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Clinical Placement: Communication and Language, Speech Disorders in Children
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:15.02.2024 09:53:17
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_206 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 11.00 | ECTS: | 16.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Anatomy | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilze Blūmentāle | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Communication and language development, assessment of early development. Speech sound disorders of various origins, course paper. Language disorders in children. Sign language. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire and improve practical skills in working with children who have communication and language/speech disorders of various aetiologies (hearing, maxillofacial deformities, developmental, functional, etc.). | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Regulation of the clinical placement - communication and language/speech disorders in children, placement assignments, requirements for placement institutions. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Documentation of clinical placement, organisation of placement, distribution of placement institutions. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Regulation of the clinical placement - communication and language/speech disorders in children, placement assignments, requirements for placement institutions. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Clinical placement assignments, seminar topics. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | • description/portfolio of materials created and used; • clinical case presentation. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • analysis and presentation of 2 clinical cases (in the 5th and 6th semesters); • description/portfolio of the experience gained, conclusions and self-assessment; • placement assessment, which reflects the placement supervisor’s assessment. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • Will list communication and language/speech disorders of various aetiologies in children; • Will classify types of communication and language/speech disorders in children; • Will describe the types of learning disorders; • Will list possible types of therapy in cases of communication and speech/language disorders. | ||||||||
| Skills: | • Will assess the child’s needs; • Will assess the state of communication and speech/language of children; • Will perform an analysis of the disorder; • Will plan the necessary therapy; • Will demonstrate the implementation of the planned therapy. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | • Will systematise the obtained anamnesis and assessment data on communication and language/speech disorders of various aetiologies in children; • Will interpret the obtained anamnesis and assessment data, plan and carry out the necessary therapy within the limits of one’s competence. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Alex F. Jacobson, Barbara H. Johnson. 2015. Medical Speech-Language Pathology : A Practitioner's Guide | ||||||||
| 2 | James, Sarah. 2018. Applying Psychological Ideas in Speech and Language Therapy. Havant: J & R Press Limited | ||||||||
| 3 | Jennifer Read. 2014. A Guide to Clinical Placements in Speech and Language Therapy. J & R Press Limited. | ||||||||
| 4 | Myra Wright, Jannet A. Kersner. 2012. Speech and Language Therapy. Routledge. | ||||||||
| 5 | Jennifer A. Ostergren. 2019. Speech-Language Pathology Assistants: A Resource Manual. 2nd Edition, Plural Publishing, Inc. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rokasgrāmata runas, valodas un dzirdes attīstībā un traucējumu izzināšanā 1. daļa. I. Blūmentāle, I. Kalēja, I.Klatenberga, S. Kušķe, A. Vabale | ||||||||
| 2 | David L. Irwin. 2019. Clinical Research Methods in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. 3rd Edition | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | https://eslaeurope.eu/ | ||||||||
