Michelle Swanger-Gagne, Ph.D.

About Me

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Family/Marriage (SMD)

Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Fellowship in Primary Care-Family Psychology at University of Rochester Medical Center 2009 - 2011

Education

Post-Degree Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy | University of Rochester Medical Center. Psychiatry. 2011

Doctorate of Philosophy | University of Nebraska-Lincoln. School Psychology Program. 2009

Master of Arts | University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Educational Psychology. 2005

Bachelor of Arts with Honors | University of Rochester. Clinical and Social Psychology, Minor: Brain and Cognitive Science. 2002

Awards

Pieter LeRoux Supervision Award. 2016

University of Nebraska-Lincoln School Psychology Student of the Year Award. 2007

Paul E. Henkin Travel Grant. 2007

College of Education and Human Sciences Research Travel Award. 2002

Undergraduate Senior Honors; Completion of Senior Honors Thesis. 2002

Psi Chi. 1999 - 2002

Phi Sigma Sigma Scholarship for Academic Achievement-Delta Beta Chapter. 1999 - 2002

Research

Dr. Swanger-Gagne is an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center's Institute for the Family in the Psychiatry Department and Pediatrics Department. She received her PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and completed specialty training in pedi...

Dr. Swanger-Gagne is an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center's Institute for the Family in the Psychiatry Department and Pediatrics Department. She received her PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and completed specialty training in pediatric school psychology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She completed an internship focused in family therapy at the Kennedy Krieger Institute of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and then went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship in primary care-family psychology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She specializes in collaborative integrated care and family-centered care for children, youth, and families. She sees youth and family with academic and behavioral challenges and also provides medical family therapy to children and families with medical conditions. Within Pediatric Rheumatology, Dr. Swanger-Gagne is the pediatric psychologist within the Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Program, an intensive outpatient pain program. Her current clinical focus is the treatment of chronic pediatric pain. Dr. Swanger-Gagne collaborates and consults with various community and educational programs, such as school districts. She teaches and supervises trainees in the family therapy training program and has been published in School Mental Health and School Psychology Journals.

Publications

Journal Articles

The role of school-family partnership programs for promoting student social and emotional learning.

Garbacz, S. A.; Swanger-Gagné, M. S.; & Sheridan, S. M.

The Handbook of Social and Emotional Learning. In J. Durlak, T. Gullotta, C. Domitrovich, P. Goren, & R. Weissberg (Eds.). 2015; : 244-259.

Intervention implementation integrity within conjoint behavioral consultation: Strategies for working with families at risk

Swanger-Gagné, M. S., Garbacz, S. A., & Sheridan, S. M.

School Mental Health. 2009; 1: 131-142.

Fidelity measurement in consultation: Psychometric issues and preliminary examination

Sheridan, S. M., Swanger-Gagne, M., Welch, G. W., Kwon, K., & Garbacz, S. A.

School Psychology Review. 2009; 38: 476-495.

Enhancing traditional behavioral parent training for single-mothers of children with ADHD

Chacko, A., Wymbs, B.T., Arnold, F.W., Pelham, W.E., Swanger-Gagné, M., Girio, E.L., Pirvics, L., Herbst, L., Guzzo, J.L., Phillips, C., & O'Connor, B.

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 2009; 38(2): 206-218.

Evaluation of the multiple-stimulus without replacement stimulus preference assessment method with students with behavior disorders using activities as stimulus events

Daly, E. J., Wells, N. J., Swanger-Gagné, M. S., Carr, J. E., Kunz, G. M., & Taylor, A. M.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 2009; 42(3): 563–574.

Intervention implementation integrity within conjoint behavioral consultation: Strategies for working with families at risk.

Swanger-Gagne, M.S., Garbacz, S.A., & Sheridan, S.M.

School Mental Health. 2009; 1: 131-142.

A pilot study of the feasibility and efficacy of the Strategies to Enhance Positive Parenting program for single mothers of children with ADHD

Chacko, A., Wymbs, B. T., Flammer-Rivera, L., Pelham, W. E., Walker, K. S., Visweswaraiah, H., Arnold, F., Swanger-Gagné, M., Girio, E., Pirvics, L., & Herbst, L.

Journal of Attention Disorders. 2008; 12: 270-280.

Conjoint behavioral consultation: The effectiveness of a partnership-centered approach

Garbacz, S. A., Woods, K. E., Swanger-Gagné, M. S., Taylor, A. M., Black, K. A., & Sheridan, S. M.

School Psychology Quarterly. 2008; 23: 313-327.

Conjoint behavioral consultation: The effectiveness of a partnership-centered approach

Garbacz, S. A., Woods, K. E., Swanger-Gagné, M. S., Taylor, A. M., Black, K. A., & Sheridan, S. M.

School Psychology Quarterly. 2008; 23: 313-327.

Positive parenting your child with ADHD

Sheridan, S. M., & Swanger, M. S.

Attention Magazine. 2006; : 23-27.

Books

The Handbook of Social and Emotional Learning (2015)

Chapter: The role of school-family partnership programs for promoting student social and emotional learning.

Authors: Garbacz, S. A., Swanger-Gagné, M. S., & Sheridan, S. M.

Publisher: The Guildford Press., New York, NY: 2015

Practical handbook of school psychology: Effective practices for the 21st Centur (2009)

Chapter: Collaboration across systems to support children and families

Authors: Sheridan, S. M., Magee, K. L., Blevins, C. A., & Swanger-Gagne, M. S.

Publisher: Guilford, New York 2009

Conjoint behavioral consultation: Promoting family-school connections and inter (2008)

Chapter: Appendix H: Sample manualized home and school intervention for increasing compliance

Authors: Swanger-Gagné, M. S.

Publisher: Springer Publishing, New York City 2008

The encyclopedia of school psychology (2005)

Chapter: Conditioning: Classical and operant

Authors: McCurdy, M., & Swanger, M.S.

Publisher: Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA 2005