Catalog Description
Prerequisite: admission to the appropriate degree program or permission of
the instructor.
Communication development and disorders (speech, language and hearing) in
infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
Course Description
This five semester hour graduate-level course focuses on communication and
related disorders from birth to five years. The content of the course
includes the emergence of dyadic communication within early relationships,
and the development of typical and atypical communicative functioning
related to other developmental domains. The course has been developed with
both a theoretical and applied focus on providing methods of prevention,
assessment and intervention primarily within the context of home-based,
day-care and preschool settings.
Student Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this course,
students will:
1.
Identify normal embryologic development and factors that may negatively
impact normal development.
2.
Describe genetic & congenital factors that effect communication
development and disorders (speech, language and hearing) in infants,
toddlers and preschoolers;
3. Have
an increased understanding of the role of caregiver–child relationship in
early development of communication and impact of socio-cultural factors.
4.
Demonstrate knowledge of skills needed to develop family-professional
relationships, and understand the impact of a child with chronic illness
and/or disability on the family
5.
Demonstrate knowledge of typical and atypical infant, toddler and
preschool speech, language and socio-communicative development in relation
to other developmental domains.
6.
Demonstrate knowledge of typical infant, toddler and preschool hearing
development and the impact on speech and language.
7.
Demonstrate knowledge of and skill in identifying methods of prevention of
speech, language and hearing disorders in infants, toddlers and
preschoolers.
8.
Demonstrate knowledge of and skill in selecting and administering
age-appropriate screening and evaluation techniques and measurements for
speech, language and hearing disorders.
9. Be
able to summarize and critique research articles on early communication
disorders and apply findings to clinical intervention.
10. Be able
to interpret, integrate and synthesize all the information in order to
develop diagnoses and plan age-appropriate and evidenced- based
intervention approaches for infants, toddlers and preschoolers
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