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Shannon Stewart is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Western University and a Registered Psychologist. She serves as the Clinical Training Director for the PhD program in the School Applied Child Psychology and is an Associate Scientist at the Children’s Health Research Institute. Dr. Stewart's research focuses on improving early identification of mental health problems and enhancing access to mental health care services for children and youth. She leads international efforts to develop the interRAI Child Youth Mental Health Suite instruments, which aim to provide systematic, coordinated, and integrated approaches to mental health services. Her work has included significant initiatives such as the development of Collaborative Action Plans and outcome measurement systems to evaluate mental health programs. Dr. Stewart has secured multiple grants to support her research, which addresses issues like trauma, school disengagement, substance use, and predictors of re-hospitalization in children and adolescents. She has published extensively on the complexities of child mental health care and the factors influencing service access and treatment effectiveness, contributing to improved practices and policies in mental health assessment and intervention for vulnerable populations.
Western University • London, Ontario, Canada
Teaching and supervising students in the area of applied child psychology.
Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.