Dr. Adena Meyers
Professor
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 422
Office Hours
By appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
PSY 590.030 Advanced Practicum Assessment
PSY 590.030 Advanced Practicum Intervention
PSY 402.030 Applied Research Experience In School Psychology
PSY 599.030 Doctoral Research In Psychology
HON 395.001 Honors Thesis: Psychology
PSY 436.001 Practicum: Psychosocial Assessment and Interpretation
PSY 290.030 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship
PSY 474.001 Theory & Practice Of Mental Health Consultation In Schools
Teaching Interests & Areas
School Consultation
Statistics and Research Methods
Advanced Practicum in School-Based Consultation and Intervention
Health Psychology
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Research Interests & Areas
School-based interventions to promote Social and Emotional Learning
Systems-level interventions and consultation
Contextual influences on child and adolescent development
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction as an indirect intervention for children
Ph D Clinical/Community Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
MA Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
BA Women's Studies
Brown University
Providence, RI
Outstanding College Service Award
CAS
2020
Phi Beta Kappa
1989
Grants and Contracts
Heartland Head Start Mental Health Consultant
Mark Swerdlik, Adena Meyers.
Heartland Head Start. August 2016 - May 2017
Heartland Head Start Mental Health Consultant
Mark Swerdlik, Meyers.
Heartland Head Start. August 2015 - May 2016
School-Based Clinician 2015-2016
Adena Meyers, Brenda J Huber.
Livingston County Special Services Unit. August 2015 - May 2016
Book, Chapter
Advancing children’s rights through school leadership: Implications for school psychologists
Catherine Perkins, Adena B Meyers, Joel Meyers.
(2020), The International Handbook on Child Rights and School Psychology, Springer
Health concerns regarding children and adolescents with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Alexandra B Fladhammer, Adrian R Lyde, Adena Meyers, Jeffrey K Clark, Steven Landau.
(2016), 145-165, Health promotion in children and adolescents
Make-believe play and self-regulation: Key ideas.
Adena B Meyers, Laura E Berk.
(2014), 43–55, Handbook of play and learning in early childhood, Sage
Qualitative and mixed-methods designs in consultation research.
Joel Meyers, Steve D Truscott, Adena B Meyers, Kris Varjas, Sam Kim.
(2014), 89–114, Handbook of research in school consultation (2nd ed.), Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group)
How parents can improve their children’s developmental trajectories.
Adena B Meyers, Laura E Berk.
(2012), 151–169, Drugging our children: How profiteers are pushing antipsychotics on our youngest, ABC-CLIO
Organizational consultation and systems intervention.
Joel Meyers, Adena B Meyers, Sherrie L Proctor, Emily C Graybill.
(2009), 921–940, Handbook of school psychology (4th Ed.)
Best practices in school-based sexuality education and pregnancy prevention.
Adena B Meyers, Steven Landau, Brent A Sylvester.
(2008), 1361–1376, Best practices in school psychology-V
Encyclopedia
Full Service Schools
Samantha N. DeHaan, Adena Meyers, Mark Swerdlik.
Elsevier LTD, 1-7
Journal Article
Discussing race and racism with young children: A qualitative longitudinal study.
Chang Su-Russell, Luke Russell, Adena Meyers, Christina Michaels.
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 34 (11), 2830-2847, (2025)
School Administrators’ Efforts to Maintain and Improve School Wellness Environments: A School-University Partnership Monitoring Factors Affecting School Wellness
Staci Coussens, Emily M. Jones, Adena B. Meyers, Andrew D. Eberline.
Journal of the National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences, 1 (20), 73-80, (2025)
Preservice Consultation Training Through University-Community Partnership.
Adena Meyers, Mark Swerdlik, Megan Donnelley, Kela LeShoure.
Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 33 (1), 45–67, (2023), 10.1080/10474412.2022.2155173
Overcoming barriers to rural children's mental health: an inter-connected systems public health model
Brenda J Huber, Julie H Austen, Renée M Tobin, Adena B Meyers, Kristal H Shelvin, Michael B Wells.
Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, (2016)
Interdisciplinary collaboration supporting social and emotional learning in a rural school system
Adena B Meyers, Renée M Tobin, Brenda J Huber, Dawn E Conway, Kristal H Shelvin.
Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 25, 109–128, (2015), 10.1080/10474412.2014.929956
Multilevel prospective dynamics in school-based social and emotional learning programs
Adena B Meyers, Anna M Hickey.
Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 13, 218–231, (2014)
The role of make-believe play in the development of executive function: Status of research and future directions
Laura E Berk, Adena B Meyers.
American Journal of Play, 6, 95–107, (2013)
Ecological approaches to organizational consultation and systems change in educational settings
Adena B Meyers, Joel Meyers, Emily C Graybill, Sherry L Proctor, Lily Huddelston.
Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 22, 106–126, (2012)
Adolescent sexual risk behaviors and school-based sexually transmitted infection/HIV prevention
Christy M Walcott, Adena B Meyers, Steve Landau.
Psychology in the Schools, 45, 39–51, (2008)
Perceptions of sources of sex education and targets of sex communication: Socio-demographic and cohort effects
Sue Sprecher, Gardenia Harris, Adena Meyers.
Journal of Sex Research, 45, 17–26, (2008)
Other
Pretend play supports development.
Adena B Meyers, Laura E Berk.
The Open University, (2013)
Presentations
Educator Wellbeing and Turnover Intentions
Adena Meyers, Derek Goebel, Emily Jones.
