This course explores the principles, assessment, identification, and intervention strategies for speech sound disorders and language development disorders in children, from birth through school age. It prepares students with essential knowledge and skills for clinical practice, ensuring culturally and linguistically responsive approaches in diverse settings. Topics include phonological disorders, including typical and atypical speech sound development and theoretical frameworks, and the study of language development and disorders. It addresses the characteristics, assessment, and treatment of speech sound and language disorders, emphasizing developmental disorders such as cleft palate, childhood apraxia of speech, DLD, and dyslexia. Students will engage with video observations, practical assignments, and laboratory experiences that offer practical experience in implementing assessment plans and intervention tactics. The course highlights the impact of these disorders on educational, psychosocial, and vocational domains, addressing the challenges faced by multilingual learners. Learners gain an introductory level competency in professionalism, communication, and speech-language pathology expertise. Restriction(s): For students in the Master of Speech Language Pathology (M.S.L.P.) program only.
This course explores the principles, assessment, identification, and intervention strategies for speech sound disorders and language development disorders in children, from birth through school age. It prepares students with essential knowledge and skills for clinical practice, ensuring culturally and linguistically responsive approaches in diverse settings. Topics include phonological disorders, including typical and atypical speech sound development and theoretical frameworks, and the study of language development and disorders. It addresses the characteristics, assessment, and treatment of speech sound and language disorders, emphasizing developmental disorders such as cleft palate, childhood apraxia of speech, DLD, and dyslexia. Students will engage with video observations, practical assignments, and laboratory experiences that offer practical experience in implementing assessment plans and intervention tactics. The course highlights the impact of these disorders on educational, psychosocial, and vocational domains, addressing the challenges faced by multilingual learners. Learners gain an introductory level competency in professionalism, communication, and speech-language pathology expertise. Restriction(s): For students in the Master of Speech Language Pathology (M.S.L.P.) program only.
