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| Semester: | Fall 2024 |
| Number: | 0876-354-001 |
| Instructor: | Terry Gozdziewski |
| Days: | Tuesday Thursday 9:25 am - 10:40 am |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - Hy Weinberg Center 131 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Notes: |
For majors only |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
The student will be provided with an overview of communication in children. Topics include speech sound disorders, dysphagia, motor speech impairments, fluency, language impairments, literacy, and autism spectrum disorders. The nature of assessment and intervention, including multicultural considerations will be discussed within the framework of evidence based practice. |
| Learning Goals: |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:1) Describe speech and language disorders caused by organic/neurogenic pathologies, a foundation upon which to build with clinical experience and graduate study. 2) Explain cursory information about assessment and therapy for organically-based communication disorders. 3) Demonstrate compassion for people who are living with organically based communication problems. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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