COMMUNICATION DISORDERS - HISTORY, ATTITUDES AND INNOVATIONS

HCS1CDH

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

The range of communication disorders considered in this subject include stuttering, cleft palate, deafness, hearing loss, communication after a stroke, and other hearing disorders. Through lectures, seminars, tutorials and group work, you will learn about treatments, stigma, history and the use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. You will also learn about the emergent roles of speech pathologists, and audiologists, and their professional innovations. Your learning in this subject will be assessed through your lecture notes, journal reports and portfolio.

Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Regina Fitzpatrick

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource TypeTitleResource RequirementAuthor and YearPublisher
ReadingsBallantyne's deafness.RecommendedGraham, J & Baguley, D 2009N/A
ReadingsChanging practice: implications of the World Report on Disability for responding to communication disability in under-served populations.RecommendedWylie, K, McAllister, L, Davidson, B & Marshall, J 2013IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPEECH PATHOLOGY, FEB, VOL 15, NO 1, PP 1-13.

Online, 2014, Semester 2, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Regina Fitzpatrick

Class requirements

Collaborative Based LearningWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours collaborative based learning per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
"Students will work in small groups"

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture/seminar per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment elementComments%
One 1.5-hour examination60
One group project (equiv to 1,000 words).20
One journal report (equiv to 500 words).20