Advanced SSD

Catalog description

The focus of this course is to examine and analyze competing theories of speech acquisition, as well as to recognize how a speech-language pathologist's theoretical understanding influences the SLP's speech sound diagnosis and treatment. A variety of diagnostic procedures and standardized measures will be analyzed, with students expected to develop a diagnostic protocol for a variety of speech sound disorders affecting children and adolescents. Dialectal differences and management options will be discussed, as will implications of the World Health Organization model for clinical service delivery, to increase cultural competence. A problem-based learning, case-based format will provide hands-on experiences to further develop critical thinking and collaboration skills in the evidence-based clinical evaluation and treatment of pediatric speech sound disorders.