Laura McLuen

Job Title

• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Social Work
  Social Work, College of Arts and Sciences

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Laura is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with a background in mental health, school social work, and Special Education Administration. She has spent the majority of her career in public school settings, serving as a social worker and administrator.

Started at Bethel

2019

Education

• Bethel University - B.S.W. in Social Work, 2006
• University of Minnesota - M.S.W. in Social Work, 2009
• Bethel University - Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, 2015

Biography

Laura is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with a background in mental health, school social work, and Special Education Administration. She has spent the majority of her career in public school settings, serving as a social worker and administrator. Her primary areas of focus have been school-based mental health, social-emotional learning, disability advocacy, special education instruction, reducing school discipline disparities, and multi-tiered systems of support. She also holds a MN K-12 Principal and a Special Education Director license through the Minnesota Department of Education.

Courses Taught

SOW313 - Social Work Practice II

SOW330 - Social Work Field Experience I

SOW327G - Social Perspective, Human Worth, and Social Action