Anisa N. Goforth, PhD, ABPP, CRESP Lab Director at the University of Montana talks with a group of her students during a lab in a classroom on campus.

Culturally Responsive Evidence-based Practices in School Psychology

Professional Conference Presentations

Three graduate students and Dr. Anisa Goforth standing side by side at a conference
Three graduate students and Dr. Anisa Goforth standing side by side at a conference
Two Graduate students standing in front of a PowerPoint entitled "Cultural Competence in Supporting Forcibly Displaced Students and Their Families""
Two Graduate students standing in front of a PowerPoint entitled "Cultural Competence in Supporting Forcibly Displaced Students and Their Families""
CRESP Lab Members standing in front of a poster at a conference
CRESP Lab Members standing in front of a poster at a conference

Recent Peer-Reviewed Presentations

*Indicates UM graduate student
#Indicates UM undergraduate student

*Reszewicz, A.E., *Ith, D.A., *Lilly, J., & Goforth, A.N. (2026, February). Losing Language, Losing Identity? Understanding Subtractive Bilingualism. Paper to be presented at the annual convention of The National Association of School Psychologists in Chicago, IL. 

*Ith, D.A., *Reszewicz, A.E., *Lilly, J., & Goforth, A.N.  (2026, February). Beyond the Classroom: Understanding Barriers to Belonging for Latine Students. Paper to be presented at the annual convention of The National Association of School Psychologists in Chicago, IL.  

Goforth, A.N., Price, J., Aguilar, L.N. & Baez, MSE. (2026, February), Moving toward relational assessment within psychoeducational evaluations of Indigenous students [Practitioner Conversation]. Annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. Boston, MA, USA. 

Goforth, A.N., Sun, J., +Michell, M., +BigSam, S., *Ith, D., & *Crews, R. (September, 2025). Weaving new paths: A case study in cross-Indigenous community adaptation of a children’s social and emotional program. Poster presented at the 2025 biennial meeting of the Native Children’s Research Exchange Conference, Denver, CO.  

Aguilar, L.N, Goforth, A.N., & von Bergen, V. (2025, February). School psychologists’ experiences and preparedness for working with Indigenous Students. [Paper]. National Association of School Psychologists convention, Seattle, WA, USA. 

Goforth, A.N., Pham, A.V. *Violante, A., *Brooke, E., Hawkins, D., Lopez, M.A. (2023, February). Going deeper: Culturally responsive assessment for minoritized students. Mini-skills to be presented at the annual convention of The National Association of School Psychologistsin Denver, CO.

*Brooke, E., Goforth, A.N., *Violante, A., *Moss, C. *Lilly, J., #Horton, T., & *Smith, A. (2023, February). Underidentification of Native American students with autism. Paper to be presented at the annual convention of The National Association of School Psychologistsin Denver, CO.

Goforth, A.N., *Violante, A., *Brooke, E., *Lilly, J., Sun, J. & Nichols, L.M. (2023, February). Transformative SEL: A pilot educator SEL program for Indigenous students. Paper to be presented at the annual convention of The National Association of School Psychologistsin Denver, CO.

*Violante, A.E., Goforth, A.N., *Brooke, E., *Diaków, D.M., & *Smith, A.T. (2022, February). Engaging hearts and minds through spirituality and social-emotional learning. Poster presented at the annual convention of The National Association of School Psychologistsin Boston, MA.

 *Violante, A.E., Goforth, A.N., *Brooke, E., *Diaków, D.M., & *Smith, A.T. (2022, February). A qualitative examination: Teachers’ perspectives of social-emotional learning and spirituality. Poster presentation to be presented at the annual convention of The National Association of School Psychologists in Boston, MA

*Diaków, D. M., Goforth, A. N., *Holter, O. G., *Violante, A.E., #Drew, S., & *Hornberger, V. (2020, February). Cultural competence in supporting forcibly displaced students and their families. Mini-skill to be presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists; Baltimore, MD.

*Holter, O.G., Goforth, A.N., *Pyke, K., Shindorf, Z., *Diaków, D., & *Violante, A.E, (2020, February). Cultivating perspective: Examining history textbooks for prejudice against Native Americans. Paper to be presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists; Baltimore, MDHalko, H. M., Powell, K. A., Burgess, E. E., Stanick, C. F., Ahlers, K. P., & Goforth, A. N. (2019, September). Adoption of trauma-focused interventions within rural schools. Poster presentation at the 5th Biennial Society for Implementation Research Collaboration, Seattle, WA.

Goforth A. N., Robinson-Zañartu, C., & *Holter, O. (2019, January). School psychology in Indian Country: Preparing graduate students to support Native youth. Poster to be presented at the annual National Multicultural Conference and Summit, Denver, CO.

*Diaków, D. M., *Holter O.G., *Shindorf Z., *Ahlers K., & Goforth A. N., (2019,February). Humanitarian Workers Perspectives' on Muslim Refugee Students' Mental Health. Poster Submitted for presentation: The National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.

*Shindorf, Z.R., * Diaków, D.M., *Holter, O.G. & Goforth, A.N. (2019, February). Combining social narratives with video modeling to effectively treat autism. Submitted for presentation: The National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA