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Overview

Melissa Stormont is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States. Their research contributions are principally situated within the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a significant focus on education and clinical psychology as prominent subfields. Their work also engages with developmental and educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and social psychology.

The primary topics addressed in their research are behavioral and psychological studies, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, early childhood education and development, family and disability support research, autism spectrum disorder research, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and education discipline and inequality.

Stormont's publication record includes a number of papers in notable journals. Some of the recent papers are:

  • A Public Health Approach to Reducing the Societal Prevalence and Burden of Youth Mental Health Problems: Introduction to the Special Issue (2021) in School Psychology Review
  • The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Program: Effects for Students Receiving Special Education Services (2020) in Remedial and Special Education
  • A Daily Check-In/Check-Out Intervention for Students with Internalizing Concerns (2020) in Journal of Behavioral Education
  • Teacher Stress, Coping, Burnout, and Plans to Leave the Field: A Post-Pandemic Survey (2025) in School Mental Health
  • Changes in Disruptive Behavior Mediated by Social Competency: Testing the STARS Theory of Change in a Randomized Sample of Elementary Students (2020) in Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research

Their frequent coauthors highlight collaborative work with several researchers in related areas, including Wendy M. Reinke, Keith C. Herman, Aaron M. Thompson, Nargiza Buranova, and Denice Adkins. Stormont's research is often published in journals with repeated appearances such as School Psychology Review, Remedial and Special Education, Journal of Behavioral Education, Preventing School Failure Alternative Education for Children and Youth, and Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education.

The body of work by Melissa Stormont reflects ongoing engagement with both practical and theoretical aspects of education and psychological development across childhood and adolescence, focusing on support mechanisms for youth with special education needs and emotional or behavioral challenges.

Best Publications

  • Supporting Children's Mental Health in Schools: Teacher Perceptions of Needs, Roles, and Barriers.

    Wendy M. Reinke;Melissa Stormont;Keith C. Herman;Rohini Puri

  • Classroom-Level Positive Behavior Supports in Schools Implementing SW-PBIS: Identifying Areas for Enhancement

    Wendy M. Reinke;Keith C. Herman;Melissa Stormont

  • Teacher implementation of precorrection and praise statements in Head Start classrooms as a component of a program-wide system of positive behavior support

    Melissa Ann Stormont;Sandra Covington Smith;Timothy J. Lewis

  • Teachers' Knowledge of Evidence-Based Interventions and Available School Resources for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems.

    Melissa Stormont;Wendy Reinke;Keith Herman

  • Using Coaching to Support Teacher Implementation of Classroom-based Interventions

    Wendy M. Reinke;Melissa Stormont;Keith C. Herman;Lori Newcomer

  • Externalizing Behavior Problems in Young Children: Contributing Factors and Early Intervention.

    Melissa Stormont

  • Children with co-occurring academic and behavior problems in first grade: Distal outcomes in twelfth grade

    Dana Darney;Wendy M. Reinke;Keith C. Herman;Melissa Stormont

  • Social outcomes of children with AD/HD: Contributing factors and implications for practice

    Melissa Stormont

  • Use of Coaching and Behavior Support Planning for Students with Disruptive Behavior within a Universal Classroom Management Program.

    Wendy M. Reinke;Melissa Stormont;Keith C. Herman;Ze Wang

  • Coaching Teachers' Use of Social Behavior Interventions to Improve Children's Outcomes: A Review of the Literature.

    Melissa Stormont;Wendy M. Reinke;Lori Newcomer;Dana Marchese

  • Tier Two Interventions Implemented within the Context of a Tiered Prevention Framework.

    Barbara S. Mitchell;Melissa Stormont;Nicholas A. Gage

  • Emotional and Social Characteristics of Boys with AD/HD and Giftedness: A Comparative Case Study.

    Sidney M. Moon;Sydney S. Zentall;Janice A. Grskovic;Arlene Hall

  • Positive Behavior Support Systems: Applying Key Features in Preschool Settings:

    Melissa Stormont;Timothy J. Lewis;Rebecca Beckner

  • The incredible years teacher classroom management program: Using coaching to support generalization to real-world classroom settings

    Wendy M. Reinke;Melissa Stormont;Carolyn Webster-Stratton;Lori L. Newcomer

  • Collaboration between general and special educators and student outcomes: A need for more research

    Delinda van Garderen;Melissa Stormont;Nidhi Goel

  • Bullying and Students With Disabilities: Examination of Disability Status and Educational Placement

    Chad A. Rose;Melissa Stormont;Ze Wang;Cynthia G. Simpson

  • Providing Performance Feedback for Teachers to Increase Treatment Fidelity.

    Melissa Stormont;Wendy M. Reinke

  • Behavior Support Strategies in Early Childhood Settings: Teachers' Importance and Feasibility Ratings.

    Melissa Stormont;Timothy J. Lewis;Sandra Covington Smith

  • Preventing and ameliorating young children's chronic problem behaviors: An ecological classroom‐based approach

    Maureen Conroy;Kevin Sutherland;Todd Haydon;Melissa Stormont

  • The Effectiveness of Two Universal Behavioral Supports for Children With Externalizing Behavior in Head Start Classrooms

    Sandra Covington Smith;Timothy J. Lewis;Melissa Stormont

  • Implementing positive behavior support systems in early childhood and elementary settings

    Melissa Stormont

Frequent Co-Authors

Wendy M. Reinke
Wendy M. Reinke University of Missouri
Keith C. Herman
Keith C. Herman University of Missouri
Timothy J. Lewis
Timothy J. Lewis University of Missouri
Carolyn Webster-Stratton
Carolyn Webster-Stratton The Incredible Years
Sydney S. Zentall
Sydney S. Zentall Purdue University West Lafayette
Francis L. Huang
Francis L. Huang University of Missouri
Amanda B. Nickerson
Amanda B. Nickerson State University of New York
Maureen A. Conroy
Maureen A. Conroy University of Florida
Melissa A. Bray
Melissa A. Bray University of Connecticut
Kevin S. Sutherland
Kevin S. Sutherland Virginia Commonwealth University

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