Erika Franta, PhD, NCSP
Assistant Professor, MMI Dept of Psychology
Licensed Psychologist
Nationally Certified School Psychologist
Erika Franta, PhD, NCSP, is an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute and a licensed psychologist in MMI's Department of Psychology. Franta received her doctorate in school psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She completed her doctoral internship at Travis County Juvenile Probation in Austin, Texas and completed post-doctoral training at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Franta provides clinical consultation to a multi-disciplinary team serving youth currently detained in a local county, as well as offers training and technical assistance to regional and local educational and mental health teams in comprehensive school mental health systems. Additionally, she provides supervision and training in integrate care services and school-based psychoeducational assessment and consultation services. She previously served as the school mental health program director for the Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and a co-coordinator for the Comprehensive School-Based Mental Health Training Program.
Franta's work aims to develop innovative, sustainable service models that reduce system fragmentation and improve outcomes for children and adolescents experiencing mental health challenges, neurodevelopmental concerns, adverse childhood experiences, and justice involvement. She also focuses on school mental health systems and multi-tiered supports, trauma-informed and resilience-focused practice, workforce development and interdisciplinary training, as well as youth behavioral health promotion, prevention, and early intervention.
- PhD: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2018.
- MA: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2014.
- BA: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2012.
Specialty Certifications
- Licensed Psychologist, State of Missouri.
- Licensed Psychologist, State of Nebraska.
- Licensed Psychologist, State of Texas.
- Nationally Certified School Psychologist, National Association of School Psychologists.
- PSYPACT, Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology.
Franta provides patient care services at UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute's Department of Psychology.
Clinic Locations:
- Douglas County Youth Center, Omaha, NE.
- BraveYoungMinds at STL Nurture Collective, St. Louis, MO.
- Cross-sector partnerships among schools, healthcare organizations, community providers, and justice systems.
- Equity in access to behavioral health services for underserved youth populations.
- Implementation science and systems transformation.
- Juvenile justice and detention-based neurobehavioral health services.
- Neurobehavioral health, including the intersection of mental health, brain injury, and behavioral functioning.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450
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