As a therapist, school counselor, parent educator, clinical supervisor, counselor educator, and consultant Dr. O’Hara has provided support for school-related issues for decades. In addition to counseling individuals and their families, facilitating parenting groups in school and agency settings, supervising counselors in training, and advocating for systemic change, she served as a Mental Health Liaison between professional mental health professionals and school counselors. Her career path has traversed between clinical and school settings, ranging from kindergartners to graduate students in Masters’ level professional programs.
Below is a partial list of school-related trainings that Dr. O’Hara has participated in:
Universal Mental Health Screening in the Schools |
Setting Children up for Success: Building Social/Emotional & Academic Competence with Evidence-based Programs |
Multi-tiered, Multi-domain System of Supports: A Comprehensive Model for School-Based Student Svc. Providers |
What School Counselors Need to Know About Behavioral Addictions |
School Counseling to Close Opportunity Gaps: An Antiracist and Social Justice Framework |
Creating Social-Emotional Supportive School Environments |
School Counselors' Role Navigating Trauma & Supporting Diverse Student Populations During a Double Pandemic |
The Tiers of Social Emotional Learning: A Framework for Thinking About Implementation |
PCIT Adaptations for Anxiety Treatment |
The Role of Race and Implicit Bias in Schools: Addressing the Need for Equity |
Addressing Suicide Prevention, Intervention, Postvention in Schools |
Addiction in the Schools: Improving Training for School Counselors |
Expanding Perspectives: Systemic Approaches to College Students with Depression |
LGBTQ Youth and Young Adults in School, College, Careers |
Left Out in the Hallway: Equity and Success for LGBTQ and African American College Students |
Practical Approaches to Student Learning Outcomes in Counselor Education |
Physiological/Psychological Functioning of College Students of Alcoholic Parents |
Intergenerational Trauma and College Student Success |
Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy Techniques in School Group Counseling |
Impact of Accountability on Role Confusion for School Counselors |
Enhancing Multicultural Empathy in the Classroom and Beyond |
Creating Safer Schools for GLBT Young People |
College-Wide Freshman Seminar Instructor Training |
Third-Annual College Tour - Connecticut Colleges |
Presentation to PTSA on College Admission Testing |
Transition to Post-Secondary Education |
Directing a Dynamic College Counseling Program |
Training for Freshman Seminar Teaching |
The Effective School: Making It Happen |
Dissecting Depression to Increase Academic Success |
College Connections |
Teaching Students to Find Employment - Electronic Job Searches |
Don't Be Afraid…It's Just Financial Aid |
Middle School Homework Program That Really Works |
Teachers as Leaders |
Standards Based Educator |
Student Motivation in the 21st Century |
Effective Classroom Management |
Study Skills for Elementary Students |
Developing Career Plan for Students via the Internet |
Suicide in Schools: Prevention/Intervention |
Study Skills Advantage Training |
Customized, Computerized College Research |