Serving People with Special Needs

photo of Barkley Center

Special Education

Individuals interested in Special Education can obtain endorsement in Mild/Moderate, Autism or Severe Disabilities, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Visual Impairments or Early Childhood Special Education. We have fine Undergraduate Programs and Graduate Programs and distance education offerings as well.

Watch our video!

Speech-Language Pathology

Our Speech-Language Pathology program is rated in the top 5% of programs in the country. Students in these programs enjoy a balance of research and clinical practice, a diverse client load, caring faculty and staff, and a variety of clinical experiences. (SLPs are ranked among Best Jobs in America by Money Magazine.)
You are invited to an Open House!

Audiology

U.S. News and World Report proclaims Audiologists to be in the top 25 Best Careers. The department's Audiology program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology.

You are invited to an Open House!
Take a video tour!

audiology exam photo therapy session photo audiology exam photo therapy session photo preschool photo

College of Education and Human Sciences - Your Passion, Our Purpose

News Flashes!

Robin Criter, a PhD student working under the mentorship of Julie Honaker, has received a Student Investigator Award from the American Academy of Audiology for her project titled, Characterizing Effects of Anxiety on Postural Sway in Collegiate Athletes.

 

Kristin Duppong Hurley and Michael Epstein have been awarded a $3.2 million research grant from the Institute of Educational Sciences with the Department of Education for the evaluation of Parent Connectors, an innovative parent-to-parent intervention developed to support the families of middle-school youth with emotional disturbance.

Funding For Graduate Study is Available

Call our Speech-Language and
Hearing Clinic
(402) 472-2071

New graduate program application process is now available!


Events!

Anusha Thomas, PhD candidate in Communication Disorders, will defend her dissertation on June 14 at 2:00pm in 140 Barkley Center. The title of her dissertation is "Word Learning Effects on Speech Motor Performance in Children with CAS." Her advisors are Tiffany Hogan and Jordan Green