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.
WORT Community Radio interviewed Katie Eklund following the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in December 2024. Katie shared strategies for supporting kids after a crisis event. From the original WORT post: The SSM Health Dean Medical Group clinic on Buckeye Road cancelled all of its appointments yesterday to clear a space for a reunification …
Channel 3000 interviewed Katie Eklund following the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in December 2024. Katie describes how threat assessment can be used to identify and address concerns before violence occurs. She also provides ways to support kids affected by school violence.
Steven Potter of PBS News Hour reports on how peer support, school staff and psychology researchers are trying to keep up with the growing rate of mental health issues among students. Katie Eklund is interviewed as part of this report. From PBS News Hour: Mental health among the nation’s student population has been a growing …
This interview originally appeared in a PBS News article in December 2023. Katie Eklund is interviewed as part of this report. What’s being done to help mental health among school kids? Peer support, school staff and psychology researchers are trying to keep up with the growing rate of mental health issues among K-12 students in …
The following interview with Katie Eklund originally appeared on WKOW.com in September 2023. The Madison Metropolitan School District is changing the way they handle suspension. While it’s been common practice since October 2021, the school board has officially done away with out of school suspensions for elementary students. “Out of school suspension are really ineffective …
This interview with Katie Eklund originally appeared in EducationWeek in May 2023. Last week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy labeled youth mental health needs “the defining public health crisis of our time.” But school mental health screenings—which can alert schools if students are showing signs of depression, anxiety, or other mental health problems, and need help—have been …
Katie Eklund and Kristen Guetschow were interviewed for this article that originally appeared in The Cap Times in April 2022. COVID-19 was a learning experience for Cecilia Ridgeway and her friends. Its sudden onset and the changes it provoked in the La Follette High School junior and her friends’ lives brought “out things that we …