School psych students, faculty publish brief on leveraging universal supports to support equity, civil rights

Mollie Weeks

Mollie Weeks, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Educational Psychology’s school psychology program, is the lead author on a published Midwest Plains (MAP) Equity Assistance Center brief with Birkmaier Education Leadership Professor Amanda Sullivan and Thuy Nguyen, school psychology PhD student. The brief, Universal Supports/Prevention Services and Student Rights, provides information on universal supports, how they can be used as a mechanism to prevent discrimination, and student rights within universal supports and services. 

Professor Sullivan is a fellow of the Great Lakes Equity Center, including the Midwest and Plains (MAP) Equity Assistance Center which provides a hub for research, technical assistance, and resources for regional school systems to support educational equity.