Linda Raffaele Mendez

Linda Raffaele Mendez

Associate Professor
Marion Turpan College of Psychology and Counseling

Contact Information

Courses

• Seminar in Child and Adolescent Intervention
• Prevention and Intervention
• Pediatric Psychology Dissertation Seminar
• History and Systems of Psychology
• Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Research

• Cognitive-behavior therapy with youth
• School-based mental health delivered through a multi-tiered system of supports
• Understanding and meeting the needs of vulnerable and at-risk youth in schools
• Social justice in schools
• Family-based interventions to address mental health concerns

Education

• BA, Union College, Schenectady, NY
• MA, The University of Texas at Austin
• PhD, The University of Texas at Austin

Academic Profile

I have been preparing school psychologists since 1996 and joined the faculty of Marion Turpan College of Psychology and Counseling at FDU in 2018. My primary teaching responsibilities are in the area of school-based mental health. I also teach a 2-part Dissertation Seminar through which I guide PsyD students in preparing a dissertation proposal. Additionally, I direct a school-based mental health practicum through which PsyD and Ph.D. students deliver individual counseling to students in local schools. My theoretical orientation is cognitive-behavioral, although I also include trauma-informed and DBT in my work. I also lead an active research group that is focused on understanding and meeting the needs of vulnerable and at-risk youth in schools through tiered mental health interventions and trauma-sensitive initiatives. In 2019, I received a 5-year grant from the US Department of Education through which School Psychology students from FDU are delivering counseling to students in 6 demonstration schools in the Newark Public Schools.