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The College of Education and Human Sciences

Research and Outreach Centers


Barkley Memorial Center - Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic

The Clinic is located on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus and provides services for individuals with speech, language, hearing, and other disabilities. Services for individuals with speech, language, hearing and other disabilities are available as a part of academic programs in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. The center also houses the Sertoma Hearing Aid Bank, which is available to assist clients who need hearing aids but lack the resources to buy them.

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Buros Center for Testing

The Buros Institute of Mental Measurements has worked for more than 70 years to serve the public interest and advance the field of measurement. By providing professional assistance, expertise, and information to users of commercially published tests, the Institute promotes meaningful and appropriate test selection, utilization, and practice.

The Buros Institute for Assessment Consultation and Outreach serves clients in areas of proprietary testing by providing independent oversight, psychometric evaluation, independent research, assessment literacy training, and technical consultation. Offering a range of services beyond the historical evaluation activities of the past, BIACO continues to work for the Center's central mission of improving the science and practice of testing.


The Center for At-Risk Children's Services

The Center for At-Risk Children's Services (CACS) research center is committed to developing and evaluating services for children, families, schools, mental health agencies, and communities. CACS researchers develop and evaluate innovative programs to serve families and youth with emotional, behavioral, or academic needs. We specialize in literacy programs for young children, youth with significant emotional and behavioral needs, youth in and out-of-home placements, and youth involved with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.


Center for Instructional Innovation

With a staff research professors, postdoctoral fellows, graduate assistants, and staff, CII brings a wide range of expertise to instructional design and evaluation projects, including cognitive psychology, language and literacy, computer science, evaluation, and web design.


The Counseling and School Psychology Clinic

The Counseling and School Psychology Clinic conducts psychological and educational evaluations of children and youth to address referral questions from parents/caregivers and or schools. In addition, clinic therapists provide individual child and adult therapy to address a wide range of referral concerns. 


Family Resource Center

The Family Resource Center is an award-winning, non-profit facility that provides counseling to individuals, couples, and families. Advanced Marriage and Family Therapy graduate students staff the Center. Therapy sessions are closely supervised by experienced clinicians who are licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Approved Supervisors of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.


International Quilt Study Center & Museum

The IQSC collection currently holds over 2300 quilts. The Center collects, preserves and studies quilts, which span many time periods, cultures, and countries. Additionally, the Center is a world leader in quilt studies, promoting the art of quilts and quiltmaking. The collection offers a comprehensive and accessible collection of quilts, related textiles, and documents that offer opportunities for study, insight, and inspiration.


Kit and Dick Schmoker Reading Center

The center provides quality literacy instruction for children struggling with reading and writing. It provides service to the community, training for CEHS students, and conducts literacy. Instruction is individualized for each child with the goal that each improve reading skills, gain greater confidence as a reader, and develop a love for reading.


The Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families

The mission of the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools is to advance the conduct of high quality interdisciplinary research to promote the intellectual, behavioral, and social-emotional development and functioning of individuals across educational, familial, and community contexts. Central to this is enhancing our understanding of how these complex systems work dynamically to support the future of our nation.


Nebraska Prevention Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Founded in 1979, the Nebraska Prevention Center for Alcohol and Drug   Abuse ( NPCADA) provides leadership and technical assistance to government, educational, and voluntary organizations working to prevent health-risk behaviors, such as alcohol and other drug use, particularly among adolescents and young adults.


Nebraska Human Resources Institute

Nebraska Human Resources Institute (NHRI) is a leadership development program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where outstanding college leaders are paired with outstanding young leaders in Lincoln Public Schools. NHRI's objective is to discover individuals with exceptional capacity to positively influence others and develop their leadership capacity through one-to-one investment relationships.


The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery

The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery is devoted to the exhibition of textiles--from art to apparel, from East to West, from past to present, and from emerging artists to the acclaimed. The gallery is dedicated to Dr. Robert Hillestad, an internationally renowned fiber artist and Professor Emeritus of Textiles, Clothing and Design.

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Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory

The Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory provides high quality programs for preschool aged children, opportunities for UNL students to learn about child development and early childhood education, and excellent research facilitates for faculty and students. The Children's Programs are among only 9% in the nation that are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and have been in operation since 1925.