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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
Unit aim
Prepares students for speech pathology practice in working with adult and paediatric clients with acquired and developmental speech disorders associated with motor/sensory neurological impairment. Students will demonstrate clinical reasoning within decision-making by applying knowledge and skills in the context of frameworks such as the International Classification of Functioning, Disability & Health and Evidence-based practice (EBP).
Unit content
The unit will be divided into two core modules:
- Assessment and intervention for adults with motor/sensory speech disorders
- Assessment and intervention for children with motor/sensory speech disorders
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | develop and evaluate speech pathology assessment protocols for use with adults with acquired motor speech disorders | |||||||
| 2 | analyse, synthesise, and interpret speech pathology assessment data relating to adults with acquired motor speech disorders | |||||||
| 3 | plan and justify holistic speech pathology interventions for adults with acquired motor speech disorders | |||||||
| 4 | plan and justify holistic speech pathology interventions for children with motor/sensory speech disorders. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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develop and evaluate speech pathology assessment protocols for use with adults with acquired motor speech disorders
- GA1:
- GA4:
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analyse, synthesise, and interpret speech pathology assessment data relating to adults with acquired motor speech disorders
- GA1:
- GA4:
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plan and justify holistic speech pathology interventions for adults with acquired motor speech disorders
- GA1:
- GA3:
- GA4:
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plan and justify holistic speech pathology interventions for children with motor/sensory speech disorders.
- GA1:
- GA3:
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- Yorkston, KM, Beukelman, DR, Strand, EA & Hakel, M, 2010, Management of motor speech disorders in children and adults, 3rd edn, Pro.Ed, Texas. ISBN: 9781416404347.