Courtney N Baker

Biographic Data

ID5741308
NAMECourtney N Baker
GIVEN NAMESCourtney N
FAMILY NAMEBaker
SIGNATUREBAKER C N
AFFILIATIONSTulane University
ORCID0000-0001-9523-1036
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS18
AUTHOR COUNT16
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Cultural Responsiveness and Teacher-Student Relationships in Urban Charter Public Schools

    Open AccessChavez Phelps, Samantha Francoi et al.ARTICLEEducation and Urban Society2026References: 37

    Cultural responsiveness and teacher-student relationships are important to establishing a healthy, positive school climate. Few studies have examined the relationship between teacher-student relationships and cultural responsiveness. Also, little is known about the moderating effect the number of ethnic minority school teachers has on culturally responsive practices and teacher-student relationships in schools with predominantly low-income Black …

  • Understanding Teacher Self-Efficacy to Address Students’ Social-Emotional Needs in the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessCassandra R Davis, Courtney N Baker et al.ARTICLEUrban Education2024Cited by: 2References: 44

    Teachers are returning to schools during the COVID-19 pandemic under the weight of unprecedented stressors to engage a student body that has also experienced stress and trauma. In this study, we examined how confident 454 teachers (55% Black) from 41 charter schools in New Orleans, Louisiana, were in their ability to address students’ social-emotional needs upon their return to school. Results showed that Black teachers were more likely to report…

  • Cultivating community-based participatory research (CBPR) to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic: An illustrative example of partnership and topic prioritization in the food services industry

    Open AccessMichael Hoerger, Seowoo Kim et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The COVID-19 pandemic has forced food service workers to experience complex decisions about health and safety, stress and mental health concerns, and longer-term concerns. Challenging health decisions included attempting to avoid an airborne infectious illness when employers were mainly only concerned with droplet precautions and trying to decide protocols for testing and isolation without clear guidance, free tests, or paid sick leave. Key menta…

  • Variance in Autism Prevalence: Links With State-Level Autism Resources

    Open AccessJohanna S Kester, Trenesha L Hill et al.ARTICLEJournal of Disability Policy…2023References: 2

    The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has varied over time and across the United States. This variability is likely related to external factors, such as regional differences in ASD-related resources. The study reported on here examined the links between ASD prevalence as measured by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B child count data and four aspects of state infrastructure (health care and insurance policies, cl…

  • Centering trauma‐informed approaches in schools within a social justice framework

    Open AccessWhitney Davis, Lea Petrovic et al.ARTICLEPsychology in the Schools2022

    Growing evidence establishing the prevalence and educational consequences of childhood trauma has led to a national focus on equipping schools to support the specific needs of students who have experienced trauma. Despite clear evidence of disproportionate trauma exposure among students of color, most models of trauma‐informed schools do not explicitly address the intersection of race and trauma within their system‐level efforts to help staff rea…

  • The Experience of Covid-19 and Its Impact on Teachers’ Mental Health, Coping, and Teaching

    Courtney N Baker, Haley Peele et al.ARTICLESchool Psychology Review2021

    The COVID-19 pandemic has placed significant demands on teachers. The current study uses needs assessment data gathered from 454 New Orleans charter school teachers (81% women; 55% Black; 73% regular education) during the first months of the pandemic. On average, teachers experienced seven stressors (out of 18 surveyed) and four protective factors (out of six surveyed). Teachers who experienced more stressors reported worse mental health and foun…

  • Examining the effectiveness of Trauma Smart® training: Staff satisfaction, knowledge, and attitudes

    Andrew Orapallo, Billie-Jo Grant et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2021

    Objective: Adverse childhood experiences are linked with poorer physical, social, and psychological well-being, especially for individuals who live in poverty. As adverse childhood experiences accumulate, risk for poor outcomes increases. Therefore, it is imperative that preschools and elementary schools are equipped to prevent and intervene upon traumatic stress. Trauma Smart is an organizational change intervention designed to build trauma-info…

  • Validation of the Attitudes Related to Trauma-Informed Care Scale (Artic)

    Courtney N Baker, Steven M Brown et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2020

    The ARTIC is a direct, efficient, and cost-effective measure of attitudes related to TIC. This study further demonstrates the reliability of the ARTIC and provides some support for its validity. Evaluating the favorability of staff attitudes about TIC plays a key role in ensuring readiness for, effectiveness of, and sustainability of TIC in systems. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Understanding staff- and system-level contextual factors relevant to trauma-informed care implementation

    Nyx Robey, Sarah Margolies et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2020

    Objective: Trauma-informed care (TIC) is increasingly used to address and prevent adverse childhood experiences. However, research on the implementation process of TIC has lagged, limiting its impact and sustainability. The goal of this two-study project was to provide a summary of staff- and system-level contextual factors relevant to TIC implementation. Method: Study 1 was a secondary data analysis of survey data from 760 staff members from hum…

  • The implementation and effect of trauma-informed care within residential youth services in rural Canada: A mixed methods case study

    Courtney N Baker, Steven M Brown et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2017

    This case study documents improvements in staff attitudes favorable to TIC post-RC and RA and presents an in-depth analysis of TIC implementation. The study also highlights the complicated relationship between TIC implementation and staff experience of VT. Finally, this study provides a blueprint for conducting program evaluations of TIC. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Experiential avoidance and interpersonal problems: A moderated mediation model

    Open AccessJames Gerhart, James I Gerhart et al.ARTICLEJournal of Contextual Behavioral…2014

  • Developing Measures of Community‐Relevant Outcomes for Violence Prevention Programs: A Community‐Based Participatory Research Approach to Measurement

    Open AccessAlice J Hausman, Courtney N Baker et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2013Cited by: 4References: 32

    Community‐Based Participatory Research is a research paradigm that encourages community participation in designing and implementing evaluation research, though the actual outcome measures usually reflect the “external” academic researchers’ view of program effect and the policy‐makers’ needs for decision‐making. This paper describes a replicable process by which existing standardized psychometric scales commonly used in youth‐related intervention…

  • The Association Between Forms of Aggression, Leadership, and Social Status Among Urban Youth

    Open AccessTracy Evian Waasdorp, Courtney N Baker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2013Cited by: 9References: 53

  • Enrollment and Attendance in a Parent Training Prevention Program for Conduct Problems

    Open AccessCourtney N Baker, David H Arnold et al.ARTICLEPrevention Science2011

  • Risking connection trauma training: A pathway toward trauma-informed care in child congregate care settings

    Steven M Brown, Courtney N Baker et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2011

    Despite the high prevalence of traumatic experiences and attachment disruptions among clients in child congregate care treatment settings, until recently there has been little formal training on trauma for staff serving this population. Staff trauma training is one important intervention for agencies aiming to implement trauma-informed care (TIC), a term describing an international trend in mental health care whereby treatment approaches and cult…

  • Predicting teacher participation in a classroom-based, integrated preventive intervention for preschoolers

    Open AccessCourtney N Baker, Janis B Kupersmidt et al.ARTICLEEarly Childhood Research Quarterly2009Cited by: 3References: 4