Clinical Education Programs

Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology

University Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment

UCAN is a multi-disciplinary team of professionals concerned with autism and neurodevelopmental disorders in children. The core value of the UCAN Assessment Team is to provide diagnostic evaluation for children in need.

Aphasia Communication Clinic

The group applies the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA), which is a consumer driven service delivery approach that supports individuals with aphasia and those affected by it in achieving their immediate and longer term life goals (LPAA Project Group, 2001).

Northern Nevada Cleft Palate Clinic

The Northern Nevada Cleft Palate Clinic is a multi-disciplinary health care team housed within the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of Nevada in Reno. The team is dedicated to the care and treatment of children with cleft lip and palate and other craniofacial disorders. Cleft lip and palate is the most common birth anomaly and occurs at the rate of 1 in 598 births.