Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications
The Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders (SECD) is one of seven academic departments in the College of Education and Human Sciences (CEHS) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Mission
SECD is dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals with special needs, their families, schools, and communities.
Vision
Our vision is that every individual with special needs will:
-achieve maximum potential for learning.
-communicate autonomously.
-enjoy optimum health and well-being throughout the lifespan.
Values
Diversity - Our faculty represent diverse expertise in research, teaching and outreach encompassing professions of practice in special education, speech-language pathology and audiology.
Respect - We respect diverse people, viewpoints, ideas and perspectives.
Dedication - We are passionate about and dedicated to the mission of the department and college, focused on success in advancing knowledge, training leaders, and serving our clients, their families and our communities.
Collegiality - Our interactions with others are respectful, polite and professional. Each member's contribution is valued.
Creativity/Innovation - We strive to solve difficult problems to advance the department's professions of practice. We deal with complex issues facing individuals with special needs or disabilities, their families, schools and communities.
Collaboration - We work together across multiple disciplines and scientific fields in order to find answers and solve difficult and complex problems related to individuals with special needs.
Integrity - We carry out our mission and strive for our goals with the highest level of integrity.
2016
Using Caregiver Strain to Predict Participation in a Peer-Support Intervention for Parents of Children With Emotional or Behavioral Needs, Kristin Duppong-Hurley, Stacy-Ann A. January, and Matthew C. Lambert
Stereocilia-staircase spacing is influenced by myosin III motors and their cargos espin-1 and espin-like, Seham Ebrahim, Matthew R. Avenarius, M’hamed Grati, Jocelyn F. Krey, Alanna M. Windsor, Aurea D. Sousa, Angela Ballesteros, Runjia Cui, Bryan A. Millis, Felipe T. Salles, Michelle A. Baird, Michael W. Davidson, Sherri M. Jones, Dongseok Choi, Lijin Dong, Manmeet H. Raval, Christopher M. Yengo, Peter G. Barr- Gillespie, and Bechara Kachar
Assessing the Writing Achievement of Young Struggling Writers: Application of Generalizability Theory, Steve Graham, Michael Hebert, Michael Paige Sandbank, and Karen R. Harris
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Pyramid Model for Early Childhood Education, Allison Heifner, Jan Thelan, Christine Marvin, Emily A. Dorsey, Teresa Berube, Ana Damme, and Reece L. Peterson
Students at Enrollment Into CommunityBased Systems of Care: Characteristics and Predictors of Functioning in School, Stacy-Ann A. January, Matthew C. Lambert, Michael Epstein, Mary Spooner, and Tesfayi Gebreselassie
Tier 1 Intervention: School Climate and Culture, Elisabeth J. Kane, Natalie Hoff, Allison Heifner, Shir Palmon, and Reece L. Peterson
Annexin A5 is the Most Abundant Membrane-Associated Protein in Stereocilia but is Dispensable for Hair-Bundle Development and Function, Jocelyn F. Krey, Meghan Drummond, Sarah Foster, Edward Porsov, Sarath Vijayakumar, Dongseok Choi, Karen Friderici, Sherri M. Jones, Alfred L. Nuttall, and Peter G. Barr-Gillespie
Latent Structure of Scores From the Emotional and Behavioral Screener, Matthew C. Lambert, Stacy-Ann A. January, and Corey D Pierce
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Bullying Prevention & Intervention, Paige T. Lembeck, Ann O'Connor, Scott Fluke, and Reece L. Peterson
