This course will involve the use of films, discussion, presentations, in-class exercises, and outside clinical observations. This is a required course for all graduate student clinicians registered for their first term of clinic. Students learn the basic principles of observation, assessment, behavior management, instruction, and evaluation necessary to conduct individual and group therapy. Students will integrate their own clinical experiences with course activities to master the techniques of writing behavioral objectives and treatment goals, task analysis, data management and graphing, and documentation. Student clinicians participate in evaluation of and provide intervention to communicatively impaired clients, under the supervision of certified speech-language pathologists who are employed by the University of Pittsburgh.
Students work towards achieving basic clinical competencies.
Student clinicians participate in evaluation of and provide intervention to communicatively impaired clients, under the supervision of certified speech-language pathologists in community outplacement settings. This course provides an overview of developmental phonological disorders, including discussions of normal phonological development, issues in diagnosis, and orientations to treatment. Illustrative phonological data and practice transcriptions will be presented throughout the course to allow students to refine their diagnostic and prescriptive problem-solving skills. In this course, students acquire the information and skills necessary to assess and provide treatment to children with language impairments. This course provides an overview of the nature of stuttering and other fluency disorders in children and adults, including theories about causation, issues in diagnosis, and orientations to treatment.