Mary Crnobori

Mary Crnobori, PhD, BCBA, is the District Coordinator of Trauma-Informed Schools and Advocacy Centers for Metro Nashville Public Schools, where she provides systems-level leadership to implement evidence-based practices that support students’ social, emotional, and behavioral health within multi-tiered systems of support. She is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst and holds a PhD in Special Education from Vanderbilt University, as well as a Master of Education in Special Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Earlier in her career, she worked as a special education teacher and behavior analyst, and has focused her practice on equipping educators with strategies to create trauma-informed school environments.

Crnobori is a coauthor of Managing Challenging Behaviors in Schools: Research-Based Strategies that Work, a book that provides practical, evidence-based approaches for preventing and responding to problem behavior in K–12 classrooms. In addition to this book, she has coauthored several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on topics such as positive behavior support, school-based interventions for students with or at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders, and systematic screening.