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SPA 400

Assessment of Communication Disorders

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeA-
Standard

Overview

Description

Appraisal and diagnosis of speech and language disorders including infant/toddler, preschool, school-aged, and adult populations.

Requirements

Prerequisites

SPA 345SPA 364

Corequisites

SPA 331SPA 365
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): SPA 345; SPA 364.

Corequisites

Corequisite(s): SPA 331; SPA 365.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall

Terms

fall

Core

CO12

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • use knowledge of professional ethics in conjunction with pre-assessment information to choose appropriate diagnostic tools for an evaluation.
  • administer a case history evaluation using knowledge of professional ethics.
  • use knowledge of professional ethics to administer a norm-referenced test following appropriate administration procedures (e.g. basals, ceilings, calculating scaled or standard scores).
  • record raw scores and standard scores from a norm-referenced test appropriately.
  • use knowledge of professional ethics to analyze test scores and evaluate performance to determine service eligibility.
  • use knowledge of professional ethics to compile a list of strengths and weaknesses based on testing results.
  • use knowledge of professional ethics to create long-term and short-term goals based on the strengths and weaknesses from test performance.
  • use knowledge of professional ethics develop a plan to collect baseline measures.