Aphasia and Cognitive Communication disorders PG (11982.2)

This unit will focus on assessment, differential diagnosis, and intervention for adults with acquired language and cognitive-communication disorders associated with acquired brain injury and progressive neurological conditions. Students will understand current theoretical perspectives and develop holistic, person and family-centred, evidence-based approaches to assessment and intervention. The impact of acquired language disorders on quality of life and participation in community contexts will be explored.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Understand and critically analyse the outcomes of changes in neuroanatomy and brain function after acquired brain injury;
2. Apply theoretical frameworks to identify the nature of communication impairment in individuals with acquired brain injuries;
3. Select and evaluate speech pathology assessments using a holistic, person/family centred, evidence-based, and culturally responsive approach for adults with complex communication issues after acquired brain injury; and
4. Critically apply holistic, evidence-based, culturally responsive practice, to intervention for adults with acquired language or cognitive communication disorders to optimise functional communication and quality of life.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
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 - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
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 - be self-aware
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

10266 Foundations of Communication Science PG

Corequisites

12270 Speech Pathology 2 PG OR 10272 Clinical Speech Pathology 2 PG

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.