Valerie B. Shapiro, PhD, is a professor jointly appointed in Social Welfare and Public Health, and the Co-Director of the SHIFT Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Shapiro is proud to have been selected as a William T. Grant Foundation Scholar (2020) and appointed the Scientific Director of CalHOPE Student Support - an effort to use research evidence to promote wellbeing in schools across the state of California (2021-2025).
Dr. Shapiro is a translation scientist who studies the persistent gap between rigorous research and the routines of practice as it relates to the promotion of mental, emotional, and behavioral wellbeing in children and youth. Her community-engaged scholarship seeks to understand how to build systems to promote the generation and use of evidence to improve thriving in schools. She is widely recognized for her contributions to the field of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), specifically in the areas of (1) student SEL assessment practices, (2) implementation of SEL interventions, (3) mobilization of knowledge to shift SEL practice, and (4) organizational and regional infrastructure for the continuous improvement of SEL at scale.
Dr. Shapiro has published over 75 peer-reviewed papers in prominent interdisciplinary journals such as the Review of Education Research, Journal of Adolescent Health, Prevention Science, Educational Administration Quarterly, School Psychology Quarterly, Review of Research in Education, and the American Journal of Community Psychology, as well as well-regarded Social Work journals including Social Work Research, the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, and Social Work Research & Practice.
For an up-to-date indication of scholarly impact, see Dr. Shapiro's Google Scholar Profile.
Dr. Shapiro is honored to have been inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society (2002) and to have received the 2014 Prytanean Faculty Prize, recognized for demonstrated scholarly achievement, distinguished teaching, and success as a role model for students at UC Berkeley. She become a Fellow of the Society of Social Work & Research (2017). She received the 2024 Chancellor’s Campus-Community Partnership Award and the 2024 Society for Prevention Research Public Service Award for putting lessons from research into practice. She has also co-authored several practice tools, such as the DESSA, used to promote the well-being of children worldwide. Dr. Shapiro contributes scholarly expertise to organizations such as UNESCO and the World Health Organization.
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Education
- PhD – Philosophy in Social Welfare
- University of Washington
- MSS – Social Service / Social Work
- Bryn Mawr College
- BA – Psychology & History
- Colgate University
Frequently Taught Courses
- SOCWEL 114 - Practice in Social Work
Current Projects
CalHOPE Mindfullness and Wellbeing
Research Group
Expanded Publications
Accomazzo, S., Shapiro, V. B., Israel, N., & Kim, B. K. E. (2017). Strengths of youth in a public behavioral health system: Measurement choices, prevalence rates, and group differences. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 44(2), 274–288. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11414-016-9547-2
Brown, E. C., Hawkins, J. D., Rhew, I. C., Shapiro, V. B., Abbott, R. D., Oesterle, S., Arthur, M. W., Briney, J. S., & Catalano, R. F. (2014). Prevention System Mediators of Communities That Care Effects on Youth Outcomes. Prevention Science, 15(5), 623–632. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11121-013-0413-7
Brown, L. D., Feinberg, M. E., Shapiro, V. B., & Greenberg, M. T. (2015). Reciprocal relations between coalition functioning and the provision of implementation support. Prevention Science, 16(1), 101–109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-013-0447-x
Cackler, C. J. J., Shapiro, V. B., & Lahiff, M. (2016). Female sterilization and poor mental health: Rates and relatedness among American Indian and Alaska Native women. Women’s Health Issues, 26(2), 168–175. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/14h800rr
Chain, J., Shapiro, V. B., LeBuffe, M. A., & Bryson, A. M. (2017). Academic achievement of American Indian and Alaska Native students: Does social emotional competence reduce the impact of poverty? American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 24(1), 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5820/aian.2401.2017.1
Chambers, D., Simpson, L., Hill-Briggs, F., Neta, G., Vinson, C., Chambers, D., Beidas, R., Marcus, S., Aarons, G., Hoagwood, K., Schoenwald, S., Evans, A., Hurford, M., Rubin, R., Hadley, T., Barg, F., Walsh, L., Adams, D., Mandell, D., … Teufel, J. (2016). Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation Washington, DC, USA. 14-15 December 2015. Implementation Science, 11(S2), 100, s13012-016-0452–0. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-016-0452-0
Duane, A., Hafen, Q., Morales, L., Jones, T. M., & Shapiro, V. B. (2025). “Embracing the essence of student voice…then doing something with the data”: One district’s critical use of evidence. Journal of Educational Change, 26(1), 119–141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-024-09515-y
Duane, A. M., Caouette, J. D., Morris, K. S., Metzger, A. N., & Shapiro, V. B. (2025). Securing the Foundation: Providing Supports and Building Teacher Capacity for SEL Implementation through a University-Based Continuing Education Course [Manuscript submitted for publication].
