Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications
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.
2011
Feasibility of Group Voice Therapy for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease, Jeff Searl, Kristel Wilson, Karen Haring, Angela M. Dietsch, Kelly E. Lyons, and Rajesh Pahwa
Quantifying Articulatory Distinctiveness of Vowels, Jun Wang, Jordan R. Green, Ashok Samal, and David B. Marx
Neuromagnetic measures of word processing in bilinguals and monolinguals, Yingying Wang, Jing Xiang, Jennifer Vannest, Tom Holroyd, Daria Narmoneva, Paul Horn, Yinhong Liu, Douglas Rose, Ton deGrauw, and Scott Holland
A Protocol for Comprehensive Assessment of Bulbar Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Yana Yunusova, Jordan R. Green, Jun Wang, Gary Pattee, and Lorne Zinman
2010
Respiratory Changes during Reading in Mandarin-Speaking Adolescents with Prelingual Hearing Impairment, Wei-Chun Che, Yu-Tsai Wang, Hsiu-Jung Lu, and Jordan R. Green
OroSTIFF: Face-referenced measurement of perioral stiffness in health and disease, Shin-Ying Chu, Steven M. Barlow, Douglas Kieweg, and Jaehoon Lee
LIP MOVEMENT EXAGGERATIONS DURING INFANT DIRECTED SPEECH, Jordan R. Green, Ignatius S. B. Nip, Erin M. Wilson, Antje Mefferd, and Yana Yunusova
Laryngeal somatosensory deficits in Parkinson’s disease: implications for speech respiratory and phonatory control, Michael J. Hammer and Steven M. Barlow
Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation changes speech respiratory and laryngeal control in Parkinson's disease, Michael J. Hammer, Steven M. Barlow, Kelly E. Lyons, and Rajesh Pahwa
Age effect on the Gaze Stabilization test, Julie A. Honaker
A Cross-Sectional Comparison of the Effects of Phonotactic Probability and Neighborhood Density on Word Learning by Preschool Children, Jill R. Hoover, Holly L. Storkel, and Tiffany Hogan
Using visual scene displays to create a shared communication space for a person with aphasia, Karen Hux, Megan Buechter, Sarah Wallace, and Kristy S.E. Weissling
Articulatory-To-Acoustic Relations in Response to Speaking Rate and Loudness Manipulations, Antje Mefferd and Jordan R. Green
TAC-Cell Inputs To Human Hand And Lip Induces Shortterm Adaptation Of The Primary Somatosensory Cortex, Lalit Venkatesan, Steven M. Barlow, Mihai Popescu, Anda Popescu, and Edward T. Auer
Vowel Recognition from Continuous Articulatory Movements for Speaker-Dependent Applications, Jun Wang, Jordan R. Green, Ashok Samal, and Tom D. Carrell
Vowel Recognition from Continuous Articulatory Movements for Speaker-Dependent Applications, Jun Wang, Jordan R. Green, Ashok Samal, and Tom D. Carrell
Breath Group Analysis for Reading and Spontaneous Speech in Healthy Adults, Yu-Tsai Wang, Jordan R. Green, Ignatius S. B. Nip, and Ray D. Kent
Accuracy of perceptually based and acoustically based inspiratory loci in reading, Yu-Tsai Wang, Jordan R. Green, Ignatius S. B. Nip, Ray D. Kent, Jane Finley Kent, and Cara Ullman
Kinematics of disease progression in bulbar ALS, Yana Yunusova, Jordan R. Green, Mary J. Lindstrom, Laura J. Ball, Gary L. Pattee, and Lorne Zinman
2009
Central pattern generation involved in oral and respiratory control for feeding in the term infant, Steven M. Barlow
Oral and respiratory control for preterm feeding, Steven M. Barlow
Neurobiological Determinants of Communication Development, Steven M. Barlow and Jordan R. Green
Preface to the 18th annual ASHA-NIH research symposium: Neurobiological determinants of communication development, Steven M. Barlow and Jordan R. Green
Kinematic analysis of articulatory coupling in acquired apraxia of speech post-stroke, Carly J. Bartle-Meyer, Justine V. Goozée, Bruce E. Murdoch, and Jordan R. Green
Types of Language Disorders in Students Classified as ED: Prevalence and Association with Learning Disabilities and Psychopathology, Gregory J. Benner, Richard E. Mattison, J. Ron Nelson, and Nicole C. Ralston
Changes in Responsiveness when Brain Injury Survivors with Impaired Consciousness Hear Different Voices, Steffany Chleboun, Karen Hux, and Jeff Snell
