About
Kristin Powers is a professor of school psychology at CSU Long Beach. She is Director of the Community Clinic for Counseling and Educational Services (CCCES) and Co-Director of Think Beach, an inclusive post-secondary education (IPSE) program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Dr. Powers is a founding member and assistant chair of the Inclusive College Alliance (ICA), which helped to get AB 447 passed into law. AB 447 encourages CSUs and UCs to establish IPSEs. She has also served as a consultant to the California Center on Inclusive College (CCIC). Dr. Powers has researched, presented and published on transition planning, multi-tiered systems of support, diversifying the field of school psychology and collaborative consultation. She has authored or co-authored 7 OSEP training grants to prepare school psychologists in evidence-based, inclusive practices and two mental health grants, totally over $20 million in federal funding.