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.
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.
Take a moment to recall a particularly overwhelming day.
Morning comes way too early after a restless, worry-fueled night of tossing and turning. A knotted, roiling stomach makes eating breakfast difficult. Deadlines loom, with too much to do in too little time.
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.
Early childhood special education providers, services coordinators and supervisors from across the state gathered at Nebraska Innovation Campus June 5-8 for Getting Ready training sessions.
Hosted by CYFS faculty and staff, a pair of two-day training sessions focused on translating evidence-based research practices into real-world settings to positively impact children and their families. Part C state trainers delivered the training material after having received one year of training and support in Getting Ready from CYFS faculty and staff.
Name: Rileigh Burke
Hometown: Hinton, Iowa
Program: School Psychology
Year: First year (just completed)
Project: Traineeship in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
What will you be doing with the project?
Specializing in toddlers with autism.
How did you become interested in your field?
Recent school psychology graduate Tyler Smith is the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Dissertation Award for the American Psychological Association’s Division 16 (School Psychology). Smith’s dissertation will be recognized Aug. 11 at the APA’s annual convention in San Francisco.
Name: Heejae Chung
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Program: School Psychology
Year: First year (just completed)
Project: Traineeship in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
What will you be doing with the project?
I am broadly learning about autism spectrum disorder.