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Unit description
Develops knowledge of service delivery contexts and models including identification of goals and intervention approaches for children with speech sound and/or developmental language disorders and/or literacy disorders. Practices and applies the design, implementation, justification and evaluation of speech and language intervention for children using principles of evidence-based practice and family centred practice at novice-level.
Unit content
- Contexts for speech and language intervention with children, including identifying appropriate goals and rationales, and evaluation of outcomes using functional approaches and measures
- Phonological intervention approaches
- Motor speech intervention approaches
- Language intervention approaches (preschool)
- Language intervention approaches (school aged)
- Literacy intervention approaches
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | describe the contexts for speech and language intervention with children, goal identification approaches and rationales, and evaluation of outcomes using functional approaches and measures |
| 2 | construct intervention and outcome measurement approaches for children with speech sound disorders |
| 3 | demonstrate intervention and outcome measurement approaches for children with developmental language disorders and/or literacy concerns |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- describe the contexts for speech and language intervention with children, goal identification approaches and rationales, and evaluation of outcomes using functional approaches and measures
- construct intervention and outcome measurement approaches for children with speech sound disorders
- demonstrate intervention and outcome measurement approaches for children with developmental language disorders and/or literacy concerns
Teaching and assessment
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