Suzanne Budzinski, MA, CCC-SLP

Munroe-Meyer Institute
Speech-Language Pathology
RiteCare Clinic Lincoln | MMI
253 Barkley Memorial Center | East Campus
Lincoln, NE 68583-0731

Phone: 402-472-0642
Email

Professional Summary

Suzanne Budzinski is a Speech-Language Pathologist in the department of speech-language pathology at the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute and works at the RiteCare Clinic Lincoln | MMI. Suzanne is licensed and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) certified. She joined the Scottish RiteCare Clinic of Lincoln in January of 2020 after previous experience in a school-based setting as a school-age, early childhood and telepractice speech-language pathologist. She earned her Bachelor of Science in speech-language pathology at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and Master of Arts from the University of South Dakota. At the Scottish RiteCare Clinic, she offers Project ImPACT, a coaching program for parents of young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related social communication delays serves clients individually, provides group services with emphasis on Total Communication and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) to preschool-age clients, and provides individual services.

Specialty Certifications

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) certificate of clinical competence
• Nebraska state licensed speech-language pathologist

Education

MA, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, 2000
BS, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1998

Teaching

Pre-externship supervisor for graduate students in the Lincoln Scottish Rite-Care Clinic’s total communication AAC preschool.

Special Interests & Projects

• Early childhood intervention and family/professional collaboration
• Childhood apraxia of speech
• Speech sound disorders and language delays
• Functional augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) use in young children across environments
• Project ImPACT parent coaching program – teaching social communication to children with autism and other developmental delays

Professional Affiliations

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association