EDUC6160
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course provides students with knowledge about typical and atypical language development including the pre-intentional and intentional non-verbal communication stages. As well as developing knowledge of strategies to promote receptive and expressive language skills, the course also addresses the use of augmentative and alternative communication systems to support the social, linguistic and cognitive development of children who may be at risk for being unintelligible or non-speaking.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Singapore NAIHE
- Trimester 1 - 2024
Online
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Have knowledge of typical and atypical language development as well as pre-intentional and early intentional communication stages
2. Have skills in identifying and responding to pre-intentional and early intentional communication and in extending expressive and receptive language skills
3. Have knowledge of the purposes for and types of augmentative and alternative communication systems
4. Have skills in implementing augmentative and alternative communication systems
5. Have knowledge and skills to support children's social interactions with typically developing peers
Content
Topics will include:
- Typical and atypical expressive and receptive language development
- Pre-intentional and early intentional communication
- Increasing functional communication skills
- Extending receptive and expressive language
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems
- Promoting interactions with typically developing peers
- Teaching peers to be effective communication partners
Assumed knowledge
Two years of relevant professional experience and/or a relevant graduate qualification
Assessment items
Online Learning Activity: Online quizzes
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Case Studies: Functional Communication
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Case scenario/PBL Exercises: Increasing communication skills
Contact hours
Trimester 1 - 2024 - Singapore NAIHE
Integrated Learning Session-1
- Online 26 hour(s) per term
- Equivalent 2hrs per week face to face.
Semester 2 - 2024 - Online
Integrated Learning Session-1
- Online 26 hour(s) per term
- Equivalent 2hrs per week face to face.
Course outline
- EDUC6160 - Semester 2, 2023 (All) (PDF, 374.9 KB)
- EDUC6160 - Tr1, 2024 (Naihe) (PDF, 315.0 KB)
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