Dr. Laura Feuerborn
Professor at the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT), a Faculty Fellow in Social Emotional Learning, and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist.
Dr. Feuerborn is a co-developer of the Staff Perceptions of Behavior and Discipline (SPBD) and the Student Perceptions of Behavior and Discipline (StPBD), tools that help schools mobilize staff and student voice to implement and sustain positive practices in behavior supports. Dr. Feuerborn is also a co-author of several social emotional learning (SEL) programs, research articles, and books, including the Strong Kids & Teens programs (Brookes Publishing) and the Second Edition of SEL in the Classroom (Guilford Publishing). Feuerborn has been a faculty in the School of Education at UWT since 2006 and seeks culturally and contextually-informed partnerships with practicing educators, schools, and communities. Feuerborn teaches graduate-level courses in the School of Education including SEL, behavior supports, and systems change.
Kathleen Beaudoin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the School of Education at University of Washington Tacoma where she teaches graduate courses in emotional and behavioral disabilities and classroom management.
She has over 30 years of experience in special education, working primarily to support youth with emotional and behavioral disabilities and providing pre-service and in-service training for their teachers and the paraprofessionals who work with them. Dr. Beaudoin has worked to implement school-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in both rural and inner-city school settings since 1995. She also consults with schools to support staff in the areas of classroom management and positive behavior intervention planning. Her research interests center on working with educators to improve services for students with challenging behavior. Her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Special Education is from the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Ashli Tyre
Professor and Director of the School Psychology Program at Seattle University. She joined the faculty in 2007 and holds a doctoral degree in Educational Psychology/School Psychology from Northern Arizona University.
Dr. Tyre teaches courses in school transformation, crisis prevention and response, and systemic program evaluation. Her scholarship focuses on schoolwide applications of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), and she has collaborated with school communities since 1999 to create positive, inclusive environments that support students’ social and emotional needs. Her work emphasizes collaborative educational change, the engagement of student and family voice, and strengthening staff capacity to sustain effective practices.
Committed to preparing future school psychologists, Dr. Tyre focuses on developing ethical, reflective practitioners who advocate for children and families within complex school systems.