Remembering Gregg Schraw, Matthew T. McCrudden
Differential effects of Cdh23753A on auditory and vestibular functional aging in C57BL/6J mice, Bruce E. Mock, Sarath Vijayakumar, Jessica Pierce, Timothy A. Jones, and Sherri M. Jones
Real-Time Classification of Patients with Balance Disorders vs. Normal Subjects Using a Low-Cost Small Wireless Wearable Gait Sensor, Bhargava Teja Nukala, Taro Nakano, Amanda Rodriguez, Jerry Tsay, Jerry Lopez, Tam Q. Nguyen, Steven Zupancic, and Donald Y. C. Lie
Neural encoding of saltatory pneumotactile velocity in human glabrous hand, Hyuntaek Oh, Rebecca Custead, Yingying Wang, and Steven M. Barlow
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Suicide Prevention, Shir Palmon, Amber Olson, Elisabeth J. Kane, and Reece L. Peterson
Applied Examples of Screening Students At Risk of Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities, Corey D. Pierce, Philip D. Nordness, Michael Epstein, and Douglas Cullinan
INFLUENCE OF WRITING ABILITY AND COMPUTATION SKILL ON MATHEMATICS WRITING, Sarah R. Powell and Michael Hebert
Self-perceived competence and social acceptance of young children who stutter: Initial findings, Naomi H. Rodgers and Patricia Zebrowski Ph.D
Predicting Speech Intelligibility Decline in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Based on the Deterioration of Individual Speech Subsystems, Panying Rong, Yana Yunusova, Jun Wang, Lorne Zinman, Gary Pattee, James D. Berry, Bridget Perry, and Jordan R. Green
Professional Practice and Ethical Issues Related to Physical Restraint and Seclusion in Schools, Brenda Scheuermann, Reece L. Peterson, Joseph B. Ryan, and Glenna Billingsley
Dysphagia Management and Research in an Acute-Care Military Treatment Facility: The Role of Applied Informatics, Nancy Pearl Solomon, Angela M. Dietsch, Katie E. Dietrich-Burns, Edda L. Styrmisdottir, and Christopher S. Armao
Program Monitoring Practices for Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Early Intervention, Anne E. Thomas and Christine Marvin
2015
Using Visual Scene Displays as Communication Support Options for People with Chronic, Severe Aphasia: A Summary of AAC Research and Future Research Directions, David R. Beukelman, Karen Hux, Aimee R. Dietz, Miechelle L. McKelvey, and Kristy S.E. Weissling
Deletion of Shank1 Has Minimal Effects on the Molecular Composition and Function of Glutamatergic Afferent Postsynapses in the Mouse Inner Ear, Jeremy P. Braude, Sarath Vijayakumar, Katherine Baumgarner, Rebecca Laurine, Timothy A. Jones, Sherri M. Jones, and Sonya J. Pyott
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Punishment, Ana Cathcart, Reece L. Peterson, and Shir Palmon
Effects of Age, Sex, and Body Position on Orofacial Muscle Tone in Healthy Adults, Angela M. Dietsch, Heather M. Clark, Jessica N. Steiner, and Nancy Pearl Solomon
Convergent Validity of the Strength-Based Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale with Youth in a Residential Setting, Kristin Duppong-Hurley, Matthew C. Lambert, Michael H. Epstein, and Amy Stevens
Examining Change in Therapeutic Alliance to Predict Youth Mental Health Outcomes, Kristin Duppong-Hurley, Mark J. Van Ryzin, Matthew Lambert, and Amy L. Stevens
RFX Transcription Factors are Essential for Hearing in Mice, Ran Elkon, Beatrice Milon, Laura Morrison, Manan Shah, Sarath Vijayakumar, Manoj Racherla, Carmen C. Leitch, Lorna Silipino, Shadan Hadi, Michèle Weiss-Gayte, Emmanuèle Barras, Christoph D. Schmid, Aouatef Ait-Lounis, Ashley Barnes, Yang Song, David J. Eisenman, Efrat Eliyahu, Gregory I. Frolenkov, Scott E. Strome, Bénédicte Durand, Norann A. Zaghloul, Sherri M. Jones, Walter Reith, and Ronna Hertzano