Nonparticipatory Stiffness in the Male Perioral Complex, Shin-Ying Chu, Steven M. Barlow, and Jaehoon Lee
Effects of audibility and multichannel wide dynamic range compression on consonant recognition for listeners with severe hearing loss, Evelyn Davies-Venn, Pamela Souza, Marc Brennan, and G. Christopher Stecker
A Short Report: Word-Level Phonological and Lexical Characteristics Interact to Influence Phoneme Awareness, Tiffany Hogan
Future advances in the early detection of reading risk: Subgroups, dynamic relations, and advanced methodologies: Epilogue to Journal of Learning Disabilities Special Edition “Advances in the Early Detection of Reading Risk”, Tiffany Hogan and Jennifer M. Thomson
Modified Head Shake Computerized Dynamic Posturography, Julie A. Honaker, Connie M. Converse, and Neil T. Shepard
Chronic Subjective Dizziness (CSD) vs. Conversion Disorder: Discussion of clinical findings and rehabilitation., Julie A. Honaker, Jane M. Gilbert, and Jeffrey P. Staab
Fukuda Stepping Test: Sensitivity and Specificity, Julie A. Honaker and Neil T. Shepard
Modeling the Developmental Patterns of Auditory Evoked Magnetic Fields in Children, Rupesh Kotecha, Maria Pardos, Yingying Wang, Ting Wu, Paul Horn, David Brown, Douglas Rose, Ton deGrauw, and Jing Xiang
The Child Outcomes of a Behavior Model, J. Ron Nelson, Kristin Duppong-Hurley, Lori Synhorst, Michael Epstein, Scott Stage, and Jacquelyn Buckley
Early speech motor development: Cognitive and linguistic considerations, Ignatius S. B. Nip, Jordan R. Green, and David B. Marx
Statistical Frequency in Perception Affects Children’s Lexical Production, Peter T. Richtsmeier, LouAnn Gerken, Lisa Goffman, and Tiffany Hogan
Professional Development in Early Childhood Programs: Process Issues and Research Needs, Susan M. Sheridan, Carolyn P. Edwards, Christine A. Marvin, and Lisa L. Knoche
A Nonword Repetition Task for Speakers with Misarticulations: The Syllable Repetition Task (SRT), Lawrence D. Shriberg, Heather L. Lohmeier, Thomas F. Campbell, Christine A. Dollaghan, Jordan R. Green, and Christopher A. Moore
Introduction: Advances in the early detection of reading risk, Jennifer M. Thomson and Tiffany Hogan
Vowel Recognition from Articulatory Position Time-Series Data, Jun Wang, Ashok Samal, Jordan R. Green, and Tom D. Carrell
The development of jaw motion for mastication, Erin M. Wilson and Jordan R. Green
Frequency and spatial characteristics of highfrequency neuromagnetic signals in childhood epilepsy, Jing Xiang, Yang Liu, Yingying Wang, Elijah G. Kirtman, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Kotecha, Yangmei Chen, Xiaolin Huo, Hisako Fujiwara, Nat Hemasilpin, Ki Lee, Francesco T. Mangano, James Leach, Blaise Jones, Ton DeGrauw, and Douglas Rose
Accuracy Assessment for AG500, Electromagnetic Articulograph, Yana Yunusova, Jordan R. Green, and Antje Mefferd
2008
Academic Processing Speed Mediates the Influence of Both Externalizing Behavior and Language Skills on the Academic Skills of Students with Emotional Disturbance, Gregory J. Benner, J. Ron Nelson, Jill H. Allor, Paul Mooney, and Tao Dai
Non-Nutritive Suck Parameter in Preterm Infants with RDS, Meredith Estep, Steven M. Barlow, Rajesh Vantipalli, Donald Finan, and Jaehoon Lee
Convergent Validity of the Early Childhood Behavior Problem Screening Scale , Annette Griffith, J. Ron Nelson, Michael Epstein, and Bjorn Pederson
Migraine-associated vestibulopathy, Julie A. Honaker and Ravi N. Samy
Academic Performance of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Served in a Self-Contained Setting, Kathleen Lynne Lane, Sally M. Barton-Arwood, J. Ron Nelson, and Joseph Wehby
Regional volumetric change of the tongue during mastication in pigs, Z. J. Liu, B. Yamamura, V. Shcherbatyy, and Jordan R. Green
Respiratory treatment history predicts suck pattern stability in preterm infants, Meredith Poore, Steven M. Barlow, Jingyan Wang, Mereditch Estep, and Jaehoon Lee
