SLHS5602
SLHS 5602 - Speech Sound Disorders: Assessment and Treatment across Languages (3 Cr.)
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences (10989)
TCLA - College of Liberal Arts
SLHS 5602 - Speech Sound Disorders: Assessment and Treatment across Languages (3 Cr.)
Course description
Nature, assessment, and treatment of speech sound disorders in children. Assessment and treatment of phonological awareness and pre-literacy skills. This course covers cross-linguistic issues in speech sound disorders, including characteristics of speech sound disorders in a variety of languages, and the differential diagnosis of speech sound disorder from the effects of normal second-language acquisition. Emphasis on functional speech sound disorders, with some coverage given to disorders of a clear organic origin, like cerebral palsy, hearing impairment, and cleft palate.
prereq: [3303, 3304, 4601] or instr consent
prereq: [3303, 3304, 4601] or instr consent
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPT - Student Option
Lecture
Requirements
000448
Typically offered term(s)
Every Fall