Diversity in Communication PG (10274.1)

This unit explores the diversity of ways that humans communicate, with a focus on the communication needs of children, adolescents and adults with a range of disabling health conditions and/or craniofacial anomalies. Students will gain an understanding of assessment and management techniques for individuals that require multimodal communication approaches to management. Students will develop beginning skills in Key word sign and creating low-tech alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) resources for specific contexts.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Identify etiological factors involved in populations with complex communication needs because of social and/or health conditions;
2. Evaluate the impact of the activities and participation in education and the community of individuals with disability and incorporate findings into management decisions;
3. Develop comprehensive plans for assessment and intervention, incorporating multi-modal communication, alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) strategies, and/or the use of assistive technology (AT) for communication; and
4. Understand and apply principles of AAC design to create a range of low tech AAC resources for a specific purpose.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

Must be enrolled in 371JA Master of Speech Pathology
AND
Must be enrolled in 9594 Epidemiology and Principles of Research PG.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.