Research and Professional Presentations
Interests include diversity, equity, and inclusion, resilience skill-building, education and training, innovative approaches to mental health care, improving health care systems, family-centered care, trauma-informed systems, and workplace well-being.
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Recent Publications
Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., Rahmanian Koushkaki, S., Klomhaus, A., Aralis, H., Venegas-Murillo, A., Marlotte, L., Siddiqi, S., Lee, K., Kataoka, S. (under review). Examining Resilience and Traumatic Stress Among Latinx Students Designated as English Language Learners in Secondary Schools. Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
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Gray, K., Marlotte, L., Aralis, H., Kaufman, J., Kataoka, S., Venegas-Murillo, A., Lester, P., Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R. (revise and resubmit). Implementing a Resilience Skill-Building Curriculum for Students in Special Education. Social Work in Public Health.
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Marlotte, L., Aralis, H., Klomhaus, A., Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., Lester, P., & Kataoka, S. (2023). A Preliminary Evaluation of Families OverComing Under Stress (FOCUS) for Families with Adolescent Depression, a Family Resilience Skill-Building Preventive Intervention. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1233901
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Fortson-Harwell, M. E. & Marlotte, L. (2022). Reduce Economic Inequality. In P. Maide and E. Weiss (Eds.), Social Work Education and the Grand Challenges: Approaches to Curricula and Field Education (pp. 307-315). Routledge.
Fein, E., Kataoka, S., Aralis, H., Lester, P., Marlotte, L., & Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., (2021). Implementing a School-Based, Trauma-Informed Resilience Curriculum for Parents. Social Work in Public Health. 10.1080/19371918.2021.1958116
Jeffrey, J., Marlotte, L., & Hajal, N. J. (2020). Providing Tele-Behavioral Health to Youth and Families during COVID-19: Lessons from the Field. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(S1), S272-S273. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000817
Jeffrey, J., Hajal, N., Klomhaus, A., Marlotte, L., & Lester, P. (2019). The Use of Behavioral Health Rating Scales in Clinical Practice for Adults, Children, and Families. Mental Health in Family Medicine, 15, 884-892.
Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., Marlotte, L., Garcia, E., Aralis, H., Lester, P., Escudero, P., & Kataoka, S. (2017). Adapting and Implementing a School-Based Resilience-Building Curriculum among Low-Income Racial and Ethnic Minority Students. Contemporary School Psychology, 223-239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40688-017-0134-1
Wong, C.F., Clark, L.F., & Marlotte, L. (2016). The Impact of Complex Sexual and Non-Sexual Trauma on Mental Health of Homeless Youth. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 31(5), 831-854. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260514556770
Intervention Manuals
Marlotte, L., Morgan, R., Garcia E., Green S., Mogil C., Do, M., Lester P., & Saltzman W. (2019). FOCUS Resilience Curriculum for Early Education (Unpublished Manual, 1st Ed). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.
Babayan, T., Shier, K., & Marlotte, L. (2018). FOCUS Resilience Curriculum for Parents (Unpublished Manual, 3rd Ed). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.
Do, M., Marlotte, L., & Pritzker, J. (2018). FOCUS Skill Building Groups for College Students (Unpublished Manual, 1st Ed). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.
Bursch, B., Mogil, C., Fortson-Harwell, M., & Marlotte, L. (2017). FOCUS for Healthcare Professionals (Unpublished Manual, 2nd Ed). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.
Marlotte, L., Garcia E., Green S., Mogil C., Lester P., & Saltzman W. (2017). FOCUS Resilience Curriculum for Children and Teens: A School-Based Curriculum (Unpublished Manual, 2nd Ed). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.
Ellingsen, R., Modir, S., Wasserman, M., & Marlotte, L. (2016). Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (STAR) Family Group (Unpublished Manual, 1st Ed). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.
Garcia, E. & Marlotte, L. (2015). FOCUS Individual Family Resiliency Training: A Manual for Trainers (Unpublished Manual, 1st Ed). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.
Garcia, E. & Marlotte, L. (2015). FOCUS for Families with Adolescent Depression (Unpublished Manual, 1st Ed). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.
Marlotte, L., Garcia E., Green S., Mogil C., Lester P., & Saltzman W. (2014). FOCUS Family Resiliency Training Skill-Building Groups for Children and Teens (Unpublished Manual, 1st Ed). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.
Select Professional Conference Presentations
Linonis, R. Marlotte, L. Barish, G., Milburn, N., & Mogil, C. The Wellbeing for LA Online Learning Center: Using human-centered design and next-generation digital capabilities to advance professional development and wellbeing across the LA County workforce. UC Tech 2023: Resilient, Rising, & Reinspired. July 17-19, 2023. Berkeley, California.
Barish, G., Marlotte, L., Drayton, M., Mogil, C., & Lester, P. (2023). Automatically enriching content for a behavioral health learning management system: a first look. Oral paper presentation at the 9th International Conference on Computer and Information Science and Technology. August 3-5, 2023. London, United Kingdom.
