Back to Find Units Page

Unit of Study SPT20006 - Paediatric Speech and Language Internal Clinic (2016)

Show me unit information for year

Unit Snapshot

  • Enrolment information

    Students must have completed all pre-clinical requirements as outlined in Sonia. These requirements must remain current for the duration of this unit of study.

Unit description

Facilitates application of knowledge, skills and attitudes to a live clinical practice experience within a supervised internal clinic; students providing actual clinical services for children with speech, language and pre-literacy problems. With guidance, students appraise children's communication, formulate and implement intervention plans, measure and document outcomes, involve caregivers and engage in reflective practice.

Unit content

Lectures, Tutorials and Workshops: Theory and preclinical information on

  • Clinical education, learning, communicating and reflective practice
  • Protocol and responsibilities for clinical practicum
  • The International Classification of Functioning (ICF), Competency Based Occupational Standards (CBOS) 2011 and assessment of clinical skills
  • Considerations required for assessing clients
  • Report writing and documentation for clinical practice
  • Clinical reasoning, intervention planning and implementation
  • Communication and counselling
  • Delivery models, clinical practice and outcomes of intervention
  • Adult learning
  • Clinical supervision

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast Session 2 Session 2

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 apply both standardized and non-standardized assessment procedures with clients and interpret clinical data using the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) framework and relevant Competency-Based Occupational Standards (CB)S) to support clinical decisions.
2 identify intervention targets and formulate intervention plans and implement intervention in line with relevant elements and Units of the Competency-Based Occupational Standards (CBOS) and evidence-based practice information
3 apply appropriate interpersonal communication skills and ethical behaviour with people in the clinical context at all times
4 produce effective intervention sessions that demonstrate use of evidence-based practice and International Classification of Functioning that lead to appropriate recommendations and referrals through professional reporting as summarized in the Competency-Based Occupational Standards (CBOS).
5 demonstrate an ability to be inquiring and reflective in practice and via a reflective journal and portfolio

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

  1. apply both standardized and non-standardized assessment procedures with clients and interpret clinical data using the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) framework and relevant Competency-Based Occupational Standards (CB)S) to support clinical decisions.
    • GA1:
  2. identify intervention targets and formulate intervention plans and implement intervention in line with relevant elements and Units of the Competency-Based Occupational Standards (CBOS) and evidence-based practice information
    • GA2:
  3. apply appropriate interpersonal communication skills and ethical behaviour with people in the clinical context at all times
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  4. produce effective intervention sessions that demonstrate use of evidence-based practice and International Classification of Functioning that lead to appropriate recommendations and referrals through professional reporting as summarized in the Competency-Based Occupational Standards (CBOS).
    • GA2:
  5. demonstrate an ability to be inquiring and reflective in practice and via a reflective journal and portfolio
    • GA2:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.