Child Language Disorders

Course aim

Develop clinical reasoning skills and apply evidence-based speech pathology intervention approaches to assist children living with developmental communication disorders.

Course content

This course will develop students’ competencies in the application of theoretical knowledge and evidence-based practice to the interpretation and reporting of assessment data, planning intervention for children with developmental communication disorders from early childhood to adolescence, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. The process of evaluating the effectiveness of intervention is also introduced. Aspects of consent, confidentiality, legal documentation, record-keeping and mandatory reporting are addressed. 

Textbook(s)

Paul, R., Norbury, C., & Gosse. C. 2017, Language Disorders: from infancy through adolescence, 5th edn, Mosby, USA

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Group presentation, Professional plan, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.