Kristy Kelly, PhD, Project LEADSS Director
Kristy Kelly is an Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Clinical Training in the School Psychology Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a licensed psychologist, licensed school psychologist, and holds the National Certification in School Psychology (NCSP). Dr. Kelly is also the Director of the School Psychology Training Clinic (SPTC), where she supervises LEADSS scholars in their clinical practicum experience in the first year of training. She has experience as a school psychologist in therapeutic K–12 settings and as a behavioral consultant to schools, where she implemented and evaluated mental health programs for students with moderate to severe social, emotional, and behavioral disorders in special education. Dr. Kelly is a national leader in clinical training with expertise in clinical and practicum supervision. She is particularly interested in clinical supervision, professional development of psychologists, and issues related to clinic and school-based intervention.
Jennifer Asmus, PhD, Project LEADSS Co-Director
Amanda Zuehlke, MSW, LCSW, Project Coordinator
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Amanda Zuehlke is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work. Amanda received her MSW from UW Madison in 2006 and has worked as a Social Worker in child welfare, primarily treatment foster care and adoption, for the past eighteen years. In this role, she licensed, trained, and supported foster and adoptive parents throughout the State of Wisconsin. Additionally, she helped develop a program to meet the needs of children with developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health challenges, to address the gap in community-based, out of home placement options for children with complex support needs. In her role at the School of Social Work, Amanda assists generalist year students in identifying community agencies in which to complete their field placements. She has also taught social work courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. She is committed to fostering the partnerships created between the School of Social Work and the community agencies that help provide vast learning experiences for our students.
Audrey Conn, MSSW, Project Coordinator
Audrey Conn, MSSW, APSW, is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of Field Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work. Audrey’s work is centered around advocacy, social justice, values, ethics, reflective practice, and interprofessional education. Audrey has extensive experience as both an educator and direct practice social worker with an emphasis on public child welfare; specifically foster care and public adoption. Her areas of interest in practice and teaching include; transracial and trans-cultural adoption, relative adoption, kinship care, placement stability, foster care, advocacy, strength-based services for children and families, and child welfare policy. Audrey values opportunities to partner with community stakeholders, while building relationships and fostering important dialogue.
Celine Cushman, Project Manager
Celine Cushman is a graduate student in the School Psychology EdS Program. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with minors in business institutions and Spanish from Northwestern University. While completing her undergraduate degree, Celine worked as a research assistant in the Relationships and Motivation Lab. She currently works as the project manager for the LEADSS training grant. Her primary research interests include school mental health and culturally responsive interventions.
