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Graduate Student Q&A with Katelyn Loogman

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

Graduate Student Q&A with Wesley Kobashigawa

Wesley Kobshigawa, CYFS graduate student

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

Early childhood professionals ‘Getting Ready’ to make positive impacts

Early childhood special education providers, service coordinators and supervisors from across the state gathered at Nebraska Innovation Campus June 5-8 for Getting Ready training sessions.

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. Full Article

Graduate Student Q&A with Rileigh Burke

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? Full Article

School psychology grad earns APA’s Outstanding Dissertation Award

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. Full Article

Graduate Student Q&A with Heejae Chung

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. Full Article

Graduate Student Q&A with Sonia Lindner

Name: Sonia Lindner

Program: Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology

Year: First year (just completed)

Project: Coaching Science Inquiry in Rural Schools

What will you be doing with the project?

I am helping to generate and implement a coding scheme that will be used to analyze video-recorded coaching sessions with middle school and high school teachers. The project aims to identify which elements of the coaching process lead to desired teacher and student outcomes. Full Article