Jennifer Rogers

Dr. Jennifer Rogers is Assistant Professor of School Counseling in the Department of Counselor Education at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Rogers has worked as a school counselor and a licensed mental health counselor in private practice. She has years of experience working with educators currently in the field to strengthen their practices in seminars on counseling related topics. She has worked with school districts across the country as a school counselor, researcher, administrator, supervisor, and coach trainer.

Her research focus is on maximizing efficiency through data driven processes in building evidence-based school counseling programs to enhance student outcomes. Dr. Rogers has written three books that augment adult capabilities to work with youth. One is a group counseling intervention for children that uses experiential games, artistic expression, and community service to foster prosocial skills called PLAY Group: Prosocial Peer Relational Learning Activities for Youth: Group Counseling Interventions in School Settings. The second is Leading for Change: Advocating for Positive School Culture Through Whole School Social Emotional Learning the Process of Systems Change (Corwin, 2019), which is a first-person account of real-world implementation of systems change in a school setting. In 2022, The SEL Coach: Planning and Implementation Resources for Social and Emotional Learning Leaders (Corwin) was written to give SEL implementation leaders the resources to organize and plan their work at the school level.

Research Interests:

• Systemic implementation of social, emotional, behavioral, and mental health interventions in school settings
• School counselor professional growth and development
• Sustainable, scalable school mental health systems
• Data-based decision-making models