Duane, A., Morris, K. S., Nash, A., Jones, T. M., & Shapiro, V. B. (2025). Hear, act, connect, support: Youth recommendations for educators who administer school climate surveys. Psychology in the Schools, 62(1), 185–201. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23319
Eldeeb, N., Ren, C., & Shapiro, V. B. (2024). Promoting the Use of Research Evidence from Websites: Optimizing Microsurveys As Feedback Loops To Drive Improvement. Open Science Framework. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/dyskb
Fagan, A. A., Hawkins, J. D., & Shapiro, V. B. (2015). Taking SEL to scale in schools: The role of community coalitions. In J. A. Durlak, C. E. Domitrovich, R. P. Weissberg, & T. P. Gullotta (Eds.), Handbook Of Social And Emotional Learning: Research And Practice (pp. 468–481). The Guilford Press. http://www.guilford.com/books/Handbook-of-Social-and-Emotional-Learning/Durlak-Domitrovich-Weissberg-Gullotta/9781462520152
Fagan, A., Shapiro, V. B., & Brown, E. (2015, December 14). Implementation fidelity, coalition functioning, and community prevention system transformation using communities that care. 8th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. https://academyhealth.confex.com/academyhealth/2015di/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/7653
Gloppen, K. M., Arthur, M. W., Hawkins, J. D., & Shapiro, V. B. (2012). Sustainability of the Communities That Care prevention system by coalitions participating in the Community Youth Development Study. Journal of Adolescent Health, 51, 259–264. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22921136
Haggerty, K. P., & Shapiro, V. B. (2013). Science-based prevention through Communities That Care: A model of social work practice for public health. Journal of Social Work in Public Health, 28(3–4), 349–365. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19371918.2013.774812#.Uf9KlI2HuSo
Hawkins, D., Jenson, J. M., Catalano, R., Fraser, M. W., Botvin, G. J., Shapiro, V. B., Brown, C. H., Beardslee, W., Brent, D., Leslie, L. K., Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Shea, P., Shih, A., Anthony, E., Haggerty, K. P., Bender, K. A., Gorman-Smith, D., Casey, E., & Stone, S. (2015). Unleashing the Power of Prevention. American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare. https://grandchallengesforsocialwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Unleashing-the-Power-of-Prevention-formatted-4.29.15.pdf
Hawkins, J. D., Jenson, J. M., DeVylder, J., Catalano, R. F., Botvin, G. J., Fraser, M. W., Bender, K. A., Shapiro, V. B., & Bumbarger, B. (2016). Policy Recommendations for Meeting the Grand Challenge to Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth. Policy Belief). American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. https://csd.wustl.edu/Publications/Documents/PB1.pdf
Hawkins, J. D., Shapiro, V. B., & Fagan, A. A. (2010). Disseminating effective community prevention practices: Opportunities for social work education. Research on Social Work Practice, 20(5), 518–527. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2975371/
Hill, K. G., Hawkins, J. D., Bailey, J. A., Catalano, R. F., Abbott, R. D., & Shapiro, V. B. (2010). Person-environment interaction in the prediction of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence in adulthood. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 110, 62–69. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885447/
Hudson, K. D., Shapiro, V. B., Ebiner, I. A., Berenberg, A., & Bacher, N. (2017). Preparing Tomorrow’s Professoriate: An Examination of Social Justice Language in Social Work PhD Program Manuals. Social Work Education, 36(4), 443–455. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7qf9q6qj#page-1
Hudson, K. D., Shapiro, V. B., Moylan, C. A., Garcia, A., & Derr, A. S. (2014). Infusing social justice into doctoral programs of Social Welfare: An incremental approach. Journal of Social Work Education, 50(3), 559–567. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10437797.2014.916943
Hwang, S. H. J., Shapiro, V. B., Eldeeb, N., Lee, J., Robitaille, J. L., & Naglieri, J. A. (2023). Assessing Social and Emotional Competencies in Educational Settings: Supporting Resilience in Young People. In S. Goldstein & R. B. Brooks (Eds.), Handbook of Resilience in Children (pp. 237–249). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14728-9_12
Jones, T. M., Kim, B.-K. E., Fleming, C. B., Deng, J., Duane, A., Gavin, A. R., & Shapiro, V. B. (2025). To Whom Do These Results Apply? Assessing Evidence for the Generalizability of Social and Emotional Learning Programs Among Specific Racial and Ethnic Groups. Review of Educational Research, 00346543241310184. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543241310184
