Name: Cassie Hermiller

Hometown: Ottawa, Ohio

Program: School Psychology

Year: First year (just completed)

Project: Concussion and mTBI Management Traineeship

What have you been doing with the project? 

With the traineeship, I have been learning about various aspects of concussions and accommodations in school for kids with concussions. We visited the Brain Injury Conference in Kearney and spoke with concussion and TBI survivors and other practitioners in the field, and learned what it was like to live or work with survivors. Full Article

Name: Renata Trefiglio Mendes Gomes

Hometown: São Paulo, Brazil

Program: Early Learning Network

Year: First year (just completed)

Project: My Ph.D. project is “Professores e Pais como Parceiros: A Cross-cultural Adaptation and Implementation Effectiveness of the Teachers and Parents as Partners Program to a Brazilian sample.” As a graduate research assistant, I am supporting both the Early Learning Network and the Nebraska Academy for Early Childhood Research. Full Article

Name: Megan Conley

Hometown: Coahoma, Texas

Program: School Psychology

Year: First year (just completed)

Project: Traineeship in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion Management

What are you doing with the project? 

The goal of the traineeship is to educate future school psychologists about concussions and brain injury, emphasizing how brain injuries — even mild ones, like concussions — can affect student learning. Our goal is to advocate for students who have sustained a brain injury and bring awareness to those working with students, such as teachers, parents and coaches, to ensure a smooth transition back to the classroom. Full Article

Name: Hannah Scholes

Hometown: Liberty, Missouri

Program: School Psychology

Year: First year (just completed)

Project: Toddlers with Autism

What will you be doing with the project? 

I am a trainee at the Autism Care for Toddlers (ACT) Clinic in Omaha. We work on understanding, diagnosing and creating interventions for children with ASD. The goal of the traineeship is to educate more professionals in schools to have knowledge and understanding on diagnosis and interventions for these students. Full Article

Name: Katelyn Loogman

Hometown: Kearney, Nebraska

Program: School Psychology

Year: First year (just completed)

Project: School Psychology Specialization in Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

What will you be doing with the project? 

I will be learning about the integral role school psychologists play in managing concussions in schools, including involvement in assessing baseline and post-injury functioning, progress-monitoring during recovery and facilitating a safe return to regular activity. Full Article

Name: Wesley Kobashigawa

Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Program: Counseling Psychology Ph.D.

Year: First year (just completed)

Project: Building Bridges

What will you be doing with the project? 

I help oversee the high school prevention program and provide individual and group counseling for at-risk ninth- and 10th-graders. I also collect pre- and post-treatment data to assess the efficacy of our treatment approach. Full Article