Rate My Professor Laura Lee McIntyre

McIntyre's research specializations include children's mental and behavioral health, special education, and prevention and intervention strategies to promote well-being in vulnerable and underserved populations, with emphasis on early childhood, autism spectrum disorder, developmental delays, family-centered parent training, kindergarten transitions, and family-school partnerships. Her work is funded by NIH institutes such as NICHD and NIMH, supporting projects like functional connectivity in developmental delay and mindfulness-based stress reduction with behavioral parent training. Major awards include Fellow of the American Psychological Association Division 16 (School Psychology, 2020) and Division 33 (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities/Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2013), Tom Oakland Midcareer Scholarship Award (APA Division 16, 2021), Catalyst Scholar (Society for the Study of School Psychology, 2017), inducted member of the Society for the Study of School Psychology (2015), Sara S. Sparrow Early Career Research Award (APA Division 33, 2010), and Early Career Award (American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010). Key publications are the co-edited Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (American Psychological Association, 2021), "Family-focused interventions as prevention and early intervention of behavioral problems in children with autism spectrum disorder" (International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2021), "Parent training in young children with developmental disabilities: A randomized controlled trial" (American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2008), and "Transition to school: Adaptation in young children with and without developmental delays" (Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006). As dean, she advanced the College of Education in U.S. News & World Report rankings, co-founded the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health, expanded faculty and programs including school psychology to the Portland campus, and chaired Oregon's Youth Behavioral and Mental Health Workgroup, enhancing child outcomes through integrated scholarship, teaching, and practice.