• Congratulations to the following 2011-2012 NICPP interns who have accepted post-internship positions!
  • Tessa Main, intern at Beatrice State Developmental Center, will stay on with the BST at BSDC.
  • Brandy Hunt, intern at Beatrice State Developmental Center, has accepted a position as a Pediatric Psychologist with Rural Health Group, Inc., in North Carolina.
• Congratulations to the following 2011-2012 NICPP interns who have successfully defended their doctoral dissertations!
  • Sara Kupzyk, intern at Munroe-Meyer Institute, defended her dissertation April 24, 2012, at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
• Chrissie Love, intern at Counseling and Psychological Services – UNL, won the National Psychologist Trainee Register Credentialing Scholarship through the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. This scholarship will cover Chrissie's costs for registering her credentials and becoming credentialed as an HSPP.

• We are excited to welcome back QLI as a Consortium site! QLI plans to fill one internship position beginning with the 2012-2013 internship year. Training Director Jeff Snell, Ph.D., is looking forward to participating in the APPIC Match this fall and spring to find an intern enthusiastic about and suited to working with the unique population QLI serves of individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, physical disabilities, and other central nervous system dysfunction.

• The Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology completed the APA re-accreditation process in 2009 and was granted full accreditation by the American Psychological Association for the next seven years. Our next re-accreditation visit is in 2016.

Faculty Accomplishments

• Dr. Susan Swearer (NICPP Co-Director) participated in the launch of Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation held February 29, 2012.
• Dr. Susan Swearer (NICPP Co-Director) participated in a panel during the White House Conference on Bullying held March 10, 2011.
• Dr. Rachel Valleley (Supervisor, Munroe-Meyer Institute) was nominated and asked to serve on the Collaborative Care Research Network (CCRN), an arm of the National Research Network of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
• Dr. Kim Haugen (Supervisor, Boys Town) and Dr. Michael Axelrod presented their paper “Strategies for supporting children of civorce: A parent consultation approach” at the February 2011 annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists held in San Francisco CA.
• Dr. Tricia Besett-Alesch (Training Director, Counseling and Psychological Services - UNL) was elected Treasurer of the Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies in November 2010.
• Dr. Susan Swearer was elected Secretary of Division 16 of the American Psychological Association for the 2010-2012 term.
• In August 2010, Dr. Susan Swearer was awarded Fellow status in Division 16 of the American Psychological Association.

Current publications (partial list) by interns and faculty (interns/former interns names are in bold):

Kuhn, B.R., & Roane, B.M. (in press). Pediatric insomnia and behavioral interventions. In T.J. Barkoukis, J.K. Matheson, R. Ferber, & K. Doghramji (Eds.), Therapy in Sleep Medicine. Elsevier Press.

Snyder, G.S., & Friman, P., (in press). Habitual stereotypical movements: Common types, epidemiology, and characteristics and other stereotypic behaviors. In J.E. Grant, D.J. Stein, D. Woods, & N.J. Keuthen (Eds.), Clinical Manual for the Treatment of Trichotillomania, Skin-picking, and Other Stereotypic Disorders.

Valleley, R.J., & Roane, B. (in press). Review of Ages & Stages Questionnaires: A Parent-Completed Child Monitoring System, Third Edition. In J. Impara (Ed.), Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Borgelt, C., Snell, J., & Hux, K. (2011). Psychosocial Recovery Issues and Interventions Following Traumatic Brain Injury. In K. Hux (Ed.), Assisting Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury: The Role of Speech-Language Pathologists. Austin, TX: PRO-ED, Inc.

Friman, P.C. (2011). Toileting concerns: Toilet training. In G.P. Koocher & A.M. La Greca (Eds.), The Parents' Guide to Emotional First Aid: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Predictable Life Crises. New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearns, P., Ward, J., Hux, K., & Snell, J. (2011) Neil: A holistic approach for a survivor of traumatic brain injury. In S. Chabon and E. Cohn (Eds.), The Communication Disorders Casebook: Learning by Example. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Reimers, R.M. (2011). Help! There′s a Toddler in the House! Boys Town: Boys Town Press

Schnoes, C.J. (2011). The bedtime pass. In M. Perlis, M. Aloia & B. Kuhn (Eds.), Behavioral Treatments for Sleep Disorders: A Comprehensive Primer of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Interventions (pp. 293-298). Boston: Elsevier.

Allen, K.D., & Hosterman, S.J. (2010). Helping children cope with a visit to the dentist. In G.P. Koocher & A. LaGreca (Eds.) Parent′s Guide to Emotional First Aid: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Predictable Life Crises. Oxford University Press Publication.

Allen, K.D., Wallace, D.P., Renes, D., Bowen, S.L., & Burke, R.V. (2010). Use of video modeling to teach vocational skills to adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorders, Education and Treatment of Children, 33 3), 339-349.

Friman, P.C. (2010). Come on in, the water is fine: Achieving mainstream relevance through integration with primary medical care. The Behavior Analyst, 33, 19-36.

