Katherine Lawlor

Email: klawlor@wisc.edu

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Biography

Katherine Lawlor is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She received a BA in psychology from Boston University. Her research interests focus on family-centered services, how relationships and interactional processes within families contribute to school success, and how schools can best support families. Katherine works on the Teachers and Parents as Partners project where she engages in Conjoint Behavioral Consultation (CBC) with teachers, parents, and middle school students experiencing behavior challenges. Additionally, she works on the Family Engagement through PBIS project, collaborating with PBIS teams to improve family engagement within existing PBIS systems and practices.