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SPA 400 - Assessment of Communication Disorders

(3 units) CO12
Appraisal and diagnosis of speech and language disorders including infant/toddler, preschool, school-aged, and adult populations.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 301 ; SPA 320 ; SPA 330 ; SPA 340 ; SPA 364 . Corequisite(s): SPA 345 .

Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to use knowledge of professional ethics in conjunction with pre-assessment information to choose appropriate diagnostic tools for an evaluation.
2. Students will be able to administer a case history evaluation using knowledge of professional ethics.
3. Students will be able to use knowledge of professional ethics to administer a norm-referenced test following appropriate administration procedures (e.g. basals, ceilings, calculating scaled or standard scores).
4. Students will be able to record raw scores and standard scores from a norm-referenced test appropriately.
5. Students will be able to use knowledge of professional ethics to analyze test scores and evaluate performance to determine service eligibility.
6. Students will be able to use knowledge of professional ethics to compile a list of strengths and weaknesses based on testing results.
7. Students will be able to use knowledge of professional ethics to create long-term and short-term goals based on the strengths and weaknesses from test performance.
8. Students will be able to use knowledge of professional ethics develop a plan to collect baseline measures.


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