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Suspension, Scott Fluke, Natalie Hoff, Ana Cathcart, and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Individual Behavior Plans & Functional Assessment, Scott Fluke and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Motivation, Scott Fluke, Reece L. Peterson, Amber Olson, and Ana Cathcart
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT AND WRITING: A Meta-Analysis, Steve Graham, Michael Hebert, and Karen R. Harris
Psychometric Evaluation of the Symptoms and Functioning Severity Scale (SFSS) Short Forms with Out-of-Home Care Youth, Thomas J. Gross, Kristin Duppong-Hurley, Matthew C. Lambert, Michael Epstein, and Amy L. Stevens
Tier 1 Intervention: Dropout Screening & Early Warning, Natalie Hoff, Amber Olson, and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Dropout Screening & Early Warning, Natalie Hoff, Amber Olson, and Reece L. Peterson
Increased resting-state functional connectivity of visual- and cognitive-control brain networks after training in children with reading difficulties, Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, Mark DiFrancesco, Benjamin Kay, Yingying Wang, and Scott K. Holland
Involvement of the right hemisphere in reading comprehension: a DTI study, Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, Yingying Wang, Elena Plante, and Scott K. Holland
Technical Adequacy and Acceptability of Curriculum-Based Measurement and the Measures of Academic Progress, Stacy-Ann A. January and Scott P. Ardoin
White Matter Differences Between Multiple System Atrophy (Parkinsonian Type) and Parkinson’s Disease: A Diffusion Tensor Image Study, L. Ji, Yingying Wang, Nanjing Medical University, and J. Shi
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Sleep and School, Katherine M. Kidwell, Maren Hankey, Donna M. Flores, Tori R. Van Dyk, Alyssa Lundahl, and Timothy D. Nelson
Validation of the Symptoms and Functioning Severity Scale in Residential Group Care, Matthew C. Lambert, Kristin Duppong-Hurley, Thomas J. Gross, Michael Epstein, and Amy L. Stevens
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Student Engagement, Amber Olson and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Service Learning & Community Service, Shir palmon, Ana Cathcart, Paige T. Lembeck, and Reece L. Peterson
Tier 1 Intervention: School Values & Expectations, Reece L. Peterson, Jenna Strawhun, and Natalie Hoff
Investigating the Influences of Language Delay and/or Familial Risk for Dyslexia on Brain Structure in 5-Year-Olds, Nora Maria Raschle, Bryce Larkin Chessell Becker, Sara Smith, Lynn Valérie Fehlbaum, Yingying Wang, and Nadine Gaab
Vocabulary Word Instruction for Students Who Read Braille, Mackenzie E. Savaiano, Donald L. Compton, Deborah D. Hatton, and Blair P. Lloyd
Professional Practice and Ethical Issues Related to Physical Restraint and Seclusion in Schools, Brenda Scheuermann, Reece Peterson, Joseph B. Ryan, and Glenna Billingsley
Tolerance of the VocaLog Vocal Monitor by Healthy Persons and Individuals With Parkinson Disease, Jeff Searl and Angela M. Dietsch
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: In-school Suspension, Jenna Strawhun, Reece L. Peterson, Scott Fluke, and Ana Cathcart
Vestibular Dysfunction, Altered Macular Structure and Trait Localization in A/J Inbred Mice, Sarath Vijayakumar, Teresa E. Lever, Jessica Pierce, Xing Zhao, David Bergstrom, Yunxia Wang Lundberg, Timothy A. Jones, and Sherri M. Jones
2014
Amplitude-Integrated EEG and Range-EEG Modulation Associated with Pneumatic Orocutaneous Stimulation in Preterm Infants, Steven M. Barlow, Priya Jegatheesan, Sunshine Weiss, Balaji Govindaswami, Jaehoon Lee, Austin Oder, and Dongli Song
