Dr. Julie Owens, Associate Professor of Psychology, was mentioned in a Northeastern University article on “Researchers to address critical need in tracking young students’ progress.”
Northeastern University researchers have received a four-year, $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop a Web-based system for elementary school teachers to more easily track the progress of children in their classrooms with emotional or behavior disorders.
Robert Volpe, an associate professor in the Department of Applied Psychology in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, is leading the project. He said it addresses a critical need for both teachers and their students—to effectively monitor the progress of students in classrooms nationwide with behavioral disorders like ADHD or emotional disorders like anxiety or depression. These issues, he said, affect students’ learning and increase their risk of dropping out of school and other long-term negative outcomes.
The researchers also envision their Web-based system being used to track student behaviors that enable academic success, such as study skills, interpersonal skills, motivation, and social engagement….
Volpe and associate professor Amy Briesch, who is also in the Department of Applied Psychology, comprise the Northeastern team leading the project. They are collaborating with Julie Owens, a professor of psychology and co-director of the Center for Intervention Research in Schools at Ohio University.
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