General Information
Biography
Susan Reay is the Director of the Grace Abbott School of Social Work in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Reay received both her bachelor’s and master’s in Social Work from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She received her Doctorate in Education from the College of Saint Mary. For 25 years, Dr. Reay practiced as a clinical social worker as a non-profit clinical director and administrator of multiple behavioral health education programs. Dr. Reay served on the Nebraska Board of Mental Health Practice and held leadership positions for nine of her 13 years. Dr. Reay was the Training and Technical Assistance Project Coordinator for the Nebraska System of Care SAMHSA grant and coordinator for a $1.3 million HRSA grant for social work education. Dr. Reay specializes in ethics, licensure, and children’s mental health, including evidence-based mental health practices for treating youth psychopathology. Dr. Reay frequently speaks on ethics in behavioral health and regulation. She provides clinical and programmatic consultation for providers supporting individuals with developmental disabilities and outpatient mental health therapy services focusing on eating disorders and women's issues. Dr. Reay lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her 18-year-old son.
Awards and Honors
Lifetime Achievement Award, Leadership - 2018
Nebraska Eastern Region Social Worker of the Year, Leadership - 2012
Education
BSW, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1994
MSW, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1998
EDD, College of Saint Mary, Omaha, NE, Higher Education Leadership, 2020
Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity
Selected Publications
Reay, Susan. 2024. Provision and Long-Term Assessment of a Specialized Clinical Evidence-Based Treatment Curriculum for Master of Social Work Students , Global Implementation Society.
Reay, Susan. 2023. Guiding the way to clinical licensure supervision: Creating a practical framework for the provision of clinical social work supervision, Clinical Social Work Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-023-00879-x.
Reay, Susan, Reay, William, Tevis, Kristine , Patterson, Lisa. 2023. Do degrees matter? Rethinking workforce development for youth with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges, Global Implementation Society, 3, 1, 67-77.
Reay, Susan, Guyette, Sarah. 2023. Nebraska mental health supervision guidebook, Licensing Under Creative Commons, https://pressbooks.nebraska.edu/clinicalsupervisionguidebook/.
Reay, S, D'Souza, Henry, Tevis, K, Fleck, A. 2022. Start where the social worker is: Perceptions of clinical licensure in Nebraska, Research on Social Work Practice, 1-11.