Special thanks to Amanda Bowling for bringing the chocolate (and cookies!) to our marathon writing day!

Even if you missed our session, you can check out our poster at the link! 🙃 Follow us to stay tuned for more Child Mental Health and COVID findings coming from the LEAP Lab @ UT Austin and our collaborators! #SRCD21 #SRCDtweets

So proud of LEAP Lab @ UT Austin member Jesslyn Jamison who defended her dissertation Friday using data from the NAMI Basics RCT she worked on throughout grad school. Jesslyn is off to Children's Hospital for internship and then she will be #DrJamison!

We are hiring a research associate in LEAP Lab @ UT Austin for 2 intervention studies in schools & mental health clinics! Apply! bihttps://utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/UT-MAIN-CAMPUS/Research-Associate--Research-on-Youth-Mental-Health-in-Publicly-Funded-Settings_R_00013288

We had a blast getting into the Halloween spirit with Dr. Rebecca A Palacios, NBCT and Cissy Cueva at Rose Shaw Elementary yesterday. Trick or treat Ghost with the #ThrivingTogether team - enrolling CCISD pre-K and K families now!!

Hey #ABCT2021! Join us tomorrow at 1:55 EST for a symposium about how #CBTworks as prevention in early childhood and creative ways folks have adapted in the pandemic, led by LEAP Lab student Katie Hess! cdmcd.co/LdZrWd @Kat_Zambrana @MccurdyZulauf Perrine Heymann DIS-SIG

How do universities modify and adapt evidence-based prevention programs to meet the unique needs of college students? LEAP Lab student Chinwendu shares findings from a multi-site implementation study of The Peer Body Project here! cdmcd.co/J6mW3J #ABCT2021 DIS-SIG

My first paper has been published!!! A Cross-Sectional Survey of School Administrators’ Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices and Programs: Training, Knowledge, and Perceived Barriers In memory of my favorite school administrator, my grandpa ♥️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A must read!!!

**starts creating canva templates**

New article with Jesslyn Jamison & Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health's Molly Lopez testing NAMI's Basics, a peer-parent led program for caregivers of youth experiencing mental health concerns. Basics ⬆️ parent engagement and activation, ⬇️ youth mental health sxs ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap… 1/2

Kiddo getting ready for another day of smashing the patriarchy

We are all so happy for Katie Hess Amanda Bowling Nichole Baker!! Great things await you all!!

Enormously proud of LEAP Lab @ UT Austin student Amanda Bowling, who defended today! She had to scrap a full proposal to evaluate a statewide school MH initiative bc of COVID. She pivoted to this topic, for which she was a @SCAAP Routh dissertation award honorable mention. Congrats, Amanda!

Come join us in Austin!

Congratulations to Amanda Bowling for receiving the School Psychology Outstanding Student Researcher Award UT-Austin Educational Psychology Dept (EDP) College of Education! I’m a proud mentor and so lucky to have Amanda as my colleague!

Combining parent expertise from key informant interviews with FQHC patients and evidence-based strategies, this program will provide parent guidance during well-child visits for young children—in English and Spanish!

“I love Temple University. You love Temple University,” state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, an alumnus, told strikers during the rally. “But what we don’t love is union-busting. What we don’t love are working people who aren’t able to pay their bills.” metrophiladelphia.com/temple-grad-st…

Congrats to lab ⭐️s Chinwendu (UTHealth Houston), Dominique Egger (Nemours duPont Hosp) and Megan McBride (Texas Children's) for their #APPIC matches today!!

Join our one-of-a kind school mental team that has population-level impact! REGIONAL COORDINATOR, FAMILY INTERVENTION SPECIALIST, CLINICAL CASE MANAGER position openings for our FACE School-Based Services team (also known as the Boone County Schools Mental Health Coalition).