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The txlZzy Memorial Center, a JU rnilijn building'
thst opened this Conner 23 East Campns, fcrLj together
three agencies frcm UNLcoEeges 2nd helps train jtcdents
and teachers to fed? chUiren and adults with speech,
. hearing and Iearaisg handicaps.
The three agencies bested in the center are: '
: -The Department of Speech Patholcgy and Ardxlcjy -cf
the CoZegs, cf Arts and Sciences. This department was
fanner! in Temjle EL'g. on City Campus,
-The Blvisbn cf Special Eduction, within the Depart
ment cf Kccticndl Fxychcbgy znd '-mmmt ia
Teacher's College.
-The SpscnSssd CIEce for the Deaf sod Ihxd of '
; I&s&S, within ths Dcparteentof Efaeatsonal A$ssK'r
; station ia Teaches GiEcge.
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The center was fcuHt with coney frcra the WZIiam E.
Eax!ey estate. The Eariley llemcrial Fend gives UTJL
cscsal fazZlzz, which began ia 1970. The gift genaraTy
has been used to develop programs to hdp persons with
speech, hearing., learning and . other . handicaps, said
Rchert &cpp Jr., center elector. , . .
Stepp said the Hartleys were active in service prcgrana
ia Lincoln and helped establish agencies seen as the
Goodwill Industries and the lincola General Hospital.
The Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology
trains its students ia methods of speech and hearing
therapy.
Special education prepares teachers to work with
students who have specific learning disabilities, emotional
disturbances, mental retardation, or speech, hearing or
other handicaps. ,
Stepp said the special education division is starting a
program to train resource people to assist teachers
working with special teaching programs.
The specialized office for the deaf and hard cf hearing
searches for materials for teaching the deaf. Stepp, who
also is director of this office, said the office reviews more
than 5,000 materials from 1 ,7CQ publishers a year. .
The office also modifies career education materials so
they can be used by the deaf and hard of hearing, and
helps handicapped and hearing-impaired students select
a vocation.
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The 33jOOO-square-foot center is equipped with a
specialized resource center and a speech and audiology
clinic, that Stepp said qualifies as "one of the best
university clinics in the country."
An instructional media center has booklets, magaiyin
guides and games for teachers to use with students. This
media center, Stepp said, is a cooperative center with the
special education section of the State Department of
Education, the Area Learning Resource Center of Des
lines,andtheEaii!eyMniori2lCer
! Stepp sail a media center of this type, which includes
mere than 500 educational games, is not common to
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According to Candy Sirar, coordinator of the speech "
, end Lcarir-g clinia. the dlnia serves tm rnaia fdCions.
First, it gives sZzdzzts ia speech pathology and andiobgy
jracticcri experience. Ia addition, it provides evaluation
and therapy for clients with speech, hearing and learning
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hrar said the dime has bo tli on and off campus client
programs. Ahcct 43 graduate staiccii and 10 junior
and senior underpsdsate stzdmts do practicum work ia
the center under professlsnal supervision.
The dfnis conducts hearcg diagnosis, individual and
group dkgncsij and therapy sessions, learning disability
programs, hearing aid evaluations and referrals, and out
patient evaLaations. '
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