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13 Nov 2019 By Kelcey Buck

Six SECD faculty among presenting authors at ASHA Convention

Six faculty members from SECD are scheduled to make presentations at the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention Nov. 21-23 in Orlando.

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04 Nov 2019 By Kelcey Buck

Angela Dietsch awarded second place in Great Plains IDeA-CTR Superstar Competition

Assistant professor Angela Dietsch was selected as the runner-up in the Great Plains Institutional Development Award Clinical and Translational Research (IDeA-CTR) Superstar Competition.

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24 Oct 2019 By Kelcey Buck

Nebraska faculty awarded grant to train special education leaders in intervention design

Beginning in August 2020, the faculty from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s special education program will train six doctoral students to design and provide academic interventions.

The program, which aims to develop leaders in the field of special education, is supported by more than $1.9 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs, the Barkley Memorial Center and Nebraska’s Office of Graduate Studies.

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22 Oct 2019 By Kelcey Buck

Naomi Rodgers embraces stuttering as she seeks to help others do the same

Naomi Rodgers, a new assistant professor in SECD, doesn’t have to look far for motivation and passion for her work as a speech-language pathology faculty member dedicated to researching stuttering.

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15 Oct 2019 By Kelcey Buck

Nebraska to offer new deaf education, speech-language pathology interdisciplinary training

SECD is starting a new interdisciplinary graduate training project in deaf education and speech-language pathology in summer 2020 thanks to a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs.

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08 Oct 2019 By Kelcey Buck

SECD announces 2019-20 graduate open house dates

SECD is hosting five open houses during the 2019-20 academic year for prospective students to learn about its graduate programs. The first open house focuses on the special education program, while the remaining four are for students interested in the speech-language pathology and audiology graduate programs.

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26 Sep 2019 By Kelcey Buck

SECD faculty, students among speakers at annual NSLHA convention

Fourteen faculty members from SECD are scheduled to lead presentations at the 2019 Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSLHA) fall convention Oct. 3-4, in Omaha.

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24 Sep 2019 By Kelcey Buck

Adrienne Pitt joins SECD speech-language pathology faculty

Adrienne Pitt’s interest in helping individuals with special needs was first piqued when she was in elementary school, and it led her to a career in speech-language pathology. Now, she hopes she can help speech-language pathology students in SECD develop that same passion about caring for others.

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19 Sep 2019 By Kelcey Buck

Nebraska CEC conference set for Sept. 27 on East Campus

The Nebraska Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) will hold its annual conference Friday, Sept. 27, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Nebraska East Union.

The conference, which is scheduled to run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., is open to anyone supporting students with special needs, including special education and general education teachers, para-educators, administrators, researchers, students and parents.

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18 Sep 2019 By Kelcey Buck

Eric Caruso brings orientation and mobility training to Nebraska

Growing up in a small farming community in north New Jersey, Eric Caruso’s family raised puppies for The Seeing Eye, an organization that raises and trains guide dogs for blind people. Now, as an assistant professor of practice at Nebraska, he will develop and coordinate a new program to train orientation and mobility specialists to work with people who are blind or visually impaired.

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