Jenna McGinnis, MA, MA, PLMHP

Psychology
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450

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Professional Summary

Jenna McGinnis, MA, MA, PLMHP, is a predoctoral intern in the Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Psychology at UNMC. Jenna is a 5^th year Doctoral Candidate in the School Psychology Program at the University of Minnesota. Prior, she earned her MA in Clinical Psychology at the University of Central Florida. Jenna takes a cognitive behavioral approach to treatment and assessment.

Jenna’s clinical experience includes providing treatment for children, adolescents, and families across multiple settings, including residential facilities, outpatient clinics, specialized summer treatment programs and integrated primary care clinics. Jenna has experience working individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, externalizing disorders (e.g., ADHD) and internalizing disorders (e.g., depression, anxiety). Jenna also has experience working in schools to provide children with academic, social, emotional and behavioral supports, as well as providing consultation services to teachers and administrators. Jenna’s research interests include increasing access to school-based mental health services and increasing caregiver involvement in their child’s school-based mental health services.

Specialty Certifications

• Provisional Mental Health Practitioner #12571 (2021)
• Diversity and Inclusion Continuum of Learning Certificate (2016)

Education

• PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, expected 2022
• MA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2019
• MA, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 2017
• BA, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA, 2014

Teaching

• Graduate Teaching Assistant (University of Minnesota)
  • EPSY 5851: Engaging Diverse Students and Families
  • EPSY 8813: Introductory Practicum

Research Interests and Projects

• School-based mental health services
• Increasing caregiver involvement in school-based mental health services
• Investigating Students’ perceptions of student-teacher relationships

Selected Publications

• Merle, J. L., Thayer, A. J., Larson, M. F., Pauling, S., Cook, C. R., Rios, J. A., McGinnis, J. L., Sullivan, M. (in press). Investigating strategies to increase general education teachers’ adherence to evidence-based social-emotional behavior practices: A meta-analysis of the single-case literature. Journal of School Psychology.
• Cook, C. R., Duong, M. T., McIntosh, K., Fiat, A. E., Larson, M., Pullmann, M. D., & McGinnis, J. (2018). Addressing discipline disparities for Black male students: Linking malleable root causes to feasible and effective practices. School Psychology Review, 47(2), 135-152.

Awards

• Diversity of Views and Experiences Fellowship, University of Minnesota (2017)
• Jordan Pouzzner Memorial Scholarship, University of Central Florida (2016)