Paediatric Language and Literacy (11981.1)
Please note these are the 2023 details for this unit
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | Flexible |
UC - Canberra, Bruce |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Discipline Of Speech Pathology | Post Graduate Level | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
This unit focuses on developmental language disorders in children and adolescents; and the impact of language difficulty on literacy acquisition and academic success. The unit is divided into two main modules: Assessment, including analysis, interpretation and diagnosis; and Management/Intervention. The impact of cultural and linguistic diversity will also be explored.
1. Integrate knowledge from a range of sources (normal speech and language development, data from interaction and assessment) to determine a diagnosis of language delay/disorder in children and adolescents;
2. Plan and provide safe, quality, ethical and evidence-based clinical assessment procedures for language and literacy disorders in children and adolescents;
3. Analyse, interpret, diagnose and report on assessments of language and literacy in children and adolescents to facilitate differential diagnosis;
4. Explain assessment outcomes to diverse audiences;
5. Work collaboratively with individuals, families and communities to plan client centred evidence-based management/intervention for language and literacy disorders in children and adolescents; and
6. Modify assessments and interventions for diverse client populations e.g. children with cerebral palsy, bilingual children; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples.
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
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 - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Integrate knowledge from a range of sources (normal speech and language development, data from interaction and assessment) to determine a diagnosis of language delay/disorder in children and adolescents;
2. Plan and provide safe, quality, ethical and evidence-based clinical assessment procedures for language and literacy disorders in children and adolescents;
3. Analyse, interpret, diagnose and report on assessments of language and literacy in children and adolescents to facilitate differential diagnosis;
4. Explain assessment outcomes to diverse audiences;
5. Work collaboratively with individuals, families and communities to plan client centred evidence-based management/intervention for language and literacy disorders in children and adolescents; and
6. Modify assessments and interventions for diverse client populations e.g. children with cerebral palsy, bilingual children; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
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 - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways
Prerequisites
10272 Clinical Speech Pathology 2Corequisites
11980 Speech disorders across the life spanIncompatible units
NoneEquivalent units
NoneAssumed knowledge
None.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2023 | UC - Canberra, Bruce | Semester 2 | 31 July 2023 | Flexible | Dr Jacqui McKechnie |
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