- Senior Leadership
- Grant Leadership
- Faculty
- Care Coordination
- Caring for Champions
- Community Engagement
- Education and Child Development
- Family Care Enhancement Project
- Genetic Medicine
- integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Occupational Therapy
- Outpatient Clinic
- Pediatric Feeding Disorders
- Physical Therapy
- Psychology
- Recreational Therapy
- Research
- Severe Behavior
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Warren G. Sanger Human Genetics Laboratory
Psychology Department
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450
Professional Summary
Lauren Scanlan is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) for Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She is currently finishing her doctoral training at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lauren is on the School-Based Assessment rotation where she serves local public school students by providing evaluations for special education, and individual, group, and family therapy. 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 Scanlan 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
- Nebraska Psychological Association
Awards
- First Place - Munroe Meyer Institute Interdisciplinary Education Student Poster Sessions
- Burns Johnson Fellowship Dissertation Award (2021)
- Senior Leadership
- Grant Leadership
- Faculty
- Care Coordination
- Caring for Champions
- Community Engagement
- Education and Child Development
- Family Care Enhancement Project
- Genetic Medicine
- integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Occupational Therapy
- Outpatient Clinic
- Pediatric Feeding Disorders
- Physical Therapy
- Psychology
- Recreational Therapy
- Research
- Severe Behavior
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Warren G. Sanger Human Genetics Laboratory