Full Name
Nicketa Coombs MA, MEd
Job Title
Psychology Intern
Company
Lincoln Hills School for Boys
Speaker Bio
Nicketa Coombs is a doctoral candidate in the APA-accredited School Psychology program at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) and a doctoral psychology intern at the APA-accredited Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile correctional site. She has a Master's of Education, a Master's in Psychology and will graduate with a Ph.D. in psychology in Spring 2021.  Her research expertise is in the area of social justice and her dissertation research examines the effect of embedding components of an intervention assessing cultural humility to improve social climate, sense of belonging, and relationships, which is very similar to the proposal for this conference. She is excited for the opportunity to share innovative culturally responsive strategies for improved outcomes within mental health service delivery for this population.
Nicketa Coombs