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Unit of Study SPCH2013 - Intervention Speech, Language and Literacy in Childhood (2026)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

This unit aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to design and implement evidence-based interventions for children with speech sound disorders (SSD) and/or developmental language disorders (DLD). Students will learn to integrate assessment data into intervention planning, prioritise targets for speech and language and apply culturally responsive, family and person-centred practices. The unit also emphasises preventative and curriculum approaches that foster foundational literacy skills in children at risk of reading difficulties due to SSD or DLD. Students will also learn how to collaborate with families and professionals and evaluate interventions to ensure short and long-term outcomes in speech, language and literacy development.  

Unit content

  1. From assessment to intervention: Foundations for speech and language disorders
  2. Intervention approaches across the continuum of naturalness
  3. Setting and prioritising intervention targets
  4. Cultural and contextual considerations in intervention planning
  5. Designing and implementing intervention sessions for SSD and DLD
  6. Evaluating intervention outcomes and promoting literacy development 

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term2
Term2
Gold Coast
Term2
Term2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

design intervention plans for children with SSD and DLD, integrating assessment data to prioritise intervention targets

select and justify evidence-based interventions for speech sound disorders (SSD) and developmental language disorders (DLD), based on the unique needs of individual children and preventative or curriculum delivered interventions that support early school years literacy acquisition

demonstrate person-centered, family-centred, and culturally responsive knowledge and approaches in intervention, utilising resources and strategies to support children from diverse backgrounds

describe how SLPs can ensure interventions are tailored to the child’s educational, social, and linguistic profiles and context, while evaluating outcomes and adjusting interventions as needed for short or long-term timeframes

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