Taylor Ullrich (she/her) is a Research Coordinator at the SMART center. She earned a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from Illinois State University, as well as a M.S. with distinction in Research Psychology from DePaul University. As a graduate student, she worked to support a tier 2 intervention in Chicago Public Schools as well as write a thesis on intrusive parenting behaviors and their relation to depression in children. She hopes to continue her work supporting school-based mental health through her work at the SMART center. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, baking, reading, and exploring Seattle.
We have developed – and are currently conducting a large-scale randomized trial of – at teacher-focused version of the Beliefs and Attitudes for Successful Implementation in Schools (BASIS) implementation strategy. BASIS-T is being tested in context of Positive Greetings at the Door (PGD) implementation. Details are available in a study protocol published in Implementation Science.
The aims of this project are to: (1) evaluate the usability of leading, evidence-based Tier 1 social-emotional and behavioral interventions (SEBI) and identify unique and common usability problems, (2) explore the links between SEBI usability and implementation and student outcomes, and (3) refine the USABILITY theory of change, develop a matrix of usability problems and redesign solutions, and articulate guidance to the field for designing usable Tier 1 SEBIs.