Experts Directory: Education: Educational Psychology

Alejandra Acuña

Department of Social Work
work: (818) 677-7798
email: aacuna@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish

• Urban youth and families
• Traumatic stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Resilience
• Mental health in schools
• School social work
• Family communication
• Family engagement in children’s mental health
• Evidence-based mental health practices
• Cognitive behavioral intervention for trauma in schools
• Parenting and family therapy
• Solution-focused brief therapy
• Child welfare
• Program evaluation
• Cultural/traditional mental health practices
• Social marketing campaigns for mental health

Wilda Laija-Rodriguez

Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling
work: (818) 677-7889
email: wilda.laija@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish

• Bilingual assessment
• Psychoeducational and psychological assessment
• Outcome-based assessment
• Multicultural issues in education
• Second language reading