About Sarah C. Turner

Welcome to DBT in 3 Months.  My name is Sarah C. Turner, MEd.  I started writing this blog when I was in my master's counseling program in January 2013, after learning about a training event with the Treatment Implementation Collaborative in Houston.  This has been my way to learn and process the skills and strategies I have learned since then. 

Now, I am a doctoral student in the Measurement, Quantitative Methodology— Learning Sciences program at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas.  I am an alumna from the University of Houston's Honors College and the College of Education, receiving my Bachelors of Science in Psychology and my Master of Education in Counseling. 

In the last five years, I have completed two degrees, successfully defended two theses, served as a research assistant for qualitative and quantitative projects with several research groups, presented eight posters and three lectures, and written many articles for publication.  During my internship for my master’s degree in counseling, I worked with adolescents with autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and other neurological differences and studied self-determination and psychological needs theories and applications.  

Studying in diverse learning environments with many research groups has given me opportunities to practice the fundamentals of research in psychology and sharpen my communication skills for different audiences.  As an author, I want to have books with my name on the spines and to craft abstracts and grant proposals to submit to psychology conferences.  As a teacher, I want to focus on the fundamental aspects of educational psychology and behavioral sciences in lectures and coursework; integrate technology in the classroom; and to increase the number of student submissions for publication though the APS Wikipedia Initiative, Psi Chi, and regional and national psychology conferences.

My research interests: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Neurological Differences, Psychological Needs, Self Determination Theory

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