Sarah Owens

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Margaret McLaughlin Faculty Fellow in School Counseling and Mental Health

School Psychology Program Coordinator

Associate Teaching Professor

Educational, School & Counseling Psychology

groups Accepting doctoral students

Research topics
Educational Psychology

Biography

Sarah is an Associate Teaching Professor, Program Coordinator, and Director of Clinical Training (DCT) for the School Psychology program. She is responsible for overall program management, recruitment and admissions, and accreditation. Sarah  earned her Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of Missouri. She is the Director of the Family Access Center of Excellence School-Based Services (formerly Boone County Schools Mental Health Coalition) in partnership with local school districts. Her areas of interest include Supporting teacher implementation of evidence-based practices, effective adoption and translation of interventions to schools, measurement and support for fidelity of implementation, prevention of mental health problems.
Affiliations

Family Access Center of Excellence 

Missouri Prevention Science Institute

 

Areas of expertise
  • Supporting teacher implementation of evidence-based practices
  • Effective adoption and translation of interventions to schools
  • Measurement and support for fidelity of implementation
  • Prevention of mental health problems