Jessica J Simacek

• Researcher 5

Email

sima0034@umn.edu

Phone

+1 612-624-1450

Address

Inst on Community Integration
Room 107 Pattee Hall [map]
150 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Jessica Simacek developed and manages the Institute on Community Integration Telehealth Laboratory and is director of the ICI-led TeleOutreach Center at the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain. She conducts research, training, and technical assistance that uses innovative distance-learning technologies to improve access to interventions for children with developmental disabilities or mental health needs and for their families. Her expertise in early intervention for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities focuses on complex communication needs and the use of telehealth as a delivery mechanism. She serves as a faculty mentor to fellows in the MN Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (MN-LEND) program and her work has appeared widely in peer-reviewed journals focusing on disability intervention research. Prior to joining ICI in 2015, Simacek provided early intervention services in home, clinical, and educational settings. She earned a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Special Education, from the University of Minnesota, and is a former MN-LEND fellow.