Dr. Adena Meyers
Professor
Psychology
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 422
Office Hours
By appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
PSY 590.030 Advanced Practicum Assessment
PSY 590.030 Advanced Practicum Intervention
PSY 402.030 Applied Research Experience In School Psychology
PSY 599.030 Doctoral Research In Psychology
HON 395.001 Honors Thesis: Psychology
PSY 436.001 Practicum: Psychosocial Assessment and Interpretation
PSY 290.030 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship
PSY 474.001 Theory & Practice Of Mental Health Consultation In Schools
Teaching Interests & Areas
School Consultation
Statistics and Research Methods
Advanced Practicum in School-Based Consultation and Intervention
Health Psychology
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Research Interests & Areas
School-based interventions to promote Social and Emotional Learning
Systems-level interventions and consultation
Contextual influences on child and adolescent development
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction as an indirect intervention for children
Ph D Clinical/Community Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
MA Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
BA Women's Studies
Brown University
Providence, RI
Outstanding College Service Award
CAS
2020
Phi Beta Kappa
1989
Grants & Contracts
Heartland Head Start Mental Health Consultant. Heartland Head Start. Local. (2016)
Heartland Head Start Mental Health Consultant. Heartland Head Start. Local. (2015)
School-Based Clinician 2015-2016. Livingston County Special Services Unit. Local. (2015)
Book Review
Berk, L., Braswell, G., Meyers, A., Rivadeneyra, R., & Schmeeckle, M. Bringing the World’s Children Into Focus: Cultivating Well-Being on a Global Scale. PsyCritiques 60.28 (2015): 7.
Book, Chapter
Perkins, C., Meyers, A., & Meyers, J. Advancing children’s rights through school leadership: Implications for school psychologists. B. K. Nastasi & S. N. Hart (EDs), The International Handbook on Child Rights and School Psychology. Springer (2020)
Fladhammer, A., Lyde, A., Meyers, A., Clark, J., & Landau, S. Health concerns regarding children and adolescents with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. M. Korin (EDs), Health promotion in children and adolescents (2016): 145-165.
Meyers, A., & Berk, L. Make-believe play and self-regulation: Key ideas.. M. Blaise, S. Edwards, & E. Booker (EDs), Handbook of play and learning in early childhood. Sage (2014): 43–55.
Meyers, J., Truscott, S., Meyers, A., Varjas, K., & Kim, S. Qualitative and mixed-methods designs in consultation research.. W. P. Erchul, & S. M. Sheridan (EDs), Handbook of research in school consultation (2nd ed.). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group) (2014): 89–114.
Meyers, A., & Berk, L. How parents can improve their children’s developmental trajectories.. S. Olfman & B. D. Robbins (EDs), Drugging our children: How profiteers are pushing antipsychotics on our youngest. ABC-CLIO (2012): 151–169.
Meyers, J., Meyers, A., Proctor, S., & Graybill, E. Organizational consultation and systems intervention.. T.B. Gutkin & C. Reynolds (EDs), Handbook of school psychology (4th Ed.) (2009): 921–940.
Meyers, A., Landau, S., & Sylvester, B. Best practices in school-based sexuality education and pregnancy prevention.. Best practices in school psychology-V (2008): 1361–1376.
Encyclopedia
DeHaan, S., Meyers, A., & Swerdlik, M. Full Service Schools. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. Elsevier LTD: 1-7.
Journal Article
Coussens, S., Jones, E., Meyers, A., & Eberline, A. School Administrators’ Efforts to Maintain and Improve School Wellness Environments: A School-University Partnership Monitoring Factors Affecting School Wellness. Journal of the National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 1.20 (2025): 73-80.
Su-Russell, C., Russell, L., Meyers, A., & Michaels, C. Discussing race and racism with young children: A qualitative longitudinal study.. Journal of Child and Family Studies 34.11 (2025): 2830-2847.
Meyers, A., Swerdlik, M., Donnelley, M., & LeShoure, K. Preservice Consultation Training Through University-Community Partnership.. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation 33.1 (2023): 45–67.
