. M., Cook, A. C., *Palacios Molina, A., & *Veiga, M. (2024). Exploring threats to internal validity of direct assessment in single case design research. School Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000664 

 

*Veiga, M. B., Fallon, L. M., Collier-Meek., M. A., *Susilo, A., *Ballard, S., & *Sunda, R. (2024). Training school psychologists to conduct culturally-informed functional behavioral assessment interviews. School Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000650

 

Fallon, L. M., *Robinson-Link, P., *Womack, T., *Alba, L., *Sunda, R., *Ballard, S., *Veiga, M., & Johnson, A. H. (2023). Learning to decenter whiteness in schools through teacher professional development: A systematic review. School Psychology Review, 53(4), 400-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/2372966X.2023.2194236

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Fallon, L. M., *DeFouw, E. R., *Cathcart, S. C., *Berkman, T. S., O’Keeffe, B. V., & Sugai, G. (2023). Supports to improve academic outcomes with racially and ethnically minoritized youth: a review of research. Remedial and Special Education, 43(4), 237-254. https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325211046760

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Fallon, L. M., *Veiga, M., & Sugai, G. (2023). Strengthening MTSS for behavior (MTSS-B) to promote racial equity. School Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/2372966X.2021.1972333

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