Laura Marques, PhD
Assistant Professor
Education & Affiliations
Biography
Laura Marques, Ph.D. is a licensed child and school psychologist in Louisiana and Texas. She specializes in assessment and interventions for childhood diagnoses including trauma and stress-related disorders and neurodevelopmental conditions. She also has expertise in assessing and supporting twice exceptional youth who present with giftedness and disability. Dr. Marques uses a developmental-ecological approach to understand the ways in which individual, family, school, and community strengths can be leveraged to promote healthy development. She has worked in schools, multi-disciplinary clinics, and therapeutic settings to implement evidence-based assessment, consultation, and interventions for youth with complex mental health needs. Dr. Marques's interests also include reflective supervision and other tools to support well-being among youth-serving organizations and professionals. Dr. Marques currently holds a faculty appointment at Tulane University School of Medicine and serves as faculty for the Tulane Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation program.
Contributions
Marques, L. & Stevens, M. (2018). Evidence-based for whom?: A review of EBTs for ethnic minorities Presented at the Tulane University School of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds, New Orleans, LA.
Thakur, A., Marques, L., Creedon, J., Gonzalez, M., & Middleton, M. (2016). The implementation of evidence-based multi-tiered systems of support for trauma-exposed youth by school-based mental health practitioners – Part I &II. Workshop presented at the 20th Annual Louisiana School-Based Health Alliance Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Marques, L. (2016). Emerging models of school mental health: A practitioner’s guide to multi-tiered systems of support. Presented at the Tulane University School of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds, New Orleans, LA.
Burch, B., Marques, L., Overstreet, S. & LeBlanc, S. (2014). Reactions to forensic disclosure: The relationship between state anxiety, dissociation, and PTSD. Poster presented at the 2014 Annual National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Publications
Marques, L. (2023). Identifying and supporting gifted and twice-exceptional youth. Presented at the Tulane University School of Medicine and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds, New Orleans, LA.
Pearson, K., Marques, L., Stevens, M., Marcell Williams, E. (2022). Trauma and discipline disproportionality: Treating the underlying concerns. In P. Fenning & M. Johnson (Eds.), Exploring and Addressing Discipline Disparities Among Student with Disabilities. Teachers College Press.
Marques, L. (2021). Trauma-informed care in early childhood centers. Invited webinar for the Community of Practice series.
Keyes, A., Marques, L., Stevens, M., Trigg, A. (2019). 2018-2019 Behavioral interventions portfolio. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of Education.
Thakur, A., Marques, L., Creedon, J., Gonzalez, M., & Middleton, M. (2016). The implementation of evidence-based multi-tiered systems of support for trauma-exposed youth by school-based mental health practitioners – Part I &II. Workshop presented at the 20th Annual Louisiana School-Based Health Alliance Conference, New Orleans, LA.
