Speech Pathology 2 PG (12270.1)

The unit will explore the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and how to apply the social health principles of individual functioning and well-being to speech pathology practice. Students will be introduced to person-centred and culturally responsive practice across the lifespan.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the relationships between ethical, legal, and political issues that impact speech pathology practice and service provision;
2. Integrate and apply skills in analysis and interpretation of assessment data with evidence-informed, holistic, and culturally responsive decision-making to create speech pathology intervention and/or service provision plans for individuals across the lifespan; and
3. Critically reflect on personal abilities in professionalism, communication, reasoning, and lifelong learning to identify and justify personal learning goals and strategies for developing professional competencies.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
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 - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
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 - 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 AND
10268 Clinical Speech Pathology 1 PG or 12269 Speech Pathology 1 PG

Corequisites

11982 Aphasia and Cognitive Communication disorders PG

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

10272 Clinical Speech Pathology 2 PG

Assumed knowledge

None.