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2024
Supporting Educator Wellbeing and Retention through Collaborative Action Research
Adena Meyers, A Garcia, Emily Jones.
National Association of School Psychology, New Orleans, LA, February, 2024
School Administrators’ Efforts to Maintain and Improve School Wellness Environments: A School-University Partnership Monitoring Factors Affecting School Wellness
Emily Jones, Andrew Eberline, Adena Meyers, Harriett Steinbach, Staci Coussens.
AIESEP World Congress, Santiago, Chile, July, 2023
District 87 Wellness Collaborative: An On-going Research Practice Partnership
Emily Jones, Leslie Blockman, Caroline Bubulka, Diane Wolf, Adena Meyers.
Participatory Action Research Summer Cohort 2023, Normal, IL, May, 2023
Parents’ (lack of) discussions on race and racism: A longitudinal qualitative investigation.
Chang Su-Russell, Christina Michaels, Adena Meyers, Luke Russell.
National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN, November, 2022
How parents of young children discussed George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Chang Su-Russell, Adena Meyers, Christina Michaels, Luke Russell.
SRCD Special Topic Meeting: Toward a Holistic Developmental Science: Catalyzing Transdisciplinary Multi-Sector Collaborations to Understand and Support Human Development, St. Louis, MO, September, 2022
Collective action for school-wellness: An ecological example
Emily Jones, Andrew Eberline, Tyler Kybartas, Joseph Lee, Megan Weemer, John Christian Kostelnick, Susana Calderon, Laura Finan, Adena Meyers, Nicky Wu.
AIESEP World Congress, Gold Coast, Australia, February, 2022
We Gave Our Courses a Makeover; You Can Too!
Claire Lamonica, Adena Meyers, Amy Robillard, Jamie Smith, Julie Ann Webber.
CTLT Teaching and Learning Symposium, Normal IL, January 8, 2020
Assessing implementation of school-wide social and emotional learning efforts
Adena Meyers, Abigail Lyons, Caroline Signa, Rachel Flores.
Midwestern Psychological Associations, Chicago, IL, April 13, 2019
Reframing “teacher support” in times of crisis: Implications for consultee-centered consultation and primary prevention.
Barbara Meyers, Adena Meyers, Teresa Fisher-Ari.
International School Psychology Association, Manchester, UK, July, 2017
Training school-based consultants in the context of multi-tiered service systems.
Joel Meyers, Adena Meyers, Catherine Perkins, Kathryn McPhee.
International School Psychology Association, Manchester, UK, July, 2017
Stigma by association among rural high school youth.
Kathryn D Ferdon, Heather M Lacey, Danielle N Gieschen, Adena Meyers, Renée M Tobin, Kristal H Shelvin, Brenda J Huber.
National Association of School Psychologists, San Antonio, TX, February, 2017
Developing Future Program Coordinators
Janet Graden, Renee Hawkins, Janine Jones, Adena Meyers, Frank Worrell.
20th Annual Mid-Winter Meeting, Hollywood Beach, FL, January 21, 2017
Longitudinal effects of school climate on middle school students' development
Jennifer Engelland-Schultz, W. Joel Schneider, Renée M Tobin, Adena B Meyers, Brenda J Huber, Kristal H Shelvin.
National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA, February, 2016
School climate, stigma by association, and adolescent psychological distress
Kathryn D Ferdon, Heather M Lacey, Carol Meuth, Adena B Meyers, Kristal H Shelvin, Brenda J Huber, Renée M Tobin.
National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA, February, 2016
Teacher Attitudes and Implementation of a Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum
Heather M Lacey, Kathryn D Ferdon, Carol Meuth, Adena B Meyers, Kristal H Shelvin, Brenda J Huber, Renée M Tobin.
National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA, February, 2016
Who am I? Fostering identity exploration among school psychologists
Daisy Bueno, Kerry Pecho, Adena B Meyers, J Scott Jordan.
National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA, February, 2016
School climate and risky behaviors among rural adolescents
Marissa Green, Jennifer L Engelland, Brenda J Huber, Adena B Meyers, Renée M Tobin.
American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2015
Head Start as a unique contributor to school psychology training
Kerry Pecho, Leah Cohen-Marks, Lynda Kasky-Hernandez, Emily Kreke, Adena B Meyers, Mark E Swerdlik-checkorder.
National Association of School Psychologists, Orlando, FL, February, 2015
Microaggressions against the parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Jennifer Mays, Adena B Meyers.
National Association of School Psychologists, Orlando, FL, February, 2015
Teacher readiness for change in delivering school-based social-emotional learning instruction
Renée M Tobin, Adena B Meyers, Jennifer L Engelland, Brenda J Huber, Karina Diaz, Lindsey Horberg, Julie H Austen, Heather M Lacey.
National Association of School Psychologists, Orlando, FL, February, 2015
The effects of social-emotional learning curriculum on student outcomes
Lindsey Horberg, Karina Diaz, Adena B Meyers, Renée M Tobin, Jennifer L Engelland, Brenda J Huber.
National Association of School Psychologists, Orlando, FL, February, 2015
Evaluating effective interventions for diverse students and contexts
Adena B Meyers.
Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium Social Emotional Intervention Showcase, Illinois State University Alumni Center, February 27, 2015
Multilevel prospective dynamics in school-based social and emotional learning
Adena B Meyers, Anna M Hickey.
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2014
Personality and perceptions of stigma in parents of at-risk youth
Renée M Tobin, Adena B Meyers, Jennifer L Engelland, Alex L Corbin, Brenda J Huber.
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2014