Faculty Profiles
Dr. Shannon Suldo
Professor, director of clinical training
Email: suldo@usf.edu
Phone: (813) 974-2223
Curriculum Vitae
Shannon Suldo, PhD, is a Professor of School Psychology and a Licensed Psychologist (PY #7704, Florida) at the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息. She is also Co-Executive Director of the School Mental Health Collaborative (SMHC): Research, Training, and Technical Assistance Center within the College of Education She graduated with a Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of South Carolina in 2004. She completed a pre-doctoral internship in Pediatric Psychology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In 2007, she completed post-doctoral clinical work in Hillsborough County Public Schools, where she provided comprehensive mental health services (individual, group, and family counseling; teacher consultation; classroom management) to adolescents identified as having emotional and/or behavioral disorders.
Dr. Suldo's research interests include positive psychology applied to youth, including
children and adolescents鈥� subjective well-being (e.g., positive indicators of well-being
and a dual-factor model of mental health, , how adolescents' mental health is influenced by parent-child and student-teacher
relationships), the such as Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs, and
the provision of in a multi-tiered framework. She is an Associate Editor of , and on the editorial boards of Journal of School Psychology, Journal of Happiness
Studies, and Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.
Dr. Suldo鈥檚 research on youth subjective well-being is summarized in her 2016 book
鈥淧romoting Student Happiness: Positive Psychology Interventions in Schools.鈥� This
book is available as a print or e-book, through .
Dr. Suldo鈥檚 research on best practices in school mental health service delivery flowing
from a dual-factor model of mental health is reflected in her 2021 co-authored edited
book, 鈥淔ostering the Emotional Well-Being of Our Youth: A School-Based Approach.鈥�
This book is available as a print or e-book, through .
Dr. Suldo鈥檚 expertise on positive psychology research and practice in school-age youth
is reflected in her 2022 co-authored edited book, 鈥淗andbook of Positive Psychology
in Schools: Supporting Process and Practice (3rdedition).鈥� This book is available
as a print or e-book, through .
Courses Taught
- Psychoeducational Interventions III: Counseling and Psychotherapeutic Approaches (SPS 6702)
- Advanced Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (SPS 7701)
- Advanced Practicum in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (EDG 7931, Section 011)
- Externship Seminar in School Psychology (EDG 7931, Section 007)
- Positive Psychology in the Schools (EDG 3361)