SLPA 115CHILD LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND DISORDERS

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Prerequisite: SLPA 018. Enrollment Limitation: Admission to the SLPA program. Typical speech, language and hearing development including acquisition of phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics; communication development in bilingual populations; and differentiation of typical from disordered communication. Study of prevention, assessment and intervention practices for language and literacy disorders in children and adolescents. Includes guided observation of 3 hours of speech therapy sessions. Total of 54 hours lecture and 18 hours laboratory. Grade Mode: L