Overview
Description
This course will include topics related to assessment and treatment of children and adults with multiple communicative disorders. This graduate course will provide case based and problem-based experiences, foundational diagnostic and therapeutic skills training, and collaborative teaming activities.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Must be admitted to the graduate program in speech pathology.
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the graduate program in speech pathology.
Units
Lecture1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Restrictions
Must be admitted to the graduate program in speech pathology.
Attributes
S U Only
Learning Outcomes
- Conduct screening and prevention procedures, including prevention activities.
- Collect case history information and integrate information from clients/patients, family, caregivers, teachers, and relevant others, including other professionals.
- Select and administer appropriate evaluation procedures, such as behavioral observations, non-standardized and standardized tests, and instrumental procedures.
- Adapt evaluation procedures to meet the needs of individuals receiving services and interpret, integrate, and synthesize all information to develop diagnoses and make appropriate recommendations for intervention.
- Complete administrative and reporting functions necessary to support evaluation.
- Refer clients/patients for appropriate services.
- Develop setting-appropriate intervention plans with measurable and achievable goals that meet clients/patients needs, and collaborate with clients/patients and relevant others in the planning process.
- Implement intervention plans that involve clients/patients and relevant others in the intervention process, and select or develop and use appropriate materials and instrumentation for prevention and intervention.
- Measure and evaluate clients/patients performance and progress, and modify intervention plans, strategies, materials, or instrumentation as appropriate to meet the needs of clients/patients.
- Complete administrative and reporting functions necessary to support intervention.
- Identify and refer clients/patients for services, as appropriate.
- Communicate effectively, recognizing the needs, values, preferred mode of communication, and cultural/linguistic background of the individual(s) receiving services, family, caregivers, and relevant others.
- Manage the care of individuals receiving services to ensure an interprofessional, team-based collaborative practice.
- Provide counseling regarding communication and swallowing disorders to clients/patients, family, caregivers, and relevant others.
- Adhere to the ASHA Code of Ethics, and behave professionally.