This course is designed to give the graduate student an opportunity to examine the total field of Speech Pathology and Audiology and its relationship with allied professions. Special attention is focused on research in the profession and on the ethical, clinical, and legal aspects of membership in the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association. The purpose of this course is to prepare the student to provide assessment techniques and therapy to manage the language and speech problems of individuals who have suffered stroke or head-trauma injuries.
Special emphasis is placed on apraxia.
The study of language disorders in children from a language content, language form, and language use orientation. Students learn to obtain and analyze a language sample and to plan for remediation of language disorders in children. A comprehensive analysis of the several theoretical approaches to the causes and treatment of stuttering. Emphasis is placed on current literature in the application of several techniques to the modification of disfluent speech. This course will provide the graduate student with traditional views toward articulation and phonology disorders and their assessment and treatment.