Publications

Watson, K. R., Astor, R. A., Capp, G., & Benbenishty, R.  (2024). School social workers’ reports of differences in policies and practices in trauma-informed and non-trauma-informed schools. Behavioral Sciences, 14(11), 991; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14110991

Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., Capp, G. P. , Watson, K. R., Wu, C., McMahon, S. D., Worrell, F. C., Reddy, L. A., Martinez, A., Espelage, D. L., & Anderman, E. M. (2023). How school policies, strategies, and relational factors contribute to teacher victimization and school safety. Journal of Community Psychology. 

Watson, K. R., Capp, G., Astor, R. A., Kelly, M. S., & Benbenishty, R. (2022). “We Need to Address the Trauma”: School Social Workers′ Views About Student and Staff Mental Health During COVID-19. School Mental Health, 14(4), 902-917.

Watson, K. R., Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., Capp, G., & Kelly, M. S. (2022). Needs of children and families during spring 2020 COVID-19 school closures: Findings from a National Survey. Social Work, 67(1), 17-27.

Kelly, M. S., Benbenishty, R., Capp, G., Watson, K., & Astor, R. (2021). Practice in a pandemic: School social workers’ adaptations and experiences during the 2020 COVID-19 school disruptions. Families in Society, 102(3), 400-413.

Capp, G., Watson, K., Astor, R. A., Kelly, M. S., & Benbenishty, R. (2021). School social worker voice during COVID-19 school disruptions: A national qualitative analysis. Children & Schools, 43(2), 79-88.

Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., & Watson, K. R. (2021). A conceptual and large-scale empirical examination of the Welcoming Empowerment Monitoring Approach (WEMA) for school safety and substance use reduction. Research on Social Work Practice, 31(5), 454-468.

Pickens, I.B., Howard, M.L., Halladay‐Goldman, J., Cruise, K.R., & Watson, K.R. (2019). Development and pilot of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Trauma‐Informed Juvenile Court Self‐Assessment. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 70(2), 31-54.