Unit details
Prerequisites
HHB7001 - Speech Pathology Cases 1
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Learning Outcomes
1. | Formulate speech pathology assessment plans to investigate function, activity, and participation in situations where communicative participation is impacted by intellectual and/or physical disability; | ||
2. | Exemplify holistic analysis and integration of assessment data in situations where function is impacted by intellectual and/or physical disability; | ||
3. | Formulate and justify speech pathology intervention plans in situations where function is impacted by intellectual and/or physical disability; | ||
4. | Investigate communication from a multimodal perspective and hypothesise how modifications to preferred communication modalities may impact communicative participation; and | ||
5. | Demonstrate innovative methods to support communicative participation with clients impacted by intellectual and/or physical disability through principles of multimodality of communication. |
Assessment
Assessment type | Description | Grade |
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Literature Review | Review of communication and/or swallowing difficulties and the role of speech pathology (2000 words) | 30% |
Report | One (1) written report detailing assessment and intervention planning for a client with communication and/or swallowing difficulties (2500 words) | 40% |
Presentation | Presentation exemplifying and critiquing one multimodal intervention approach for clients with communication and/or swallowing difficulties (20mins) | 30% |
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