Speech Disorders Across the Life Span PG (11980.2)
| Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
|---|---|---|
| View teaching periods | Intensive |
Bruce, Canberra |
| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Speech Pathology | Post Graduate Level | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Critically analyse and evaluate the effects of changes in neuroanatomy and brain function after acquired brain injury;
2. Integrate knowledge of neurotypical speech sound development and typical developmental error patterns with data from interaction and assessment to determine a differential diagnosis of speech sound disorders in young people;
3. Select and evaluate assessment processes for individuals across the lifespan using holistic, ethical, culturally responsive, community- and person-centred approaches; and
4. Work collaboratively with individuals, caregivers and the community to apply holistic, evidence-based, and culturally responsive practice, to intervention for speech disorders across the lifespan to optimise functional communication and active participation.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
Skills development
- UC graduates are professional
- employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
- communicate effectively
- use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
- display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
- UC graduates are global citizens
- adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
- communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
- UC graduates are lifelong learners
- adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
- UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing
- apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
Prerequisites
10266 Foundations of Communication Science PG AND12269 Speech Pathology 1 PG or 10268 Clinical Speech Pathology 1 PG
Corequisites
11981 Paediatric Language and Literacy PGIncompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.| Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 10 August 2026 | Intensive | Mr Martin Checklin |
| 2027 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 09 August 2027 | Intensive | Mr Martin Checklin |
Required texts
McLeod, S. & Baker, E. (2017) Children's Speech: An evidence-based approach to assessment and intervention. Boston: Pearson.
Duffy, J. R. (2019). Motor Speech Disorders: Substrates, differential diagnosis, and management (4th Edition). St Louis Mo: Elsevier
OR if available: Duffy, J. R. (2026). Motor speech disorders: Substrates, differential diagnosis, and management (5th ed.). Elsevier
Submission of assessment items
Extensions & Late submissions
Where possible, all assessment items will be submitted online via the teaching site in UCLearn. The first page of each assessment item should include the following information: 鈥� Student ID number: 鈥� Assessment Name 鈥� Word Count (if applicable).
Students can apply for an extension to the submission due date for an assessment item due to extenuating, evidenced circumstances (specific details are found in the ). An extension must be applied for before the due date. Documentary evidence (e.g. medical certificate) will be expected for an extension to be granted, however this will not guarantee that the application will be successful. The Unit Convener or relevant Program Director/Course Convener will decide whether to grant an extension and the length of the extension. An Assignment Extension form is available from the Student Forms page.
Late submissions will only be accepted for a limited period. If more than one late submission is made within that period, only the first late submission will be accepted for marking and may be subject to penalties as detailed in the
Special assessment requirements
To pass this unit, students must achieve an overall grade above 50% AND must pass the phonological processes quiz with a minimum score of 70%. Students who do not achieve a minimum score of 70% for the phonological processes quiz will have one opportunity to retake the quiz and must achieve 70% accuracy. Failing the phonological processes quiz will result in a student being required to re-take the unit of study when it is next offered.
Supplementary assessment
Students are permitted ONE additional attempt at the phonological processs quiz. Students are not entitled to a supplementary assessment for any of the other assignments in this unit
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Participation requirements
Attendance at the intensive is compulsory.
Participation in workshops is mandatory so that students develop skills in assessment planning, data analysis, intervention planning, presenting case-based information, and giving and receiving feedback from peers and lecturers. Attendance in person or electronically at lectures is advised so that questions about theory and research evidence can be addressed ahead of the practical application activities which will be completed during the workshop.
Required IT skills
For more information and to test your computer, please visit the LearnOnline Student Help and click on the link to Blackboard Collaborate. Familiarity using YouTube to upload unlisted videos and share private links with the class is also advised. This unit will also make regular use of cloud based collaboration services such as Google documents/sheets/slides, Padlet, etc.
In-unit costs
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Work placement, internships or practicums
None
