University General Course Catalog 2019-2020 
    
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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 201 ; SPA 320 ; SPA 330 ; SPA 340 ; SPA 345 ; SPA 362 ; SPA 364 ; SPA 365 ; SPA 366 . Corequisite(s): SPA 331 .

Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall

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


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