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2022  We Got This! Youth Mental Health Summit Replication Guide.  Denver Public Health & Environment.

2022  Policy Action Plan:  Early Childhood Mental Health in Jefferson County, CO.  Community First Foundation.

2021  Factors that May Influence Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) Scores: An Examination of the Spanish and English SCQ in School-Aged Students.  School Psychology Review.

2019  Collaboratively Supporting Social, Emotional, and Mental Health.  DEC Learning Deck.

2019  Early Childhood Mental Health Toolkit.  Mental Health Colorado.

2018  School Mental Health Toolkit.  Mental Health Colorado.

2018  Issue brief:  demystifying the policy process.  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

2017  Recommended practices for school restraint mitigation.  Doctoral dissertation.

2016 One state’s systems change efforts to reduce child care expulsion: Taking the pyramid model to scale. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 36(3), 159-164.

2012  Influence of behavioral concerns and early childhood expulsions on the development of early childhood mental health consultation in Colorado. Infant Mental Health Journal, 33(3), 246-255.

2008  Services for young children and their families in systems of care.  The system of care handbook: Transforming mental health services for children, youth, and families. pp. 491-515.

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PUBLICATIONS

KEYNOTES & PRESENTATIONS

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2022

Denver's Early Childhood Council: Early Childhood Mental Health: Beyond the Absence of Illness

2020

Douglas County School District: Mental Health and Security (Keynote)

Colorado Department of Education:  Best Practices in Early Childhood Mental Health

The Alliance of Colorado Community Health Workers, Patient Navigators, and Promotores de Salud: Landscape and Legislation in Community Behavioral Health

2019

Douglas County School District: Mental Health Matters: Schools Making a Difference (keynote)

Colorado Association of School Boards:  School Mental Health Best Practices

Colorado Association of School Executives:  School Mental Health Best Practices

Colorado Department of Education Preschool Special Education Conference:  Early Childhood Mental Health Best Practices

Philanthropy Southwest:  Investment in Best Practices in School Mental Health

National Conference of State Legislators:  Maternal Mental Health Policy

2018

Colorado Society of School Psychologists:  Building the Path to Resilience and Mental Wellness in Schools (Keynote)

Huerfano/Los Animas Early Childhood Legislative Symposium:  A Comprehensive Approach to Early Childhood Mental Health (Keynote)

Upper Peninsula Children's Coalition:  Children's Mental Health:  Beyond the Absence of Illness (Keynote)

Colorado Association of School Boards:  A Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health in Schools

Denver Health:  Best Practices for Child & Adolescent Mental Health in Schools

Global MindED:  Panelist

Pennsylvania Center for Safe Schools:  Schools and Mental Health:  Best Practices for Supporting All Students

Regional Educational Laboratory:  A Comprehensive Approach to Best Practices for Mental Health in Schools

Southern Colorado School Superintendents:  A Comprehensive Approach to School-Based Mental Health: Reducing Risk & Creating Wellness

Tri-County Health Network:  School and Community Collective Impact to Support Mental Health

Youth Suicide Prevention Symposium:  A Model of Best Practices for Mental Health in Schools

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