SMILE

05 Jan 2021    By Chuck Green, CYFS

SMILE project aided by COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant

A Nebraska study exploring children’s self-regulation and motivation as they transition from second to third grade received a boost during the pandemic to gather expanded data.

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My Beautiful Stutter

21 Dec 2020    By Kelcey Buck

SECD hosting free virtual screening of “My Beautiful Stutter” Jan. 16

The Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders is hosting a free virtual screening of the award-winning documentary film, “My Beautiful Stutter”, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.



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My Beautiful Stutter

21 Dec 2020    By Kelcey Buck

SECD hosting free virtual screening of “My Beautiful Stutter” Jan. 16

The Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders is hosting a free virtual screening of the award-winning documentary film, “My Beautiful Stutter”, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.



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17 Dec 2020    

December 2020 graduate spotlights

Seven students – Rachel Engel, Madeline Hoffman, Logan Kirk, Sage Kraft, Katelyn Pick, Kelsey Safarik, and Ann Teigland – who are graduating in December share Q-and-As about their time at Nebraska and their plans after graduation.

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10 Dec 2020    

Exploring ways to help those who help others in the wake of natural disasters

Nebraska researchers are working to develop, implement and evaluate resources that provide strategies of coping and reaching out to supportive others for Extension personnel.

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The faculty and students in TEAC 431J/831J meet with Nebraska Commissioner of Education Matthew Blomstedt.

10 Dec 2020    By Kelcey Buck

Winter session course explores schools as key pieces to helping meatpacking communities recover after pandemic

The course, “TEAC 431J/831J: Pandemics, Schools, and Helping Meatpacking Communities Recover from COVID-19” may have been created in 2020, but its origins date back much further, and the three faculty members co-teaching the course hope its impacts are equally long-lasting.

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The faculty and students in TEAC 431J/831J meet with Nebraska Commissioner of Education Matthew Blomstedt.

10 Dec 2020    By Kelcey Buck

Winter session course explores schools as key pieces to helping meatpacking communities recover after pandemic

The course, “TEAC 431J/831J: Pandemics, Schools, and Helping Meatpacking Communities Recover from COVID-19” may have been created in 2020, but its origins date back much further, and the three faculty members co-teaching the course hope its impacts are equally long-lasting.

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18 Nov 2020    By Kelcey Buck

Accent modification course available during spring three-week session for SLP master’s students

Alicia Davis and Judy Harvey are offering a course during the three-week spring session Jan. 4-22, 2021, to teach Husker speech-language pathology master's students about providing accent modification services.

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17 Nov 2020    

CEHS giving challenge runs through Dec. 18

In conjunction with UNL’s Combined Campaign for Health and Human Services that kicked off Monday, the CEHS Staff Council is launching the #CEHSgives social media challenge to encourage faculty and staff across the college to give back as they choose.



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16 Nov 2020    

CYFS releases 2019-20 annual report

In a year unlike any other, the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools and its diverse partners in research, practice and policy have continued work to impact lives through research that enhances learning and development.

The CYFS annual report for the 2020 fiscal year, which ran from July 2019 to June 2020, is now available — highlighting efforts to address social, behavioral and educational challenges facing society, both amid and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.



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