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Valerie Butler McDaniel

Valerie Butler-McDaniel, MSW, M.Ed, LCSW

Instructor & Faculty Field Liaison

Valerie Butler-McDaniel

Campus: Norman
Email: valerie.l.butlermcdaniel-1@ou.edu

Education:

M.Ed: Southeastern Oklahoma State University

MSW: Clark Atlanta University

BA: Spelman College

Valerie Butler-McDaniel is an Instructor and Faculty Field Liaison for the University of Oklahoma. She mentors/teaches students to enhance their practicum experience. Valerie McDaniel is an LCSW and worked in social work for 26 years in child welfare, juvenile justice, k-12 education, higher education and private practice. Her passion is helping students be academically successful by bringing awareness to the impact of mental health on the ability to learn and help students and their support systems self-regulate. 

Research Interests

  • Effects of school-based trauma
  • School Social Work
  • Mental Health

Clinical and Teaching Interests 

  • School Social Work 
  • Research
  • Adolescent Mental Health