Language And Communication Disorders

AY2014/2015 Semester 1

THIS COURSE INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO BOTH DEVELOPMENTAL AND ACQUIRED LANGUAGE DISORDERS. STUDENTS WILL EXAMINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORMAL AND ATYPICAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. THE EMPHASIS WILL BE ON UNDERSTANDING UNDERLYING COGNITIVE DEFICITS AND THE EFFECT OF COMMUNICATION DISORDER ON GENERAL DEVELOPMENT. IN THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL STUDY ACQUIRED LANGUAGE DISORDER SUCH AS APHASIA, DEMENTIA AND OTHER SPEECH DISFLUENCIES DUE TO BRAIN INJURY. THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE ASSESSMENT OF CLIENTS IN CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSIFIED POPULATION AS STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF BILINGUALISM AND MULTILINGUALISM ON ASSESSMENT PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES FOR INTERVENTION.