How our program prepares you for the field

Our program, which was nationally-ranked in the top 8 percent in 2003 by U.S. News & World Report, is a joint collaboration with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Lincoln Public Schools, and the Quality Living Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Speech perception laboratory, a motor speech laboratory, and an auditory research laboratory including a sound booth, and an augmentative/alternative communication laboratory.

Barkley Augmentative and Alternative Communication Center. This is a demonstration center with a wide variety of communication devices for persons who are unable to communicate through natural speech.

The Barkley Center's Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic with 18 individual treatment rooms, four large rooms for preschool and school-age groups, two rooms for counseling, and a parent/adult treatment room.

The Barkley Literacy Technology Center

The Center is a demonstration facility that focuses on computer support for reading, writing, and preparing references. This Center focuses on students with and without disabilities. It supports the preparation of pre-professional students in communication disorders and special education. In addition, it is a resource for personnel from a large number of public school districts in the region.