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Jennifer w88 slot online, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of w88 slot online Development and Family Science

Summary

Dr. McClendon has experience in social service delivery, crisis intervention, program planning and evaluation, and program management. She recently served as the Director of the Human Services Network, a collective organization of non-profits in the human service sector across Northern Nevada, strengthening public policy to promote positive outcomes for clients. As a consultant for Turning Point, she has managed and evaluated w88 slot online- and community-based projects in Nevada’s rural and urban areas, including a recent project with Nevada’s Office for a Safe and Respectful Learning Environment. Other areas of expertise include mental health crisis intervention, access to mental health and addiction service systems, services for homeless youth, and family support for chronic and severe mental illness. She leverages her community relationships to create unique experiential student learning opportunities, reflected in her teaching and publications.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D., Social w88 slot online, Washington University in St. Louis
  • M.S.W., Washington w88 slot online in St. Louis
  • B.A., Psychology, Wellesley College

Courses taught

At w88 slot online of Nevada, Reno:

  • SW 321 Basics of Professional Communication, 780 Advanced Practicum

Other places:

  • Principles of Social w88 slot online Practice
  • Foundations of Practice
  • Evaluation of Programs and w88 slot online
  • Human Behavior in the w88 slot online Environment
  • Organizational Context for Professional Practice
  • Social w88 slot online Research Methods

w88 slot online interests

Jennifer's research focuses on w88 slot online for homeless youth and young adults. Other areas of academic expertise and interest include mental health crisis intervention, w88 slot online for LGBT youth, access to children's mental health service systems, and family support for chronic and severe mental illness.

Presentations (Past five years)

  • Pollio, D.E., McClendon, J., Rice, E., Stella, A., Thacher, J. & Rosenthal, D. (2013, November). Development of a w88 slot online network website to prevent HIV in a young adult homeless population. Paper to be presented at the APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition, Boston MA.
  • McClendon, J. & Jonson-Reid, M. (2010, January 15). Using cross-sector service use patterns to explore intra-group differences among sheltered runaway youth. Paper presented at the Society for Social w88 slot online and Research 14th Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
  • Bender, K., Ferguson, K., Pollio, D., Thompson, S. & w88 slot online, J. (2009, November 10). Technology as an underutilized tool for providing health services and support to street youth. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association 2009 Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Pollio, D., Thompson, S.J., Bender, K., Hunter, S., McClendon, J., McKean, B. A comparison of transience and risk in street youth: St. Louis, Missouri and Austin, Texas. Society of Social w88 slot online and Research Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Jan 10-14, 2007.

Publications

  • w88 slot online, J. & Jonson-Reid, M. (under review). Using cross-sector service use patterns to explore intra-group differences among residents of community-based youth shelters.
  • w88 slot online, J. & Jonson-Reid, M. (under review). Comparing runaways across three service sectors: Community-based shelters, juvenile justice, and foster care.
  • McClendon, J. & Lane, S. (forthcoming). Homeless people. In A. Gitterman (Ed.), Handbook of social w88 slot online practice with vulnerable and resilient populations, 3rd edition. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Pollio, D.E., North, C.S., Hudson, A.M., Hong, B.A., Osborne, V.A., & w88 slot online, J.B. (2012). Psychoeducation responsive to families (PERF): Translation of a multifamily group model. Psychiatric Annals, 42:6. DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20120606-06.
  • McClendon, J., Pollio, D. E., North, C. S., Reid, D. L., & Jonson-Reid, M. (2007). w88 slot online-based groups for parents of children with emotional and behavioral disorders: Pilot results. Families in Society, 88, 124-129.