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Barbara Gueldner, PhD, MSE, NCSP, IMH-E® is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist, a licensed psychologist in Colorado, and is endorsed as an Infant Mental Health Specialist (Infant Mental Health Endorsement®). She earned a PhD in School Psychology from the University of Oregon, a Master of Science in Education+36 from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a major in Psychology. 

Dr. Gueldner has served in various professional and volunteer roles in urban, suburban, and rural settings for 30 years. She’s enjoyed working in K-12 general, special and alternative education, university-based and medical settings, private practice, and collaborating with non-profits. She currently serves as a part-time lecturer with University of Washington-Tacoma in the School of Education and engages in research and writing projects. In 2009, she was awarded a Resident Excellency Award at Children's Hospital Colorado.

Dr. Gueldner’s research and writing focus on social and emotional development and learning, internalizing problems and interventions, understanding parenting practices with young children’s emotional development, and implementation science. She is co-author of the book Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom (2010, 2020, Guilford Press) and the SEL curriculum Merrell’s Strong Kids and Merrell’s Strong Teens (2007, 2016, Paul H. Brookes Publishing), as well as peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. She has presented extensively on numerous topics related to youth mental health. Dr. Gueldner served on two non-profit boards for several years, Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide and Face-to-Face Colorado, and served for over a decade as a member of the Early Childhood Advisory Council and the Children’s Health Advocacy Team in Routt County, Colorado. She has volunteered with many community projects over the years.