Experts Directory: Mental Health: Educational Psychology
Alejandra Acuña
Department of Social Work
work: (818) 677-7798
email: aacuna@csun.edu or aacunalcsw@gmail.com
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
Learn more about Alejandra Acuña:
- CSUN Professor’s Testimony Helps Reunite Mother and Daughter, and Win Class-Action Lawsuit for Families Separated at the Border
- Bilingual YouTube Channel Promotes Mental Health in Latinx Communities Through CSUN MSW Program
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
Jill L. Quilici
Department of Psychology
work: (818) 677-7120
email: jill.quilici@csun.edu
- Cognitive psychology; problem solving, cognition and education
- Statistics and mathematics problem solving