Monica Johnson

Versatile and dedicated Education Specialist with focus on individual needs of special education students. Empathetic and accommodating in design and implementation of professional development, technical assistance, and coaching school staff to serve diverse learning abilities. Exhibits expertise in child development, including social, behavioral, emotional, and cognitive, with a lens of cultural competence and trauma-informed approaches. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

• Achieved bringing wrap-around mental health services to a local school district through partnering with the Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network.
• Collaborated with team of 20 in the development of local school district's behavior intervention program LAUNCH.

• Poster Presentation: Predicting Relationship Satisfaction from Parent-Child Interactions to Romantic Relationships, April 2008, University of North Texas Scholars Day, Denton, TX
• Poster Presentation: The TAT Affective Scale: How Marital Satisfaction Relates to Interpersonal Affect, March 2010, Society for Personality Assessment, San Jose, CA
• Poster Presentation: The TAT Affective Scale: How Marital Satisfaction Relates to Interpersonal Affect, March 2010, University of North Texas chapter of Psi Chi, Denton, TX

• Training: Guidelines for Administration of the ADOS-2
• Training: Guidelines for Administration of TPBA2
• Training: SAMHA & Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (CPI)

• LPC-S - Licensed Professional Counselor, Supervisor #71381
• LSSP - Licensed Specialist in School Psychology #72051

Doctoral Scholar (Year 1). Project DIVERSE: Doctoral Scholars Implementing Socially Valid Evidence-Based Practices and Research for Improving the Language, Literacy, and Social-Emotional Outcomes of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. Consortium Doctoral Leadership grant.

Graduate Research Assistant, Behavioral Education and Assessment Research (BEAR) Lab, Baylor University

• Applied Behavior Analysis/Special Education Division

Graduate Research Assistant, Project LEER, Baylor University

• Collaborated to develop culturally responsive PD modules on MTSS frameworks for social-emotional learning (SEL) and evidence-based practices for English Learners.

Research Assistant, Project RISE, University of William and Mary

• Assisted with data collection and analysis of perceptions of women of color who are early career practitioners in school mental health fields.
• Facilitated small groups covering lessons and activities to small groups of school mental health professional about tool to help navigate workplace discrimination and supportive self-care

Research Assistant, Dr. Sharon Rae Jenkins, University of North Texas

• Assisted with data collection and analysis on relationship and achievement of Thematic Apperceptive Techniques (TAT)
• Analyzed data using SPSS

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• Ad Hoc Reviewer for Educational Researcher, 2024.
• Ad Hoc Reviewer for Exceptionality, 2024.
• Ad Hoc Reviewer for Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2024.
• Ad Hoc Reviewer for Behavior Modification, 2024.
• Ad Hoc Reviewer for Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2024.