In April 2025, UW–Madison awarded Katie Eklund, SMHC Co-Director, a Distinguished Teaching Award. Read the full article about the award from the School of Education website: Katie Eklund, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, is among the UW–Madison faculty members chosen this year to receive Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given …
This research brief describes the school-based behavioral health clinics that opened in four Madison high schools during the 2023-2024 school year. Our data show that these school-based health centers are an effective way to increase access to mental health services for students who typically struggle to get services.
In this February 2025 episode of Not Your Average School Psychologist, Dr. Katie Eklund shares about her work with Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), specifically her contributions to Tier 2 interventions. Dr. Eklund also discussed how she is working to address mental health shortages in schools and bridge the research-to-practice gap.