SPTH2001
10 units
2000 level
Course handbook
Description
Focuses primarily on management of fluency disorders in preschool-age and school-age children, adolescents and adults. Key issues related to assessment and intervention practices are addressed. Clinical speech measures and specific intervention techniques are studied within the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (WHO-ICF) conceptual framework, ethical and evidence-based practice (EBP).
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Identify etiological factors involved in disorders of fluency.
2. Administer comprehensive fluency assessments.
3. Analyse and interpret findings with regard to knowledge of communication development.
4. Identify further information and referral requirements.
5. Develop comprehensive and detailed plans for fluency intervention.
6. Report on findings and make recommendations for future management.
Content
Stuttering:
- Description and diagnosis
- Nature of Stuttering (early and advanced)
- Theoretical issues
- Assessment and intervention for young children who stutter
- Assessment and intervention for school-age children who stutter
- Assessment and intervention of advanced stuttering (adolescents and adults)
Additionally:
Other fluency-related disorders including neurological stuttering and cluttering
Requisite
This course is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours) [12318].
Assumed knowledge
Students are expected to have Assumed Knowledge:SPTH2101, SPTH2102, SPTH1080, SPTH2002, SPTH2003, SPTH2080, SPTH3101
Assessment items
Quiz: Quiz
Written Assignment: Written Assignment
Online Learning Activity: Online contribution to self-directed learning modules
Tutorial / Laboratory Exercises: Tutorial Exercises
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per fortnight for 6 fortnight(s) starting in week 1
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 6 hour(s) per term
- Students undertake two assessable self-directed learning modules across the semester, each requiring around 3 hours of contact time per module.
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per fortnight for 5 fortnight(s) starting in week 2
Course outline
- SPTH2001 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 260.7 KB)
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