Amanda Barton, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathology
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450

Phone: 402-559-6460
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Professional Summary

Amanda Barton is a Speech-Language Pathologist in the department of speech-language pathology at the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute. Amanda’s professional career has been centered around the pediatric population. She has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of children with a variety of speech and language difficulties; including being part of multi-disciplinary diagnostic teams for autism spectrum disorder and fetal alcohol syndrome disorder. She has worked with children from diverse backgrounds ages birth to 16 years in the clinic, home, and school settings.

Amanda enjoys working with a variety of communication disorders including:

• receptive-expressive language
• pragmatic language
• articulation
• phonology
• augmentative and alternative communication
• fluency

Specialty Certifications

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) certificate of clinical competence
• Nebraska state licensed speech-language pathologist
• Iowa state licensed speech-language pathologist
• Registered behavior technician
• Pivotal response treatment level 1
• Hanen It Takes Two to Talk
• Picture exchange communication systems
• Project imPACT Parent Training

Education

• MS in Communication disorders, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, 2006
• BS in Communication disorders, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO, 2005

Teaching

Amanda has supervised graduate students in internship, externship, and clinical fellowship placements.

Special Interests & Projects

• Autism spectrum disorders
• Pragmatic language
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Professional Affiliations

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSLHA)
• Washington Speech-Language-Hearing Association (WSLHA)