Getting Ready: Promoting School Readiness through a Relationship-Based Partnership Model, Susan M. Sheridan, Christine Marvin, Lisa Knoche, and Carolyn P. Edwards
Babbling, Chewing, and Sucking: Oromandibular Coordination at 9 Months, Roger W. Steeve, Christopher A. Moore, Jordan R. Green, Kevin J. Reilly, and Jacki Ruark McMurtrey
Respiratory Distress Syndrome Degrades the Fine Structure of the Non-Nutritive Suck In Preterm Infants, Susan Stumm, Steven M. Barlow, Meredith Estep, Jaehoon Lee, Susan Cannon, Joy Carlson, and Donald Finan
Task Specificity in Early Oral Motor Development, Erin M. Wilson, Jordan R. Green, Yana Y. Yunusova, and Christopher A. Moore
Pacifier Stiffness Alters the Dynamics of the Suck Central Pattern Generator, Emily Zimmerman and Steven M. Barlow
2007
Students Learn about Documentation throughout Their Teacher Education Program, Carolyn P. Edwards, Susan Churchill, Mary Gabriel, Ruth Heaton, Julie Jones-Branch, Christine Marvin, and Michelle Rupiper
Modulation Of The Trigeminofacial Pathway During Syllabic Speech, Meredith Estep and Steven M. Barlow
Estimating Mandibular Motion Based on Chin Surface Targets During Speech, Jordan R. Green, Erin M. Wilson, Yu-Tsai Wang, and Christopher A. Moore
Vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials, Julie A. Honaker and Ravi N. Samy
Factor Structure, Internal Consistency, and Interrater Reliability of the Early Childhood Behavior Problem Screening Scale, J. Ron Nelson, Michael Epstein, Annette Griffith, and John Hopper
Fostering the Development of Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension Though Contextually-Based Multiple Meaning Vocabulary Instruction, J. Ron Nelson and Scott A. Stage
Risk Factors Predictive of the Problem Behavior of Children At Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, J. Ron Nelson, Scott Stage, Kristin Duppong-Hurley, Lori Synhorst, and Michael H. Epstein
Functional Outcomes of Cleft Lip Surgery. Part I: Study Design and Surgeon Ratings of Lip Disability and Need for Lip Revision, Carroll-Ann Trotman, Ceib Phillips, Greg K. Essick, Julian J. Faraway, Steven M. Barlow, H. Wolfgang Losken, John van Aalst, and Lyna Rogers
2006
Spontaneous Facial Motility in Infancy: A 3D Kinematic Analysis, Jordan R. Green and Erin M. Wilson
Interrelationships among Language Skills, Externalizing Behavior, and Academic Fluency and Their Impact on the Academic Skills of Students with ED, J. Ron Nelson, Gregory J. Benner, Stern Neill, and Scott A. Stage
Differentiating Phonotactic Probability and Neighborhood Density in Adult Word Learning, Holly L. Storkel, Jonna Armbrüster, and Tiffany Hogan
Coordinative Organization of Lingual Propulsion during the Normal Adult Swallow, Erin M. Wilson and Jordan R. Green
2005
Gaze-Shift Patterns of Young Children with Developmental Disabilities who are at Risk for being Nonspeaking, Kelli Arens, Cynthia J. Cress, and Christine Marvin
Are Specific Language Impairment and Dyslexia Distinct Disorders?, Hugh W. Catts, Suzanne M. Adlof, Tiffany Hogan, and Susan Ellis Weismer
Teacher factors associated with preschool teacher-child relationships: Teaching efficacy and parent-teacher relationships, Li-Chuan Chung, Christine A. Marvin, and Susan L. Churchill
Teacher Factors Associated with Preschool Teacher–Child Relationships: Teaching Efficacy and Parent–Teacher Relationships, Li-Chuan Chung, Christine Marvin, and Susan Churchill
The Relationship Between Phonological Awareness and Reading: Implications for the Assessment of Phonological Awareness, Tiffany Hogan, Hugh W. Catts, and Todd D. Little
Effects of a Prereading Intervention on the Literacy and Social Skills of Children, J. Ron Nelson, Scott A. Stage, Michael H. Epstein, and Corey D. Pierce
Transitioning from analog to digital audio recording in childhood speech sound disorders, Lawrence D. Shriberg, Jane L. McSweeny, Bruce E. Anderson, Thomas F. Campbell, Michael R. Chial, Jordan R. Green, Katherina K. Hauner, Christopher A. Moore, Heather L. Rusiewicz, and David L. Wilson
2004
Algorithmic Estimation of Pauses in Extended Speech Samples of Dysarthric and Typical Speech, Jordan R. Green, David R. Beukelman, and Laura J. Ball
