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Unit of Study SPCH3006 - Speech Pathology Practice 2 (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    Please note this unit has assessments scheduled in Week 7 which will require attendance on-campus. Details will be provided closer to the time.

Unit description

Develops the knowledge and skills required to assess, diagnose and treat voice and swallowing disorders in children and adults. With the focus on laryngology, students will draw on knowledge of human anatomy and physiology as it relates to laryngeal, pharyngeal, articulatory, respiratory and neurological systems and how these systems evolve across the lifespan.

Unit content

  1. Introduction to swallowing in children and adults
  2. Introduction to voice in children and adults
  3. Assessment and analysis of swallowing disorders in adults
  4. Intervention and management of swallowing disorders in adults
  5. Assessment and analysis of swallowing disorders in children
  6. Intervention and management of swallowing disorders in children

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:

demonstrate multi-dimensional assessment of voice disorders in children and/or adults

demonstrate clinical and instrumental assessment of swallowing disorders in children and/or adults

analyse and interpret assessment data to inform diagnosis and prognosis for children and/or adults with swallowing and/or voice disorders

demonstrate intervention options for the management of voice and swallowing disorders in children and/or adults

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