Kim, B. K. E., Oesterle, S. H., J.D., & Shapiro, V. B. (2015). Assessing Sustained Effects of Communities That Care On Youth Protective Factors. Journal of the Society for Social Work & Research, 6(4), 565–589. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/684163?origin=JSTOR-pdf
Kim, M., Shapiro, V. B., Ozer, E. J., Stone, S., Villa, B., Schotland, M., & Kohashi, C. (2023). University’s absorptive capacity for collaborative research: Examining challenges and opportunities for organizational learning to engage in research with community partners. Journal of Community Practice, 31(3–4), 397–409. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2023.2273912
LeBuffe, P. A., Naglieri, J. A., & Shapiro, V. B. (2012). The Devereux Student Strengths Assessment – Second Step Edition (DESSA-SSE) Assessment, Technical Manual, and User’s Guide. Kaplan.
LeBuffe, P. A., & Shapiro, V. B. (2004). Lending ‘strength’ to the assessment of preschool social-emotional health. California School Psychologist, 9, 51–61. http://www.casponline.org/pdfs/pdfs/journal04.pdf#page=53
LeBuffe, P. A., & Shapiro, V. B. (2008). Supporting parent-professional collaboration through strength-based assessment. Expanding the Research Base, 20, 263–266. https://www.academia.edu/8456616/LeBuffe_P.A._and_Shapiro_V.B._2008_._Supporting_parent-professional_collaboration_through_strength-based_assessment._In_C._Newman_C._Liberton_K._Kutash_and_R._Friedman_Eds._._A_System_of_Care_for_Children_s_Mental_Health_Expanding_the_Research_Base_20_263-266
LeBuffe, P. A., Shapiro, V. B., & Robitaille, J. L. (2018). The Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA) Comprehensive System: Screening, assessing, planning, and monitoring. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 55(2), 62–70. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1r20g6tj
LeBuffe, P. A., Valerie B. Shapiro, & Naglieri, J. A. (2009). The Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA) Assessment, Technical Manual, and User’s Guide. Apperson, Inc. http://www.apertureed.com/dessa-overview/
Lee, J., Shapiro, V. B., Kim, B. E., & Yoo, J. P. (2018). Multilevel structural equation modeling for social work researchers: An introduction and application to healthy youth development. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 9(4), 689–719. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1qz233b4
Lee, J., Shapiro, V. B., & Kim, B.-K. E. (2023). Universal School-Based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) for Diverse Student Subgroups: Implications for Enhancing Equity Through SEL. Prevention Science, 24(5), 1011–1022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01552-y
Lee, J., Shapiro, V. B., & Kim, B.-K. E. (2024). Developing and Testing a Measure of “Multiform Dosage” to Support the Implementation of School-based SEL Interventions. Contemporary School Psychology, 28(4), 574–583. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40688-023-00474-4
Lee, J., Shapiro, V. B., Robitaille, J. L., & LeBuffe, P. (2023). Measuring the development of social-emotional competence using behavioral rating scales in the context of school-based social and emotional learning. Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy, 2, 100015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2023.100015
Lee, J., Shapiro, V. B., Robitaille, J. L., & LeBuffe, P. (2024). Gender, racial-ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in the development of social-emotional competence among elementary school students. Journal of School Psychology, 104, 101311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2024.101311
Lewis, C., Darnell, D., Kerns, S., Monroe-DeVita, M., Landes, S. J., Lyon, A. R., Stanick, C., Dorsey, S., Locke, J., Marriott, B., Puspitasari, A., Dorsey, C., Hendricks, K., Pierson, A., Fizur, P., Comtois, K. A., Palinkas, L. A., Chamberlain, P., Aarons, G. A., … Dorsey, C. (2016). Proceedings of the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) 2015: Advancing efficient methodologies through community partnerships and team science: Seattle, WA, USA. 24-26 September 2015. Implementation Science, 11(S1), 85, s13012-016-0428–0. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-016-0428-0
Mahoney, J. L., LeBuffe, P. A., Shapiro, V. B., Robitaille, J. L., Johnson, E. S., & Adamson, J. L. (2022). What is assessment bias and how is Aperture Education working to reduce it? Vol. ed.1. Aperture Education. www.ApertureEd.com.
