John S Carlson Editor & Author

John S. Carlson, PhD is a professor and director of clinical training of the School Psychology Program within the College of Education at Michigan State University.  He is a licensed psychologist (MI), holds a BS degree in child psychology from the University of Minnesota and his MA and PhD degrees in school psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed his predoctoral internship at Primary Children’s Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, in Salt Lake City, UT. In addition to his faculty work at MSU, Dr. Carlson provides mental health consultation to children, families, and schools within his private practice, Child and Adolescent Psychological Services, PLC in East Lansing, MI.  Dr. Carlson has authored or coauthored over 80 articles within peer-reviewed journals and chapters within books. He coauthored a book titled Counseling Students in Levels 2 and 3: A PBIS/RTI Guide published by Corwin: A Sage Company and a book titled 101 Careers in Education that he published with his father through Springer Publishing Company. During his tenure at Michigan State University, he has been instrumental in working with interdisciplinary colleagues to propose, secure, direct, and co-direct training and research grants/contracts now totaling over 8 million dollars.

Justin A. Barterian, PhD is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Ohio State University – Wexner Medical Center. He is a licensed psychologist (OH) and earned his BS degree in psychology from Wayne State University and his MA and PhD degrees in school psychology from Michigan State University. Dr. Barterian completed his predoctoral internship at the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, PA. Additionally, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Research Unit in Pediatric Psychopharmacology at the Ohio State University – Wexner Medical Center, where he worked on several clinical trials examining psychosocial and psychopharmacological treatments for children with ADHD and disruptive behavior disorders. Dr. Barterian’s research focuses on the efficacy of psychopharmacological, psychosocial, and neurofeedback interventions for school-aged and college-aged students with ADHD, selective mutism, social anxiety, and other mental health difficulties. Additionally, Dr. Barterian provides psychological assessment and cognitive-behavioral treatment services to adolescents and college students with ADHD, learning disorders, and related comorbidities in the outpatient clinic at Harding Hospital.