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Unit of Study SPT30003 - Language in Adults: Theory and Practice (2018)

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Unit description

Prepares students for speech pathology practice when working with adults with acquired disorders of language and cognitive-communication. The unit will promote holistic, ethical, and inter-professional management of clients by applying principles of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

Unit content

The unit will be broadly divided into two modules:

  1. Language and aphasia
  2. Cognition and cognitive-communication disorders

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast Session 1 Session 1

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 analyse, interpret, and report speech pathology assessment data gathered from clients with acquired language impairments
2 plan and justify speech pathology interventions and their implementation for clients with acquired language impairments
3 identify and explain speech pathology assessment practices for clients with cognitive-communication disorders
4 plan and justify speech pathology interventions and their implementation when working with clients with cognitive-communication disorders

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

  1. analyse, interpret, and report speech pathology assessment data gathered from clients with acquired language impairments
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. plan and justify speech pathology interventions and their implementation for clients with acquired language impairments
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. identify and explain speech pathology assessment practices for clients with cognitive-communication disorders
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. plan and justify speech pathology interventions and their implementation when working with clients with cognitive-communication disorders
    • GA1:
    • GA4:

Prescribed learning resources

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