Featured Publications
Promoting Well-Being and Responsiveness in Pre-Service Teachers Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills: A Mixed-Methods Study
Zieher A, Armstrong J. Promoting Well-Being and Responsiveness in Pre-Service Teachers Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills: A Mixed-Methods Study. Journal Of Prevention And Health Promotion 2022, 3: 508-538. DOI: 10.1177/26320770221097973.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPre-service teachersEffective teachingTherapy skillsMixed-methods studyResearcher journalTeacher burnoutTeachersMore frequent sessionsSkillsMixed methodsTeachingDialectical Behavior Therapy SkillsBehavior therapy skillsMindfulness trainingTraining sessionsStudy pointPositive affectSessionsDaily survey dataDaily lifeFrequent sessionsStudentsSurvey dataMindfulnessWeekly sessionsConsidering the “How” of SEL: A framework for the pedagogies of social and emotional learning
Zieher A, Bailey C, Cipriano C, McNaboe T, Smith K, Strambler M. Considering the “How” of SEL: A framework for the pedagogies of social and emotional learning. Social And Emotional Learning Research Practice And Policy 2024, 3: 100030. DOI: 10.1016/j.sel.2024.100030.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
The state of evidence for social and emotional learning: A contemporary meta‐analysis of universal school‐based SEL interventions
Cipriano C, Strambler M, Naples L, Ha C, Kirk M, Wood M, Sehgal K, Zieher A, Eveleigh A, McCarthy M, Funaro M, Ponnock A, Chow J, Durlak J. The state of evidence for social and emotional learning: A contemporary meta‐analysis of universal school‐based SEL interventions. Child Development 2023, 94: 1181-1204. PMID: 37448158, DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13968.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSEL interventionsSchool-based SEL interventionsEmotional learning interventionSEL researchSchool climateStudent experienceSEL contentAcademic achievementLearning interventionEmotional learningImplementation qualitySchool functioningStudentsPeer relationshipsIntervention featuresState of evidenceKindergartenLearningSkillsAchievementAttitudesExperienceGradePracticeIntervention
2022
School Counselor Consultation Effects on Teachers’ Mindfulness, Stress, and Relationships
Molina C, Lemberger-Truelove M, Zieher A. School Counselor Consultation Effects on Teachers’ Mindfulness, Stress, and Relationships. Professional School Counseling 2022, 26: 2156759x221086749. DOI: 10.1177/2156759x221086749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStudent-teacher relationshipsDemands of teachingSecondary educatorsSEL skillsSchool counselorsSchool districtsTeachersMindfulness strategiesIndirect servicesConsultation interventionDirect servicesStudentsHierarchical linear regressionMindfulnessTeachingEducatorsSkillsDiverse sampleSELCounselorsParticipantsConsultationAwarenessDistrictDisposition
2021
Educators’ Implementation and Use of Social and Emotional Learning Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Zieher AK, Cipriano C, Meyer JL, Strambler MJ. Educators’ Implementation and Use of Social and Emotional Learning Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic. School Psychology 2021, 36: 388-397. PMID: 34591589, DOI: 10.1037/spq0000461.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSEL implementationDistrict supportCOVID-19 pandemicDistance learningEmotional learning skillsUse of SocialStructural equation modelEducators' useLearning skillsAcademic successSchool yearEducator burnoutEmotional learningSudden moveEducatorsEmotional instructionsLearningStudentsSELUnprecedented disruptionSchoolsEmotional strategiesSE strategiesSkillsHuman development
2018
Self‐Regulatory Growth Effects for Young Children Participating in a Combined Social and Emotional Learning and Mindfulness‐Based Intervention
Lemberger‐Truelove M, Carbonneau K, Atencio D, Zieher A, Palacios A. Self‐Regulatory Growth Effects for Young Children Participating in a Combined Social and Emotional Learning and Mindfulness‐Based Intervention. Journal Of Counseling & Development 2018, 96: 289-302. DOI: 10.1002/jcad.12203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotional learningMindfulness-based interventionsMultiple behavioral observationsMultilevel modeling approachCombined SocialYoung childrenBehavioral observationsDisadvantaged backgroundsLearningInterventionStudent growthQualitative analysisMindfulnessSocialLanguageChildrenStudentsImplicationsFindingsBehavior