Professor, School Psychology Program, California State University, Sacramento

@meaganomalley | Linktree

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

RESEARCH ARTICLE: Our stories of strength: a culturally responsive positive psychology experience for adolescents in schools

PRESENTATION: CASP 2025

A description of Student Listening Circles, a form of youth voice activity.  Reviews results from 10 Student Listening Circles performed in California high schools identified via student surveys as having school climate challenges. 

BOOK CHAPTER: Engaging Students in School Climate Improvement: A Student Voice Strategy

Manuscript currently in press at the Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, ranked, peer-reviewed journal.  Describes the development of Our Stories of Strength, co-authored with adolescent participant-researchers.

RESEARCH MANUSCRIPT: OUR STORIES OF STRENGTH: A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIENCE FOR ADOLESCENTS IN SCHOOLS

Presentation of the OSS philosophy, organizing principles, and activities delivered to the National Association of School Psychologists (February 2025, Seattle, WA.). 

PRESENTATION: Our Stories of Strength: A Youth Voice, Positive Psychology Intervention 

Our Stories of Strength

Ortiz and Cehelyk 2023

CERES USD FINAL SLIDE DECK 

CASP Workshop Handout 

California Student Wellness Index

Social Emotional Wellness Screening

Presentation on the early phases of the OSS development process, including presentations by youth co-creators, hosted by the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network. 

PRESENTATION: Our World of Strengths: A Photovoice-Based University-Practice Partnership

Book chapter on principles and practices of Youth Voice within a positive psychology framework, published in the Handbook of Positive Psychology in the Schools, Third Edition (Routledge)

BOOK CHAPTER: Student Voice: Youth Disrupting Barriers to Achieving the Good Life 

End-of-experience adult witnessing event presentation for Natomas Pathways Preparatory High School 

PRESENTATION: Natomas Pathways Preparatory High School 2023: Adult Witnessing Event

Presentation,  National Association of School Psychologists (2023).  Presents core developmental considerations for using photovoice into therapeutic approaches for youth in schools. 

PRESENTATION: OUR COVID STORIES: NARRATIVE, VOICE, AND SELF-IDENTITY FOR YOUTH IN SCHOOLS

A demonstration project using youth photovoice for the purpose of stabilizing life experiences in the context of crisis recovery.  Article published in Contemporary School Psychology, a ranked, peer-reviewed journal.

RESEARCH ARTICLE: Our COVID Stories: Adolescents Drawing Meaning from a Public Health Crisis Through a Youth Voice Intervention

Ortiz 2019 

PSW Systematic Review 2025

IDEA Federal Regs

Dyslexia Toolkit Pearson

WJ IV ACH Test Review 

Procedures for WISC-WIAT Discrepancy Analysis 

Exclusionary Factor Worksheet

Aptitude Achievement Discrepancy Procedures 

Glutting Table of Test Correlations

California Ed Code SLD Key Questions for Case Evaluation

Responses to Parking Lot Questions

TVPS3 Test Review

WMLS III Test Review

RAN and Reading Fluency

KTEA 3 Test Review 

WIAT 4 Measurement Study 

Ceres USD | August 2025

Follow Up Questions

Math and Visual / Motor Perceptions

Cog Process and Achievement 

Test Reviews

WIAT 4 Test Review 

National Center on Intensive Intervention

@meaganomalley

Enjoy 30 days of Hulu for FREE

Claim 10 free meals* from HelloFresh

Get 60% off Sitewide

Sip your way to stronger health with 30% off at ARMRA

Save 10% at Omnilux LED

Save 10% on Ritual Multivitamins Subscriptions

You've scored 50% OFF Factor 🤤

Join now and get 50% off a Club membership

Get your first box FREE with Curology!

Claim your $20 bonus with Acorns

Sign up for Headspace Today and get a 14 day free trial!

Get AAA membership for half the price!

Get 30¢/gal cash back on gas at major stations

Get 15% off at Equip Foods

20% Off the at FabFitFun with code INSIDER20

Get 80% off your first order when signing up to be a VIP!

Get 15% off for cleaner skin at CLEARSTEM

Get your first box FREE with Agency!

50% off + Free Shipping at Purple Carrot!

Power Up with Daily Harvest's High-Protein Smoothies

Save $100 with Gobble

Save 10% on your First Maev Order!

15% off your favorite non-alcoholic spirits at The Zero Proof

10% off JLab’s award‑winning audio gear

Get help with or without insurance. Use code SPACE80 for $80 off.

Start speaking a new language in just 3 weeks