Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska

- Career Pathways Overview
- - Behavioral Health Career Pathways
    Behavioral health professionals share what is unique about their profession and how it is different from other behavioral health careers.
  - BHECN App
    The BHECN Behavioral Health Mentorship & Supervision App is a resource for anyone interested in behavioral health careers in Nebraska.
- - Lifelong Learning Fund
    BHECN's Lifelong Learning fund supports educational and career engagement opportunities to help grow our state's behavioral health workforce.
  - Behavioral Health Opportunities Program
    The Behavioral Health Opportunities Program recruits and supports undergraduate and graduate students seeking licensed behavioral health careers in Nebraska.
  - Correctional Sites Internship Program
    With clinical supervision, trainees in this internship program provide direct care to inmates and individuals needing mental health care.
  - Rural and Underserved Trainee Stipend Program
    In BHECN’s Rural and Underserved Trainee Stipend Program, graduate-level student trainees can apply to receive a stipend for their experiences.
- Education and Training Overview
- - Project PEACE
    The Project PEACE Webinar Series is a series of webinars recorded by psychiatry residents on rotation with BHECN.
  - Core Topics
    This accredited continuing education activity is designed for Behavioral Health providers to include psychologists, nurses, therapists, and social workers.
  - DSM-5 TR
    This webinar reviews revisions from the DSM-5 to the DSM-5-TR with speakers Krista Fritson, PsyD and Arden Szepe, PhD, NCC.
  - Heal the Healer
    Heal the Healer is a free webinar series that addresses incivility and bullying in the workplace designed for nurses and interested healthcare professionals.
- - Training Partnerships
    BHECN establishes partnerships to create and disseminate educational materials for the development of the behavioral health workforce.
  - Nebraska Behavioral Health Education Partnership
    BHECN partners with the 19 academic institutions to track the number of graduate-level behavioral health education students graduating and staying in Nebraska.
  - The BHECN Serenity Project
    The BHECN Serenity Project is a series of free online yoga and meditation sessions in partnership with Lotus House of Yoga.
- Research, Data & Policy Overview
- Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Dashboard
  The dashboard helps policy makers, employers, and behavioral health care stakeholders understand the state of the behavioral health workforce.
- Legislative Reports
  BHECN's biennial legislative reports examine the characteristics of actively practicing behavioral health providers in Nebraska.
- Nebraska Behavioral Health Policy Forum
  This forum discussed how investments in BHECN are being used to recruit, train, and retain behavioral health and rural healthcare providers across Nebraska.
- ARPA
  Access information related BHECN’s allocation of $25.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to Nebraska behavioral health providers.
- Rural Sites Overview
- BHECN Panhandle
  BHECN Panhandle serves as a rural hub that supports our mission of recruitment and retention of behavioral health professionals across Nebraska.
- BHECN Central
  BHECN Central serves as a satellite location for training and workforce development in the central parts of the state.
- BHECN Northeast
  BHECN Northeast is a satellite location based at Wayne State College that facilitates training and workforce development in Northeast Nebraska.
BHECN Model

— Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska — Career Pathways — Student and Trainee Opportunities — Correctional Sites Internship Program

Correctional Sites Internship Program

A Day in the Life of an Intern is an information video about the BHECN, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and Lincoln Regional Center Internships & Student Stipends.

We are currently seeking behavioral health student trainees to complete paid internships at correctional sites and a regional center.

Who: Graduate level trainees in psychiatric nursing, social work, psychology, psychiatry, counseling, and physician assistants.
What: With clinical supervision, trainees will provide direct care to inmates and individuals needing mental health care. Financial support is provided for the full term of the required internship.
Where: Nebraska Department of Correctional Services sites and Lincoln Regional Center

View the educator brochure.

How do I apply?

Complete the online application and a BHECN representative will contact you. If you have any questions, contact Alyssa Spartz.

Required Programs

Bellevue University Counseling/MA to LMHP
Chadron State Counseling/MA to LMHP
Creighton Psychiatric Nursing/APRN-Psychiatry/DNP
Creighton Psychiatry Residency Program
Doane College Counseling/MA to LMHP
MMI Psychology/LP
UNK Clinical Mental Health Counseling MSEd.
UNL Clinical Psychology/PhD to LP

UNL Counseling Psychology/PhD to LP
UNL Marriage and Family Counseling
UNMC Psychiatric Nursing/APRN-Psychiatry/DNP
UNMC Psychiatry Residency Program
UNO at UNK Social Work/MSW
UNO Counseling/LMHP
UNO Psychology/LMHP
UNO Social Work/MSW to LMHP
Wayne State Counseling/MA to LMHP