Valerie B. Shapiro

ORCID: 0000-0003-4493-8829
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Research Areas
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Community Health and Development
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Social Work Education and Practice
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Psychology of Development and Education
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Service-Learning and Community Engagement
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • School Health and Nursing Education
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Education Discipline and Inequality
  • Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
  • Social Capital and Networks

University of California, Berkeley
2015-2025

Berkeley College
2023

Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre
2017

Urban College of Boston
2015

University of California System
2013

University of Washington
2010-2013

Devereux
2004-2011

Every day across America, behavioral health problems in childhood and adolescence, from anxiety to violence, take a heavy toll on millions of lives.For decades the approach these has been treat them only after they've identified-at high ongoing cost young people, families, entire communities, our nation.Now we have 30-year body research more than 50 programs showing that can be prevented.This critical mass prevention science is converging with growing interest care, education, child...

10.31478/201506c article EN NAM Perspectives 2015-06-22

Abstract Prevention Science seeks to advance the prevention research and translate scientific advances into promotion of healthy development for all youth. Despite tremendous progress creating a robust evidence-base set translational tools, elaborations expansions equity are required. Our collective errors omission as researchers have left practitioners policy-makers without sufficient information identify strategies that been demonstrated prevent behavioral health problems in young people...

10.1007/s10935-024-00771-5 article EN cc-by Journal of Prevention 2024-02-14

Coalition-based efforts that use a science-based approach to prevention can improve the wellbeing of community youth. This study measured several coalition capacities are hypothesized facilitate adoption in communities. Using data from 12 coalitions participating community-randomized trial strategy Communities That Care (CTC), this paper describes select measurement properties five salient (member substantive knowledge prevention, member acquisition new skills, attitudes toward CTC,...

10.1007/s10464-014-9684-9 article EN American Journal of Community Psychology 2014-10-16

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability eight‐item Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA)‐mini and its validity in relation 72‐item version DESSA. sample included teacher ratings for 1,234 children kindergarten through eighth grade who comprised standardization sample. median alpha coefficients across grades four forms DESSA‐mini ranged from a low .915 (Mini 1) high .924 3). These findings suggested that DESSA‐minis have excellent reliability. differences...

10.1002/pits.20586 article EN Psychology in the Schools 2011-06-14

Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs are widely used, yet concerns have arisen about whether the evidence for these extends to students of color (SOC). The data in this study include published articles (n = 158) trials 97) SEL interventions 32) from CASEL SELect list evidence-based programs. Using racial frames common intervention research, we examined extent SOC representation trials, how authors attend race/ethnicity their analyses, analyses show that benefit specific racial/ethnic...

10.3102/00346543241310184 article EN cc-by-nc Review of Educational Research 2025-02-01

10.1016/j.sel.2025.100085 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Social and Emotional Learning Research Practice and Policy 2025-02-01

High-quality social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives have been demonstrated to prevent problems promote wellbeing among youth. Educational leaders are tasked with implementing SEL that creates the conditions for students thrive. initiatives, intended facilitate healthy development address inequities, often face implementation challenges threaten their success. To overcome these challenges, CalHOPE Student Support was established as an effort build capacity of in K-12 public schools...

10.31219/osf.io/zhx7y_v1 preprint EN 2025-03-21

High-quality social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives have been demonstrated to prevent problems promote wellbeing among youth. Educational leaders are tasked with implementing SEL that creates the conditions for students thrive. initiatives, intended facilitate healthy development address inequities, often face implementation challenges threaten their success. To overcome these challenges, CalHOPE Student Support was established as an effort build capacity of in K-12 public schools...

10.35542/osf.io/qw87v_v1 preprint EN 2025-03-25

High-quality social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives have been demonstrated to prevent problems promote wellbeing among youth. Educational leaders are tasked with implementing SEL help create conditions for students thrive. initiatives, intended facilitate healthy development address inequities, often face implementation challenges that threaten their success. To overcome these challenges, CalHOPE Student Support was established as an effort build capacity of in K-12 public schools...

10.35542/osf.io/7ug2h_v1 preprint EN 2025-03-26

High-quality social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives have been demonstrated to prevent problems promote wellbeing among youth. Educational leaders are tasked with implementing SEL help create conditions for students thrive. initiatives, intended facilitate healthy development address inequities, often face implementation challenges that threaten their success. To overcome these challenges, CalHOPE Student Support was established as an effort build capacity of in K-12 public schools...

10.35542/osf.io/7ug2h_v2 preprint EN 2025-03-27
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