Metzger, A., Duane, A., Nash, A., & Shapiro, V. B. (2024). “Putting science into action”: A case study of how an educational intermediary organization synthesizes and translates research evidence for practice. International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.22230/ijepl.2024v20n1a1421
Naglieri, J. A., LeBuffe, P. A., & Shapiro, V. B. (2011). The Devereux Student Strengths Assessment—Mini (DESSA-Mini) Assessment, Technical Manual, and User’s Guide. Apperson, Inc. http://www.apertureed.com/dessa-overview/the-dessa-mini/
Naglieri, J. A., LeBuffe, P. A., & Shapiro, V. B. (2013). Assessment of social-emotional competencies related to resilience. In S. Goldstein & R. Brooks (Eds.), Handbook of Resilience in Children. Kluwer/Academic Press. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4614-3661-4_15?LI=true#page-1
Naglieri, J. A., LeBuffe, P. A., & Valerie B. Shapiro. (2011). Universal screening for social emotional competencies: A study of the reliability and validity of the DESSA-mini. Psychology in the Schools, 48(7), 660–671. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pits.20586/abstract
Nickerson, A. B., Brosof, A. M., & Shapiro, V. B. (2004). Predicting positive outcomes for students with Emotional Disturbance. California School Psychologist, 9, 39–49. http://www.casponline.org/pdfs/pdfs/journal04.pdf#page=41
Ohmer, M. L., Sobeck, J., Wallace, J. M., Shapiro, V. B., & Teixeri, S. N. (2012). Community based research. In M. O. Weil (Ed.), The Handbook of Community Practice. Sage.
Ohmer, M. L., Sobek, J. L., Teixeira, S. N., Wallace, J. M., & Shapiro, V. B. (2013). Community-Based Research: Rationale, Methods, Roles, and Considerations for Community Practice. In M. Weil, M. Reisch, & M. Ohmer, The Handbook of Community Practice (pp. 791–808). SAGE Publications, Inc. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412976640.n38
Ozer, E. J., Shapiro, V. B., & Duarte, C. d P. (2020). Opportunities to strengthen SEL impact through Youthled Participatory Action Research (YPAR). Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University.
Roscoe, J. N., Shapiro, V. B., Whitaker, K., & Kim, B. E. (2019). Classifying changes to preventive interventions: Applying adaptation taxonomies. The Journal Of Primary Prevention, 40, 89–109. https://rdcu.be/bgm9C
Shapiro, V. B. (2002). Is long‐term residential treatment effective for adolescents? A treatment outcome study. Colgate University Journal of Sciences, 155–179.
Shapiro, V. B. (2012). Community coalitions: Resolving the gap between research and practice for the prevention of youth mental, emotional, and behavioral problems [University of Washington]. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/20668
Shapiro, V. B. (2015). Resilience: Have We Not Gone Far Enough? A Response to Larry E. Davis. Social Work Research, 39(1), 7–10. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/94v0c6sx
Shapiro, V. B., Accomazzo, S., Claassen, J., & Fleming, J. L. (2015). The choices, challenges, and lessons learned from a multi-method social-emotional / character assessment in an out of school time setting. Journal of Youth Development: Bridging Research and Practice, 10(3), 32–45.
