Global Utilities

School of Human Communication Sciences

Working with People with Complex Communication Needs

Speech Pathology Graduates
What year did you graduate?
Are you currently working with people with complex communication needs?
No
If No has been answered at the previous question, please proceed to the bottom of the page and submit the form.
If Yes has been answered, please proceed to the following questions.
Please estimate the extent to which people with complex communication needs make up your current clinical caseload (if your duties include duties in addition to clinical work, estimate your response on the basis of your clinical work only).
25 - 50%
51 - 75%
More than 75%
What is the predominate age group of your caseload of individuals with complex communication needs?
School Age
Adolescents
Adults
Mixed Ages
How would you best describe your current predominant place of work?
Rehabilitation
Community Health
Education
Government Disability Organisation
Non-Government Disability Organisation
Private Practice
Other (please specify below)
Please rate how important each of the following factors was in your decision to take your current job?
I wanted to work with people with complex communication needs :
I wanted to work with people with disability :
I needed a job :
The job involved working with a team of individuals with whom I wanted to work :
The job was in the geographical area in which I wanted to work :
The job related to my previous clinical experience :

How confident do you feel in working with people with complex communication needs?

Confident
Not very Confident
Not at all Confident
Rate the extent to which each of the following from your undergraduate speech pathology course provided you with knowledge about complex communication needs
Lecture series in Introduction to AAC :
Seminar/Lecture series in other courses at La Trobe University :

Honours project :

Other (please specify) :

How confident do you feel in working with people with complex communication needs?

SCIOP
ComTEC
Makaton
Handbook from the La Trobe AAC course
Texts on AAC (e.g. Beukelman & Mirenda)

Journal Articles

Colleagues with expertise in complex communication needs
Other (please specify below)
What would you have liked to receive in your training to better prepare you to work with people with complex communication needs?
Other comments are welcome :
 

Thankyou for Completing the Working with Complex Communication Needs Survey

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Last Updated: 10 August, 2006

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