Chris A. Sweigart, Ph.D., has an extensive background of work with at-risk youth facing serious challenges from mental health and behavior disorders and academic failure to homelessness and involvement with the criminal justice system. Chris currently trains, coaches, and supports educators across 15 Kentucky school districts to address a range of challenges faced by students.
Chris has served previously as a director of outreach for a community youth center for at-risk youth, program coordinator for a housing and mentoring program for homeless young adults and youth with disabilities, teacher of adolescent students with emotional and behavioral disorders, and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Louisville where he previously received his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction and Special Education. Chris has also taught undergraduate and graduate courses around special education, behavior intervention, and research for the University of Louisville, University of Kansas, and Asbury University.