Shapiro, V. B., Accomazzo, S., & Robitaille, J. L. (2017). In the same ballpark or a whole new ball game? Staff as raters of youth behavior. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(4), 1051–1055. http://rdcu.be/nInK
Shapiro, V. B., & Bender, K. (2018). Seven Action Steps to Unleash the Power of Prevention. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 9(4), 499–509. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/700395
Shapiro, V. B., Bender, K. A., Hawkins, J. D., & Jenson, J. M. (2016). Unleashing the Power of Prevention: Train and Enable a Workforce for Effective Prevention Practice. National Academy of Medicine. http://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/dbassesite/documents/webpage/dbasse_177206.pdf
Shapiro, V. B., Derr, A. S., Eldeeb, N., McCoy, H., Trujillo, M., & Vu, C. T. (2023). Ensure Healthy Development for Youth: Expansions and Elaborations for Equity. In Social Work and the Grand Challenge to Eliminate Racism: Concepts, Theory, and Evidence Based Approaches (pp. 127–168). Oxford University Press. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Social_Work_and_the_Grand_Challenge_to_E/X228EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA127&printsec=frontcover
Shapiro, V. B., Duane, A. M., Lee, M. X., Jones, T. M., Metzger, A. N., Khan, S., Cook, C. M., Hwang, S. H. J., Malicote, B., Nuñez, A., Lee, J., McLaughlin, M., Caballero, J. A., Moore, J. E., Williams, C., Eva, A. L., Ferreira, C., McVeagh-Lally, P., Kooler, J., & CalHOPE Research Committee. (2024). “We will build together”: Sowing the seeds of SEL statewide. Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy, 3, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2023.100014
Shapiro, V. B., Eldeeb, N., McCoy, H., Trujillo, M., & Jones, T. M. (2024). Where’s the BIPOC blueprint for healthy youth development? The role of scientific omissions in our struggle for science translation and racial equity in the United States. Journal of Prevention, 45(2), 303–321.
Shapiro, V. B., Hawkins, J. D., & Oesterle, S. (2015). Building local infrastructure for community adoption of science-based prevention: The role of coalition functioning. Prevention Science, 16(8), 1136–1146. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11121-015-0562-y
Shapiro, V. B., Hawkins, J. D., Oesterle, S., Monahan, K. C., Brown, E. C., & Arthur, M. W. (2013). Variation in the effect of communities that care on community adoption of a scientific approach to prevention. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 4(3), 154–164. https://doi.org/10.5243/jsswr.2013.10
Shapiro, V. B., Hudson, K. D., & Downey, M. M. (2017). Institutional expectations, opportunities, and interest in the professoriate: A mixed methods examination of satisfaction among doctoral students in social work. Journal of Social Work Education, 53(3), 520–534. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10437797.2016.1275897
Shapiro, V. B., Hudson, K. D., Moylan, C. A., & Derr, A. S. (2015). Changing organizational routines in doctoral education: An intervention to infuse social justice into a social welfare curriculum. Arbor, 191(771), 1–15. http://arbor.revistas.csic.es/index.php/arbor/article/view/2006/2436
Shapiro, V. B., Kim, B. K. E., Accomazzo, S., & Roscoe, J. N. (2016). Predictors of rater bias in the assessment of Social Emotional Competence. International Journal of Emotional Education, 8(2), 25–44.
Shapiro, V. B., Kim, B. K. E., Fleming, J. L., & LeBuffe, P. A. (2016). Efficient methodologies for monitoring fidelity in routine implementation: Lessons from the Allentown Social Emotional Learning Initiative. Implementation Science, 11(Suppl 1), 83. http://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-016-0428-0#Sec326
Shapiro, V. B., Kim, B. K. E., Robitaille, J. L., & LeBuffe, P. A. (2017). Protective factor screening for prevention practice: Sensitivity and specificity of the DESSA-Mini. School Psychology Quarterly, 32(4), 449–464. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000181.
