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.
2013
Tier 2 Intervention: Saturday School, Emily Moss and Reece L. Peterson
Increases in Cognitive and Linguistic Processing Primarily Account for Increases in Speaking Rate With Age, Ignatius S. B. Nip and Jordan R. Green
Tier 3 Intervention: Youth Courts, Ann O'Connor, Emily Moss, Jenna Strawhun, and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Restitution, Ann O'Connor and Reece L. Peterson
Short-Term Effects of Pacifier Texture on NNS in Neurotypical Infants, Austin L. Oder, David L. Stalling, and Steven M. Barlow
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Anger Management, Kenneth Parnell, Russell Skiba, Reece L. Peterson, and Scott Fluke
Effects of Environmental Stimulation on Infant Vocalizations and Orofacial Dynamics at the Onset of Canonical Babbling, Meredith Poore Harold and Steven M. Barlow
The DSM-5 changes and ADHD: More than a tweak of terms, Brenton Prosser and Robert C. Reid
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Behavior Contracting, Jenna Strahun, Ann O'Connor, and Reece L. Peterson
Tiers 2 & 3 Intervention: Bullying Intervention for Bullying Behaviors, Jenna Strawhun, Scott Fluke, and Reece L. Peterson
Family teacher and parent perceptions of youth needs and preparedness for transition upon discharge from residential care, Alexandra L. Trout, Steven Hoffman, Michael Epstein, and Ronald W. Thompson
Sex differences in white matter development during adolescence: A DTI study, Yingying Wang, Chris Adamson, Weihong Yuan, Mekibib Altaye, Anna W. Byars, and Scott K. Holland
Concordance of MEG and fMRI patterns in adolescents during verb generation, Yingying Wang, Scott K. Holland, and Jennifer Vannest
2012
Frequency Modulation and Spatiotemporal Stability of the sCPG in Preterm Infants with RDS, Steven M. Barlow, Mimi Burch, Lalit Venkatesan, Meredith Harold, and Emily Zimmerman
Modification of Perioral Stiffness in Patients With Repaired Cleft Lip and Palate, Steven M. Barlow, Carroll-Ann Trotman, Shin-Ying Chu, and Jaehoon Lee
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Preschool Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (PreBERS) with Preschool Children with Disabilities, Cynthia J. Cress, Lori Synhorst, Michael Epstein, and Elizabeth Allen
Aberrant Neuromagnetic Activation in the Motor Cortex in Children with Acute Migraine: A Magnetoencephalography Study, Xinyao Guo, Jing Xiang, Yingying Wang, Hope O'Brien, Marielle Kabbouche, Paul Horn, Scott W. Powers, and Andrew D. Hershey
Spatiotemporal Coupling of the Tongue in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Mili S. Kuruvilla, Jordan R. Green, Yana Yunusova, and Kathy Hanford
Is weak oral language associated with poor spelling in school-age children with specific language impairment, dyslexia or both?, Jillian H. McCarthy, Tiffany Hogan, and Hugh W. Catts
A novel fixed-target task to determine articulatory speed constraints in persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Antje Mefferd, Jordan R. Green, and Gary L. Pattee
Endoscopic and Stroboscopic Presentation of the Larynx in Male-to-Female Transsexual Persons, Derek Palmer, Angela M. Dietsch, and Jeff Searl
Distinct developmental profiles in typical speech acquisition, Jennell C. Vick, Thomas F. Campbell, Lawrence D. Shriberg, Jordan R. Green, Hervé Abdi, Heather Leavy Rusiewicz, Lakshmi Venkatesh, and Christopher A. Moore
Augmented input: The effect of visuographic supports on the auditory comprehension of people with chronic aphasia, Sarah E. Wallace, Aimee R. Dietz, Karen Hux, and Kristy S.E. Weissling
Sentence recognition from articulatory movements for silent speech interfaces, Jun Wang, Ashok Samal, Jordan R. Green, and Frank Rudzicz
Whole-Word Recognition from Articulatory Movements for Silent Speech Interfaces, Jun Wang, Ashok Samal, Jordan R. Green, and Frank Rudzicz
Accuracy of perceptual and acoustic methods for the detection of inspiratory loci in spontaneous speech, Yu-Tsai Wang, Ignatius S. B. Nip, Jordan R. Green, Ray D. Kent, Jane Finley Kent, and Cara Ullman
A Kinematic Description of the Temporal Characteristics of Jaw Motion for Early Chewing: Preliminary Findings, Erin M. Wilson, Jordan R. Green, and Gary Weismer
Tongue Movements and Their Acoustic Consequences in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Yana Yunusova, Jordan R. Green, Lauren Greenwood, Jun Wang, Gary L. Pattee, and Lorne Zinman
The Effects of Vestibular Stimulation Rate and Magnitude of Acceleration on Central Pattern Generation for Chest Wall Kinematics in Preterm Infants, Emily Zimmerman and Steven M. Barlow
2011
Communication Support for People with ALS, David R. Beukelman, Susan Fager, and Amy Nordness
Current and Future AAC Research Considerations for Adults with Acquired Cognitive and Communication Impairments, Melanie Fried-Oken, David R. Beukelman, and Karen Hux
Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Changes Velopharyngeal Control in Parkinson’s Disease, Michael J. Hammer, Steven M. Barlow, Kelly E. Lyons, and Rajesh Pahwa
The influence of neighborhood density and word frequency on phoneme awareness in 2nd and 4th grades, Tiffany Hogan, Ryan P. Bowles, Hugh W. Catts, and Holly L. Storkel
Increasing Higher Level Language Skills to Improve Reading Comprehension, Tiffany Hogan, Mindy Sittner Bridges, Laura M. Justice, and Kate Cain
Impact of Computerized “Sounding out” on Spelling Performance of a Child Who Uses AAC: A Preliminary Report, Jillian H McCarthy, David R. Beukelman, and Tiffany Hogan
The co-emergence of cognition, language, and speech motor control in early development: A longitudinal correlation study, Ignatius S. B. Nip, Jordan R. Green, and David Marx
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