Frequency-Modulated Orocutaneous Stimulation Promotes Non-nutritive Suck Development in Preterm Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome or Chronic Lung Disease, Steven M. Barlow, Jaehoon Lee, Jingyan Wang, Austin Oder, Sue Hall, Kendi Knox, Kathleen Weatherstone, and Diane Thompson
Perceptual and Instrumental Assessments of Orofacial Muscle Tone in Dysarthric and Normal Speakers, Angela M. Dietsch, Nancy Pearl Solomon, Laura A. Sharkey, Joseph R. Duffy, Edythe A. Strand, and Heather M. Clark
The Effect of Barium on Perceptions of Taste Intensity and Palatability, Angela M. Dietsch, Nancy Pearl Solomon, Catriona M. Steele, and Cathy A. Pelletier
The Impact of Interface Design During an Initial High-Technology AAC Experience: A Collective Case Study of People with Aphasia, Aimee R. Dietz, Kristy S.E. Weissling, Julie Griffith, Miechelle L. McKelvey, and Devan Macke
Phonological and lexical influences on phonological awareness in children with specific language impairment and dyslexia, Kelly Farquharson, Tracy M. Centanni, Chelsea E. Franzluebbers, and Tiffany Hogan
Academic Supports and Tutoring, Strategy Brief., Scott Fluke, Ann O'Connor, Jenna Strawhun, and Reece L. Peterson
Tier 2 Intervention: Detention, Scott Fluke, Amber Olson, and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Reinforcement, Scott Fluke, Jenna Strawhun, and Reece L. Peterson
Supporting Narrative Retells for People With Aphasia Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Photographs or Line Drawings? Text or No Text?, Julie Griffith, Aimee R. Dietz, and Kristy S.E. Weissling
3D Dynamic Visualization of Swallowing from Multi-Slice Computed Tomography, Andrew K. Ho, Mark A. Nicosia, Angela Dietsch, William Pearson, Jana Rieger, Nancy Pearl Solomon, Maureen Stone, Yoko Inamoto, Eiichi Saitoh, Sheldon Green, and Sidney Fels
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Lowering Course Grades: A Traditional Discipline Consequence, Natalie Hoff and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Grade Retention & Demotion: A Traditional Discipline Consequence, Natalie Hoff, Reece L. Peterson, and Jenna Strawhun
Reading acceleration training changes brain circuitry in children with reading difficulties, Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, Jennifer J. Vannest, Darren Kadis, Nicole Cicchino, Yingying Y. Wang, and Scott K. Holland
Genetics of Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction: Lessons from Mutant Mouse Strains, Sherri M. Jones and Timothy A. Jones
Treating Myofunctional Disorders: A Multiple-Baseline Study of a New Treatment Using Electropalatography, Alana Mantie-Kozlowski and Kevin M. Pitt
The influence of audibility on speech recognition with nonlinear frequency compression for children and adults with hearing loss, Ryan W. McCreery, Joshua Alexander, Marc A. Brennan, Brenda Hoover, Judy Kopun, and Patricia G. Stelmachowicz
Alternative Schooling Strategy Brief, Emily Moss, Jenna Strawhun, and Reece L. Peterson
Tier 1 Intervention: Character Education, Ann O'Connor, Amber Olson, Natalie Hoff, and Reece L. Peterson
Tier 3 Intervention: Family Group Conferencing, Ann O'Connor and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Truancy Reduction, Ann O'Connor, Reece L. Peterson, and Jenna Strawhun
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Involuntary Transfer: A Traditional Discipline Consequence, Amber Olson, Natalie Hoff, and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Corporal Punishment, A Traditional Discipline Consequence, Reece L. Peterson and Ann O'Connor
Tier 3 Intervention: Discipline Recovery, Reece L. Peterson, Ann O'Connor, and Jenna Strawhun
Tiers 2 and 3: Academic Supports & Tutoring, Reece L. Peterson, Ann O'Connor, and Jenna Strawhun
