Munroe-Meyer Institute
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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Kaitlyn M. Young, PhD

Assistant Professor, MMI Department of Psychology
Licensed Psychologist

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Kaitlyn Young, PhD

Kaitlyn M. Young, PhD, (she/her) 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. Young specializes in comprehensive school mental health, consulting with schools to understand their needs and implement a mental and behavioral health system that increases access to services and is equitable in its approach. Young provides individual and family therapy services within the school setting, fostering positive relationships between the home, school and community. Additionally, Young works collaboratively with trainees at MMI to build their skills in therapy, consultation and systems development and implementation. Previously, Young served as a faculty trainer for the Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, a grant funded project with the central aim of increasing access to evidence-based mental health services in schools.

Young graduated with her doctorate in school psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she completed applied and research experiences in urban and rural schools, promoting access to mental and behavioral health services. She completed her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at the Munroe-Meyer Institute and specialized in school-based mental health.

  • PhD: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021.
  • MS: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019.

Specialty Certifications

  • Teaching online: Design, delivery, and teaching presence, November 2021.
  • Integrated behavioral health certificate, March 2021.
  • Provision of behavioral health services via tele-health, September 2020.
  • Certificate in Prevention and Intervention Sciences: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019
  • Mental Health First Aid, October 2019.
  • Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in the Schools, September 2019.

Young provides patient care services at UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Psychology.

Clinic Locations

Recent Publications

  • Garbacz, S. A., Im, S., Young, K., Godfrey, E., Stelter, C., Twombly, T., Deng, X., & Albers, C., (accepted). Examining caregiver and school personnel experiences with school mental health in rural communities. School Mental Health.
  • Garbacz, S. A., Jordan, P., Novotnak, T., Young, K., Zahn, M., Markham, M. A. (accepted). Stakeholder perceptions of conjoint behavioral consultation for middle school students. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation.
  • Young, K., Chadwell, M.R., Scanlan, L., Zivny, S. & Clarke, B. (2022). Executive Functioning in Schools. Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center.
  • Chadwell, M.R., Young, K., Franta, E., S. Zivny & Clarke, B. (2021). Stress and Worry in the Classroom: Function-Based Strategies for Addressing Anxiety. Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center.
  • Cultural responsiveness. Guest lecturer, Mental Health Practice Partnership Professional Seminar, Omaha, NE, October 2021. 
  • Interviews, culturally responsive interviewing practices, and interview reporting. Guest lecturer, Educational Psychology 951: Academic and Behavior Assessment, Lincoln, NE, February 2021.
  • Emotional and behavioral disability and mental health. Guest lecturer, Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education 300: Individuals with Disabilities, Madison, WI, October 2019. 
  • Introduction to and training of meta-analysis procedures. Trainer, Prevention and Intervention Sciences Trainees and Undergraduates, Madison, WI, September 2019. 
  • Social and emotional development. Guest lecturer, Educational Psychology 320: Human Development in Infancy and Early Childhood, Madison, WI, June 2019.
  • Implementation of mental and behavioral health systems in urban, suburban, and rural schools.
  • Parent-teacher partnerships.
  • Providing culturally responsive practices for immigrant youth in rural schools.
  • American Psychological Association, Division 16.
  • National Association of School Psychologists.
  • Psi Chi: The International Honor Society in Psychology.
  • School Psychology’s Leadership Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 2020.
Psychology Department

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

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