SPH308 Communication, Disability & Neurological Impairment (16)
CSU Discipline Area: Allied Health (ALHEA)
Duration: Two sessions
Abstract:
This subject covers the causes, effects, assessment and therapeutic options available to speech & language practitioners in relation to professional engagement with citizens who have communication difficulties following neurological insult (such as stroke, acquired brain injury, dementia, progressive neurological diseases and other conditions) and voice disorders. Specific categories of impairment are covered, and students will also explore disability and its cultural and sociological bases.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga | Session 2 |
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: SPH308
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
In relation to the major categories of neurologically acquired speech and language impairment, and voice disorders, be able to apply knowledge of:
- disability as socially and culturally mediated;
- a range of appropriate assessment tools in order to arrive at a diagnosis of speech, language and/or voice impairment;
- clinical reasoning based on principles of pathophysiology to appropriate voice and neurogenically acquired speech and language disorders;
- therapeutic interventions appropriate to the social and cultural contexts of citizens and families.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Historical and contemporary understandings of disability from socio-cultural perspectives; Major categories of neurological insult that result in speech and/or language disorders, as well as the major categories of voice disorders. Theoretical approaches to the testing of these speech, language and voice disorders; Theoretical approaches governing planning and delivery of intervention for these speech, language and voice disorders;
Workplace Learning
This subject contains a Workplace Learning component. Please contact the subject coordinator for further information.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.