Lauren Scanlan, MA, PLMHP

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

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Professional Summary

Lauren Scanlan, MA, PLMHP, is a predoctoral intern in the School-Based Mental Health Program at the Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Psychology at UNMC. She is currently finishing her final year of doctoral training at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lauren is on the School-Based Mental Health Track where she serves local public school students by providing individual, group and family therapy as well as evaluations for special education. Lauren also provides neuropsychological testing in the MMI Clinic. She has interests in school mental health, supervision and consultation for academic and behavior concerns.

Specialty Certifications

• Provisional Licensed Mental Health Practitioner #11953
• REACH Gatekeeper Trainer
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative: Group 2 Social/Behavioral Research Investigators and Key Personnel

Education

• PhD, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, in progress
• MA, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln NE, 2019
• BA, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 2016

Teaching

• Lauren served as co-instructor of record for a leadership seminar for undergraduate student leaders to learn about student development theory, conflict mediation, and community development. Lauren has also been a graduate teaching assistant for the assessment and clinic course sequences.

Research Interests and Projects

• Supervision
• Academic and Behavioral Consultation and Intervention

Selected Publications (within the last 5 years)

• Daly, E.J, Hoff, N., Kane, E. J., Hawkins, J., Kruger, A. M., Bricko, N., Heifner, A., & Scanlan, L. (2019). Functional assessment of the academic environment 30-plus years later. Contemporary School Psychology, 24, 1-15.
• Daly, E. J., Kane, E. J., Scanlan, L. E., & Detrick, J. J., (2020). School Psychology. In A. Maragakis, C. Drossel, & T. J. Waltz (Eds). Applications of Behavior Analysis in Healthcare and Beyond. Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-57969-2

Professional Affiliations

• American Psychological Association
• National Association of School Psychologists

Awards

• Burns Johnson Fellowship Dissertation Award (2021)