Marlotte, L., Fortson-Harwell, M., McMullin, L., Bufford, T., & Aralis, H. (2022). A Trauma-Informed Approach to Promote Workplace Well-Being. Skill-building session at the 130th American Psychological Association Conference, August 4-6, 2022. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Marlotte, L. (2022). Trauma-informed skill-building provider guides for foster youth and their families. Workshop presentation at the 26th annual Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference, April 24-26, 2022. Online.
Marlotte, L. (2020). Resilience as Readiness: Ways to Support Provider and Family Well-being. Keynote presentation, Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health, December 8, 2020.
Marlotte, L., Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., Fein, E., Ramos, N., & Kataoka, S. (2019). Reaching Vulnerable Youth and Families in Schools, Transitional Housing, And Clinics to Bolster Resilience and Reduce Depression and Stress. Clinical Perspective at the 68th annual American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, October 14-19, 2019. Chicago, Illinois.
Marlotte, L. (2019). Promoting Success and Safety: A Roadmap to Resilience. Keynote presentation, Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship Seminar, March 16, 2019.
Marlotte, L. (2018). Polishing our Protective Shields: Exploring Ways to Protect Youth from Violence. Webinar presentation for the Military Family Learning Network, March 22, 2018.
Marlotte, L., (2018). Improving emotional well-being in schools and communities. Symposium presentation at the Adolescent Emotional Well-being Conference, January 26, 2018. Torrance, California.
Marlotte, L. & Pritzker, J. (2017). Resilience 101: Creating an evidence-based college program to promote resilience and mental health. Oral Presentation at the 145th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo, November 4-6, 2017. Atlanta, Georgia.
Marlotte, L. (2017). Bouncing back: Resilience building in foster families and youth. Symposium presentation at the 64th annual American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, October 23-28, 2017. Washington, DC.
Marlotte, L. (2016). Building resiliency with veteran families: An overview of the FOCUS evidence based practice. Psychiatry Grand Rounds presentation, VA Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, November 16, 2016. North Hills, California.
Marlotte, L., Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., Garcia, E., Aralis, H., Lester, P., & Kataoka, S. (2016). Promoting Resilience through a School-Based Skill-Building Groups with Predominately Underserved Students: Training, Implementation, and Outcomes. Oral Presentation at the 144th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo, October 29-November 2, 2016. Denver, Colorado.
Marlotte, L. & Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R. (2016). Trauma informed resilience interventions with youth and families facing adversity. Symposium presentation at the 6th annual Children’s Institute Trauma Informed Care Conference, September 23, 2016. Los Angeles, California.
Marlotte, L. (2016). Using technology with foster families in clinical work. Grand Rounds Presentation, Department of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, May 19, 2016. Los Angeles, California.
Marlotte, L. & Jupin, A. (2015). FOCUS on Foster Families: How technology can benefit your work with foster/adoptive families. Symposium presentation at the 5th annual Children’s Institute Trauma Informed Care Conference, October 9, 2015. Los Angeles, California.
Wong, C., Clark, L., & Marlotte, L. (2014). Early Complex Sexual and Non-Sexual Trauma among Homeless Youth. Symposium Presentation at the 142nd Annual Convention of the American Public Health Association, November 15-19, 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Marlotte, L. (2014). Clinical interviewing with LGBTQ clients. Guest lecturer for Multicultural Assessment master’s class, University of Southern California. Los Angeles, California.
Sobkow, K. & Marlotte, L. (2014). Multicultural Competency. Training provided to APA accredited psychology pre-doctoral internship program, Patton State Hospital. Highland, California.
Marlotte, L., Adams, L., Kane, L., Krowel, A., Craig, L., & Dearth, T. (2010). The Trauma Resiliency Model: A Multicultural Approach to Trauma Treatment. Poster presentation at the 91st Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, April 22-25, 2010. Cancun, Mexico.
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Adams, L., Marlotte, L., Doroux, A., Kane, L., & Krowel, A. (2009). Trauma Resiliency Model: A Mind-Body Treatment Modality for Trauma Survivors. Poster presentation at the 12th biennial Division 27 of American Psychological Association, Society for Community Research and Action, June 18-21, 2009. Montclair, New Jersey.
Scott, R., Marlotte, L., Carpenter, I., Bryce, D., Godes, N., Gamboa, M., & Hammond, E. (2008). Creating affirming campus communities through minimizing the pervasiveness of heterosexism. Symposium presentation and roundtable discussion at the 2nd International Conference on Community Psychology, June 4-6, 2008. Lisbon, Portugal.
Adams, A., Doroux, A., Marlotte, L., & Bennett, K. (2008). Trauma First Aide and PTSD: Integrating Mind-Body in Treatment. Poster presentation at the 116th American Psychological Association Conference, August 14-17, 2008. Boston, Massachusetts.