Cheryl Turner

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Cheryl Turner

Training Specialist II Ctr on Children Families & the Law University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
206 S 13th St Ste 1000
Lincoln NE 68588-0227
Phone
402-472-3479 On-campus 2-3479
Email
cheryl.turner@unl.edu

Cheryl Turner, MA, LIMHP, LPC, is a Training Specialist II at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center on Children, Families, and the Law (CCFL) and a trauma and attachment therapist. Since 2014, Turner has worked on CCFL's training team in partnership with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Children and Family Services. CCFL's training team delivers comprehensive New Worker Training to Child and Family Services Specialists, supervisors, and Tribal staff via classroom and distance learning. In addition to child welfare training, Turner offers her expertise to public and private school systems and local, regional, and national audiences. Turner has extensive education in various areas of mental health and trauma and has focused her career on helping those most in need learn the necessary skills to succeed. She is a certified QPR, Adult, and Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor. Turner is dedicated to supporting the mental well-being of children, adolescents, adults, and families and has over 25 years of experience as a child welfare trainer and trauma therapist.

Education

  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln, BS (Criminal Justice)
  • Doane College-Lincoln, MA (Counseling)

Areas of Interest: 

  • Children and Families
  • Mental Health and the impact it has on society
  • Attachment and Trauma
  • Understanding Behavioral Needs of Children
  • Maltreatment
  • Educating others
  • Providing individual and family therapy to families with attachment and trauma concerns

Professional Activities & Community Service: 

  • Member of the Region V Trauma Workgroup (2010-Present)
  • Member of the Trauma Informed Care Strategic Planning Group for the State of Nebraska
  • Member of the Healthcare Oversight Committee for the State of Nebraska
  • Presenter at the Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools Conference 2018
  • Presenter on Attachment and Trauma in Children across the State of Nebraska (2012-Present)
  • Presenter for the Hopes, Dreams, and Success Conference (2013-2015)
  • Mental Health First Aid Instructor (Adult, Youth, Higher Education, Public Safety, Veterans and Military)
  • Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner
  • Nationally recognized trauma consultant
  • “Pioneer in Trauma Informed Education” award winner 2017