Shapiro, V. B., Kim, B. K. E., Robitaille, J. L., LeBuffe, P. A., & Ziemer, K. L. (2018). Efficient Implementation Monitoring in Routine Prevention Practice: A Grand Challenge for Schools. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 9(3), 377–394. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/699153
Shapiro, V. B., Kim, B.-K. E., Robitaille, J. L., Mahoney, J. L., Lee, J., & LeBuffe, P. A. (2024). Monitoring the growth of social and emotional competence to guide practice decisions. Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy, 3, 100032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2024.100032
Shapiro, V. B., & LeBuffe, P. A. (2006). Using protective factors in practice: Lessons learned about resilience from a study of children aged five to thirteen. In B. M. Lester, A. S. Masten, & B. McEwen (Eds.), Resilience in Children. Annals of the New York Academy of the Sciences (Vol. 1094, pp. 350–353). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1196/annals.1376.048/pdf
Shapiro, V. B., & LeBuffe, P. A. (2007). Strengths that matter: An empirical investigation of elementary school student success. Expanding the Research Base, 19, 107–110. http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/rtcconference/proceedings/19thproceedings/19thChapter03.pdf#page=21
Shapiro, V. B., Lee, J., & Kim, B. K. E. (2023). TOOLBOX effects on K-2 student growth in social-emotional competence: Evidence from a quasi-experimental study. Contemporary School Psychology, 27(1), 198–213.
Shapiro, V. B., Lippold, M. A., Bender, K. A., & Jenson, J. M. (2022). Unleashing the Power of Prevention: An update on progress and possibilities. In Grand Challenge for Social Work and Society: Milestones Achieved and Opportunities Ahead (Vol. 2, pp. 19–27). Oxford University Press.
Shapiro, V. B., Mels, C., & Lee, J. (2024). Designing assessment, monitoring, and evaluation for systemic SEL implementation. In Mainstreaming social and emotional learning in education systems: Policy guide. UNESCO. https://doi.org/10.54675/ORWD6913
Shapiro, V. B., Metzger, A. N., Jones, T. M., & Duane, A. (2023). Understanding memorandums of Understanding: Lessons learned through the negotiation of contracts in research practice partnerships. Journal of Community Practice, 31(3–4), 509–526. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2023.2275630(link
Shapiro, V. B., Oesterle, S., Abbott, R. D., Arthur, M. W., & Hawkins, J. D. (2013). Measuring dimensions of coalition functioning for effective and participatory community practice. Social Work Research, 37(4), 349–359.
Shapiro, V. B., Oesterle, S., & Hawkins, J. D. (2015). Relating coalition capacity to the adoption of science‐based prevention in communities: Evidence from a randomized trial of communities that care. American Journal of Community Psychology, 55(1–2), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-014-9684-9
Shapiro, V. B., Ziemer, K. L., Accomazzo, S., & Kim, B. E. (2020). Teachers’ assessment of “implementation leadership” during a new social emotional learning initiative. Contemporary School Psychology, 24, 174–180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40688-019-00230-7(link
Simmons, C. A., Shapiro, V. B., Accomazzo, S., & Manthey, T. J. (2016). Strengths-Based Social Work: A Meta-Theory to Guide Social Work Research and Practice. In N. Coady & P. Lehmann (Eds.), Theoretical perspectives for direct social work practice (3rd ed., pp. 131–154). Springer Publishing Company. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7bn5d1w1
Simmons, C. A., Shapiro, V. B., Accomazzo, S., & Manthey, T. J. (2021). Strengths-Based Practice: A Metatheory to Guide the Social Work Profession. In K. W. Bolton, J. C. Hall, & P. Lehmann (Eds.), Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice (4th ed.). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1891/9780826165565.0006
Smith, G. T., Shapiro, V. B., Sperry, R. W., & LeBuffe, P. A. (2014). A strengths-based approach to supervised visitation in child welfare. Child Care in Practice, 20(1), 98–119. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13575279.2013.847056?journalCode=cccp20#.UvpizfldV8F
Whitaker, K., Shapiro, V. B., & Shields, J. P. (2016). School-based Protective Factors Related to Suicide for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 58(1), 63–68. http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(15)00364-X/abstract
- Adoption, Implementation, and Sustainability of Effective Prevention Practices
- Systemic and Transformative Social and Emotional Learning
- Infrastructure to Promote the Use of Research Evidence and Provide Implementation Support
- Strength-Based Screening and Assessment in Schools and Youth Serving Organizations
- Coalition-Based Models for Community Decision-Making to Prevent Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems in Young People
