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12 Mar 2021 By Kelcey Buck

Sue Kemp leading Costa Rica virtual global experience

Since 2015, professor of practice Sue Kemp had led a study abroad experience to Costa Rica. This year, she will instead lead a course titled “Virtual Comparison between the Educational and Cultural Perspectives between the U.S. and Costa Rica” beginning May 17.

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04 Mar 2021

Manuel Vicente selected for T35 research program at Boys Town National Research Hospital

Manuel Vicente, a second-year student in the Clinical Doctorate in Audiology (Au.D.) program, was selected to participate in a T35 short-term research training program at Boys Town National Research Hospital in the summer.

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18 Feb 2021 By Kelcey Buck

Marc Goodrich selected for Rebecca L. Sandak Young Investigator Award

Assistant professor Marc Goodrich was selected as the recipient of the Rebecca L. Sandak Young Investigator Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.

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A Husker graduate clinician provides SPEAK OUT!® therapy to a gentleman with Parkinson's.

15 Feb 2021 By Kelcey Buck

Speech therapy for individuals with Parkinson’s available at Barkley Clinic

The Barkley Speech Language and Hearing Clinic is offering an intensive therapy program to help individuals who have Parkinson’s Disease preserve their speech and voice through the SPEAK OUT!® & LOUD Crowd® program.

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A Husker graduate clinician and her supervisor, Beth Dinneen, share in activities with a young girl with down syndrome during a speech therapy session at the Barkley Speech Language and Hearing Clinic.

08 Feb 2021 By Kelcey Buck

Barkley Clinic offering parent-focused communication training for children with down syndrome

Speech-language pathologists at the Barkley Clinic are collaborating with Down Syndrome Advocates in Action Nebraska (DSAANE) to offer a parent-focused training to promote early language development for children with down syndrome.

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02 Feb 2021 By Kelcey Buck

Virtual open houses for Au.D., SLP graduate programs set for late March

The Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders is hosting four virtual open houses for its graduate programs in audiology and speech-language pathology the end of March.

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The Barkley Memorial Center is home to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders.

11 Jan 2021

Free support group for young people who stutter begins Feb. 1

A pair of speech-language pathologists in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders are launching a free monthly support group for young people who stutter beginning Feb. 1.

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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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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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