Testing of the VocaLog Vocal Monitor, Jeff Searl and Angela M. Dietsch
Modulation of EEG spectral edge frequency during patterned pneumatic oral stimulation in preterm infants, Dongli Song, Priya Jegatheesan, Sunshine Weiss, Balaji Govindaswami, Jingyan Wang, Jaehoon Lee, Austin Oder, and Steven M. Barlow
Tiers 1 & 2 Intervention: Before & After School Programs, Jenna Strawhun, Natalie Hoff, Elisabeth J. Kane, Kenneth Parnell, and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Social Skills Instruction, Jenna Strawhun, Ann O'Connor, Laura Norris, and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Parent & Family Involvement, Jenna Strawhun, Amber Olson, Elisabeth J. Kane, and Reece L. Peterson
Tier 2 Intervention: Mentoring, Jenna Strawhun, Shir Palmon, and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 1 & 2 Intervention: Peer Mediation, Jenna Strawhun, Ken Parnell, Reece L. Peterson, and Shir Palmon
Tier 3 Intervention: Wraparound, Jenna Strawhun, Reece L. Peterson, Amber Reeble, and Scott Fluke
Characterization Of Sex-Based Differences In The Mechanical Properties Of Human Finger Glabrous Tissue Using A Fiberoptic Sensor, Lalit Venkatesan and Steven M. Barlow
Comparison of Functional Network Connectivity for Passive-Listening and Active-Response Narrative Comprehension in Adolescents, Yingying Wang and Scott K. Holland
2013
Effects of Body Position and Sex Group on Tongue Pressure Generation, Angela M. Dietsch, Carmen M. Cirstea, Ed T. Auer, and Jeff P. Searl
Personalizing AAC for People with Aphasia: The Role of Text and Pictures, Aimee R. Dietz, Kristy S.E. Weissling, Julie Griffith, and Miechelle L. McKelvey
Therapeutic Alliance Between Youth and Staff in Residential Group Care: Psychometrics of the Therapeutic Alliance Quality Scale, Kristin Duppong-Hurley, Matthew C. Lambert, Mark Van Ryzin, Justin Sullivan, and Amy Stevens
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Middle to High School Transition, Janeen Erickson, Reece L. Peterson, and Paige T. Lembeck
Tiers 1, 2 & 3 Intervention: Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports, Scott Fluke and Reece L. Peterson
Bulbar and speech motor assessment in ALS: Challenges and future directions, Jordan R. Green, Yana Yunusova, Mili S. Kuruvilla, Jun Wang, Gary Pattee, Lori Synhorst, Lorne Zinman, and James D. Berry
Supporting Narrative Retells for People with Aphasia using AAC: Photographs or Line Drawings? Text or No Text?, Julie Griffith, Aimee R. Dietz, and Kristy S.E. Weissling
Using Text-to-Speech Reading Support for an Adult With Mild Aphasia and Cognitive Impairment, Judy Harvey, Karen Hux, and Jeffry Snell
Measurement Properties of the Motivation for Youth Treatment Scale with a Residential Group Home Population, Matthew C. Lambert, Kristin Duppong-Hurley, M. Michele Athay Tomlinson, and Amy L. Stevens
Tier 3 Intervention: Dropout Recovery, Paige T. Lembeck and Reece L. Peterson
ELECTROPALATOGRAPHY AS AN ADJUNCT TO NONSPEECH OROFACIAL MYOFUNCTIONAL DISORDER ASSESSMENTS: A FEASIBILITY STUDY, Alana Mantie-Kozlowski and Kevin M. Pitt
Maximizing Audibility and Speech Recognition with Non-Linear Frequency Compression by Estimating Audible Bandwidth, Ryan W. McCreery, Marc A. Brennan, Brenda Hoover, Judy Kopun, and Patricia G. Stelmachowicz
There is a continued need for empirical data supporting the treatment of people with aphasia in the acute care setting including the use of modified melodic intonation therapy, Miechelle L. McKelvey and Kristy S.E. Weissling
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Behavior Monitoring, Emily Moss, Ann O'Connor, and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Restorative Practices, Emily Moss, Ann O'Connor, and Reece L. Peterson