Huber, B., Austen, J., Tobin, R., Meyers, A., Shelvin, K., & Wells, M. Overcoming barriers to rural children's mental health: an inter-connected systems public health model. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion (2016)
Meyers, A., Tobin, R., Huber, B., Conway, D., & Shelvin, K. Interdisciplinary collaboration supporting social and emotional learning in a rural school system. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation 25 (2015): 109–128.
Meyers, A., & Hickey, A. Multilevel prospective dynamics in school-based social and emotional learning programs. Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology 13 (2014): 218–231.
Berk, L., & Meyers, A. The role of make-believe play in the development of executive function: Status of research and future directions. American Journal of Play 6 (2013): 95–107.
Meyers, A., Meyers, J., Graybill, E., Proctor, S., & Huddelston, L. Ecological approaches to organizational consultation and systems change in educational settings. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation 22 (2012): 106–126.
Sprecher, S., Harris, G., & Meyers, A. Perceptions of sources of sex education and targets of sex communication: Socio-demographic and cohort effects. Journal of Sex Research 45 (2008): 17–26.
Walcott, C., Meyers, A., & Landau, S. Adolescent sexual risk behaviors and school-based sexually transmitted infection/HIV prevention. Psychology in the Schools 45 (2008): 39–51.
Other
Meyers, A., & Berk, L. Pretend play supports development.. The right to play. Early Childhood in Focus 9. The Open University (2013)
Presentations
Educator Wellbeing and Turnover Intentions. Midwestern Psychological Association. (2024)
Supporting Educator Wellbeing and Retention through Collaborative Action Research. National Association of School Psychology. (2024)
District 87 Wellness Collaborative: An On-going Research Practice Partnership. Participatory Action Research Summer Cohort 2023. Illinois State University: Centers for Integrative Professional Development. (2023)
School Administrators’ Efforts to Maintain and Improve School Wellness Environments: A School-University Partnership Monitoring Factors Affecting School Wellness. AIESEP World Congress. (2023)
Collective action for school-wellness: An ecological example. AIESEP World Congress. (2022)
Su-Russell, C., Meyers, A., Michaels, C., & Russell, L. (2022, Sept.). How parents of young children discussed George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Poster accepted for presentation at SRCD Special Topic Meeting: Toward a Holistic Developmental Science: Catalyzing Transdisciplinary Multi-Sector Collaborations to Understand and Support Human Development, St. Louis, MO
Su-Russell, C., Michaels, C., Meyers, A., & Russell, L. (2022, Nov.). Parents’ (lack of) discussions on race and racism: A longitudinal qualitative investigation. Poster accepted for presentation at the 84th Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN
We Gave Our Courses a Makeover; You Can Too!. CTLT Teaching and Learning Symposium. (2020)
Meyers, A. B., Lyons, A., Signa, C. E., & Flores, R. E. (2019, April). Assessing implementation of school-wide social and emotional learning efforts. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Developing Future Program Coordinators. 20th Annual Mid-Winter Meeting. Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs (CDSPP). (2017)
Reframing “teacher support” in times of crisis: Implications for consultee-centered consultation and primary prevention.. International School Psychology Association. (2017)
Stigma by association among rural high school youth.. National Association of School Psychologists. (2017)
Training school-based consultants in the context of multi-tiered service systems.. International School Psychology Association. (2017)
Longitudinal effects of school climate on middle school students' development. National Association of School Psychologists. (2016)
School climate, stigma by association, and adolescent psychological distress. National Association of School Psychologists. (2016)
Teacher Attitudes and Implementation of a Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum. National Association of School Psychologists. (2016)
Who am I? Fostering identity exploration among school psychologists. National Association of School Psychologists. (2016)
Evaluating effective interventions for diverse students and contexts. Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium Social Emotional Intervention Showcase. Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium. (2015)
Head Start as a unique contributor to school psychology training. National Association of School Psychologists. Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. (2015)
Microaggressions against the parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. National Association of School Psychologists. Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. (2015)
School climate and risky behaviors among rural adolescents. American Educational Research Association. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. (2015)
Teacher readiness for change in delivering school-based social-emotional learning instruction. National Association of School Psychologists. Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. (2015)
The effects of social-emotional learning curriculum on student outcomes. National Association of School Psychologists. Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. (2015)
Evaluation of a school-based social and emotional learning intervention. National Association of School Psychologists. Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. (2014)
Literacy development among English language learners in Headstart preschool settings. Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. (2014)