Friman, P.C., Resetar, J., & DeRuyk, K. (2010). Parents and school psychologists as child behavior problem solving partners: Helpful concepts and applications. In R. Ervin, G. Gimpel-Peacock, E. Daly, & K. Merrell (Eds.), The Practical Handbook of School Psychology: Effective Practices for the 21st Century (pp. 390-408). New York: Guilford.

Givens, J., & Swearer, S.M. (2010). School violence. In C.S. Claus-Ehlers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology (pp. 852-854). New York: Springer.

Horne, A., Swearer, S.M., Givens, J., & Meints, C. (2010). Bully Busters: Reducing bullying by changing teacher and student behavior. In S.R. Jimerson, S.M. Swearer, & D.L. Espelage (Eds.), Handbook of Bullying in Schools: An International Perspective (pp. 507-516). New York: Routledge.

Lieske, J., & Swearer, S.M. (2010). Rural schools. In C.S. Claus-Ehlers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology (pp. 824-825). New York: Springer.

Love, K.B., & Swearer, S.M. (2010). Childhood depression. In C.S. Claus-Ehlers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology (pp. 211-214). New York: Springer.

Mathews, J.R., Mathews, T.J., & Mwaja, E. (2010). “Girls take charge”: A community-based participatory research program for adolescent girls. Progress in Community Health Partnerships, 4(1), 17-24.

Siebecker, A., & Swearer, S.M. (2010). Bullying. In C.S. Claus-Ehlers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology (pp. 172-174). New York: Springer.

Swearer, S.M., Siebecker, A., Johnsen-Frerichs, L., & Wang, C. (2010). Assessment of bullying/victimization: The problem of comparability across studies and across methodologies. In S.R. Jimerson, S.M. Swearer, & D.L. Espelage (Eds.), Handbook of Bullying in Schools: An International Perspective (pp. 305-327). New York: Routledge.

Swearer, S.M., Wang, C., Givens, J., Berry, B., & Reinemann, D. (2010). Mood disorders. In S. Goldstein & C.R. Reynolds (Eds.), Handbook of Neurodevelopmental and Genetic Disorders in Children, 2nd edition. New York: Guilford.

Turner, R., & Swearer, S.M. (2010). Cognitive behavioral therapy. In C.S. Claus-Ehlers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology (pp. 226-229). New York: Springer.

Turner, R., & Swearer, S.M. (2010). Obsessive-compulsive disorder. In C.S. Claus-Ehlers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology (pp. 691-693). New York: Springer.

Vladescu, J.C., & Kodak, T. (2010). A review of recent studies on differential reinforcement during skill acquisition in early intervention. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43, 351-355.

Wallace, D.P., Allen, K.D., Pitner, S.L., & Lacroix, A.E. (2010). The “cough trick”: A brief strategy to manage pediatric pain associated with immunization injections. Pediatrics, 125 (2), e367-e373.

Axelrod, M.I., Zhe, E.J., Haugen, K.A., & Klein, J.A. (2009). Self-management of on-task homework behavior: A promising strategy for adolescents with attention and behavior problems. School Psychology Review, 38 (3), 325-333.

Ellis, C., Roberts, H., & Schnoes, C.J. (2009). Childhood habit behaviors and stereotypic movement disorder. eMedicine.com, Inc.

Ellis, C., & Schnoes, C.J. (2009). Pica. eMedicine.com, Inc.

Ellis, C., & Schnoes, C.J. (2009). Rumination. eMedicine.com, Inc.

Ellis, C., & Schnoes, C.J. (2009). Trichotillomania. eMedicine.com, Inc.

Friman, P.C., Resetar, J.L., & DeRuyck, K.A. (2009). Encopresis: Biobehavioral treatment. In W. O′Donohue & J. Fisher (Eds.), General Principles and Empirically Supported Techniques of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (pp. 285-294). New York: John Wiley.

Friman, P.C., Volz, J.L., & Haugen, K.A. (2009). Parents and school psychologists as child behavior problem-solving partners: Helpful concepts and applications. In G.G. Peacock, R.A. Ervin, E.J. Daly, & K.W. Merrell (Eds.), Practical Handbook of School Psychology: Effective Practices for the 21st Century (pp. 390-407). New York: Guilford Press.

Schnoes, C.J., & Reimers, T.M. (2009). Assessment and treatment of child and adolescent sleep disorders. In D. McKay & E.A. Sorch (Eds.), Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Children: Treating Complex and Refractory Cases (pp. 293-324). New York: Springer.

Swearer, S. M., Givens, J., & Frerichs, L. (2009). Cognitive-behavioral interventions for depression and anxiety. In G.G. Peacock, R.A. Ervin, E.J. Daly, & K.M. Merrell (Eds.), Practical Handbook of School Psychology: Effective Practices for the 21st Century (pp. 440-458). New York: Guilford.

Warzak, W.J., & Floress, M.T. (2009). Time-Out training without put-backs, spanks, or restraint: A brief report of deferred time-out. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 31, 134-143.