U-TTEC Lab

The @uttec_lab is excited to kickstart another school year with our amazing grad students and staff members! We had a successful orientation last week filled with information, food, activities, and fun.

🥳 Shoutout to Abby Crockett, a current UTTEC lab member, for receiving the Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP) Award for spring 2026! @uofuour

Mahsa provided a poster presentation on a Systematic Review of Self-modeling Technologies to Improve #SocialSkills in Youth with #Autism. Tristan provided a poster presentation on A Scoping Review of Firearm Injury and Death Prevention Efforts for Rural Youth. #MentalHealth

🎊 Shout out to Mahsa Azadi and Tristan Leerhoff, U-TTEC research assistants, for presenting at the 2025 Utah Association of School Psychologists Conference this month @uasponline

We had a great back-to-school orientation at the College of Education last week! Thank you to all our amazing presenters. Together, we are prepared to make the most out of this school year 🌟 #UTTECLab #UtahSMHCollab #SchoolMentalHealth #UtahCommunityPartners #UofUMentalHealth

Megan said "The scholarship will allow me the resources to focus on my research at the @uofugradschool and I am excited to devote my time to improving the education system for underrepresented students."

🥳Congrats to Megan Mccormick, a current UTTEC lab member, for receiving the Steffensen Cannon Scholarship for the 2025-2026 school year!

🥳Congrats to Caroline Duclaux, a current U-TTEC lab member and feeding clinic assistant director, for passing her doctoral dissertation proposal titled: Using Choice As An Antecedent Based Feeding Strategy To Increase Consumption #DissertationProposal

🎉 Congrats to our U-TTEC alumnus, Matt Roberts, for successfully defending their doctoral dissertation titled "The Principal's 200 Club: A Case Study Examining a Tier 1 Intervention's Impact on Academic Engagement and Challenging Behavior” #DoctoralDefense #AcademicEngagement

🎊 Congrats to our U-TTEC alumnus, Lauren Martone, for successfully defending her doctoral dissertation titled "Exploring Student-Teacher Relationships as Setting Events for Challenging Behavior Among Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder” #DoctoralDefense #ASDYouth

Shout out to Sean Weeks, Chat Illapperuma-Wood, and Aaron Fischer for sharing content and perspectives #schoolwide #wellbeing #screening #NationalCenterforSchoolMentalHealth #NCSMH

The @UtahSMHCollab presented on school mental health screening implementation and barriers at the 2024 Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health in Orlando, last week.

😄 A few of our @uttec_lab graduate students presented at the 2024 Utah Association School Psychologist conference earlier this month. Shout out to Caroline Duclaux, Mike Bokinskie, Kennedy Onell, and Kristina Changkiendee @UtahSchoolPsych #UASP #research

U-TTEC Lab alumna Keely Lundy has made an incredible contribution to the field with her latest article in Autism Journal 📚✨Congratulations, Keely! Check out her insightful research here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… #UtahSchoolCounselor #SchoolMentalHealth #UtahSMHCollab

The @uttec_lab is excited to start a new school year with our amazing team of graduate students and staff members. We had a successful orientation earlier this month filled with information, activities, and fun. @UUtah

🎉 Congrats to Matt Roberts for passing his doctoral dissertation proposal on a case study of a classroom-wide intervention to improve academic engagement and challenging behavior #MTSS #Tier1

🎉 Thank you to everyone who attended the annual @uttec_lab End of Year Event at the @UUtah @EcclesAlumni House earlier this month. We celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the UTTEC Lab and appreciate all of our community partners over the years. #10years

🎊Congrats to Rylee Jensen for successfully defending her doctoral dissertation on school-based intervention for elementary students exposed to adverse childhood experiences #SchoolIntervention #ACEs

Exciting news!! West High School has officially opened an on-campus wellness clinic for students. Thank you to our amazing lab members who have contributed to this project. #SchoolMentalHealth #UtahSMHCollab @Cambia @uofu_hmhi @UUtah @RegenceUtah @USUAggies @UTPublicEd

🎉 Shout out to @uttec_lab member Matt Roberts for passing the #BCBA exam. Congrats on being a #BoardCertifiedBehavioralAnalyst and achieving this major milestone!

English survey: educationutah.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bK… Spanish survey: educationutah.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5j…

⭐RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS⭐ Are you a parent/guardian of a K-12 student in Utah? We want to hear from you! We are recruiting participants for a #research survey about caregiver perspectives on education by Alyson Funn, @UUtah School Psychology doctoral student.