Diagnostic Assessment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech Using Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Methods, John-Paul Hosom, Lawrence Shriberg, and Jordan R. Green
Time series analysis of jaw muscle contraction and tissue deformation during mastication in miniature pigs, Z. J. Liu, Jordan R. Green, C. A. Moore, and S. W. Herring
Preparing Teachers for Family Centered Services: A Survey of Preservice Curriculum Content, Michelle Rupiper and Christine Marvin
2003
Language Basis of Reading Disabilities and Implications for Early Identification and Remediation, Hugh W. Catts and Tiffany Hogan
Subgrouping Poor Readers on the Basis of Individual Differences in Reading-Related Abilities, Hugh W. Catts, Tiffany Hogan, and Marc E. Fey
Common Questions about AAC Services in Early Intervention, Cynthia J. Cress and Christine A. Marvin
More on the Role of the Mandible in Speech Production: Clinical Correlates of Green, Moore, and Reilly’s (2002) Findings AND Methodological Issues in Studies of Early Articulatory Development: A Response to Dworkin, Meleca, and Stachler (2003), James Paul Dworkin, Robert J. Meleca, Robert J. Stachler, Jordan R. Green, Christopher A. Moore, and Kevin J. Reilly
Assessing the Wraparound Process During Family Planning Meetings, Michael Epstein, Philip D. Nordness, Krista Kutash, Al Duchnowski, Sheryl Schrepf, Greg J. Brenner, and J. Ron Nelson
Tongue-surface movement patterns during speech and swallowing, Jordan R. Green and Yu-Tsai Wang
Searching for an Alternate Way to Identify Young Creative Minds: A Classroom-Based Observation Approach, Ki-Soon Han, Christine Marvin, and Anne Walden
Administrative Support and Challenges in Nebraska Public School Early Childhood Programs: Preliminary Study, Christine Marvin, Barbara LaCost, Marilyn Grady, and Paul Mooney
2002
The Sequential Development of Jaw and Lip Control for Speech, Jordan R. Green, Christopher A. Moore, and Kevin J. Reilly
Multiple Creativities? Investigating Domain-Specificity of Creativity in Young Children, Ki-Soon Han and Christine Marvin
Implementation of the Sound Partners Reading Program, Nancy E. Marchand-Martella, Ronald C. Martella, J. Ron Nelson, Lynn Waterbury, Sharon A. Shelley, Charalambos Cleanthous, and David Hatfield
2001
Relative Kinematics of the Rib Cage and Abdomen during Speech and Nonspeech Behaviors of 15-Month-Old Children, Christopher A. Moore, Tammy J. Caulfield, and Jordan R. Green
2000
A Comparative Analysis of Teachers', Caucasian Parents', and Hispanic Parents' Views of Problematic School Survival Behaviors, Lisa Aaroe and J. Ron Nelson
The Physiologic Development of Speech Motor Control: Lip and Jaw Coordination, Jordan R. Green, Christopher A. Moore, Masahiko Higashikawa, and Roger W. Steeve
1999
A Statewide Survey of Special Education Administrators And School Psychologists Regarding Functional Behavioral Assessment, J. Ron Nelson, Maura L. Roberts, Robert B. Rutherford Jr., Sarup R. Mathur, and Lisa A. Aaroe
1997
Development of Chewing in Children From 12 to 48 Months: Longitudinal Study of EMG Patterns, Jordan R. Green, Christopher A. Moore, Jacki L. Ruark, Paula R. Rodda, Wendy T. Morvee, and Marcus J. van Witzenburg
Central auditory system plasticity: Generalization to novel stimuli following listening training, Kelly Tremblay, Nina Krause, Thomas D. Carrell, and Therese McGee
1996
Designing Supportive School Environments, J. Ron Nelson and Geoff Colvin
1995
The Identification of Individuals with Disabilities in National Databases: Creating a Failure to Communicate, Kevin S. McGrew, Bob Algozzine, James E. Ysseldyke, Martha L. Thurlow, and Amy N. Spiegel
1992
The Effects of Teaching a Summary Skills Strategy to Students Identified as Learning Disabled on Their Comprehension of Science Text, J. Ron Nelson, Deborah J. Smith, and John M. Dodd
1991
Prereferral Intervention: A Review of the Research, J. Ron Nelson, Deborah J. Smith, Lonnie Taylor, John M. Dodd, and Ken Reavis