Graduate Course: Language Disorders in Children Ages 3 to 21

The required textbook for this course is:

Paul, Rhea (2007). Language Disorders from Infancy through Adolescence: Assessment and Intervention (3rd ed.) St. Louis, MO: Mosby. 

You must use the most recent edition of this text (i.e., the 3rd edition).

Course Description:

Information is provided about development of normal and disordered communication in children from 3 to 21 years of age.  Course includes material regarding important theories, legislation, service delivery models, assessment, remediation, literacy, and specific populations of special needs children. 3 credits.

Selected Learner Outcomes 

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

 •            Describe language impairment in parent-friendly terms

•            Describe the types of tasks used to assess a child’s language content, form, and use at different age levels

•            Describe various subtests and a child’s performance on each subtest, using parent-friendly wording appropriate for a dx report

•            Explain the relationships among scores provided on a test and determine a child’s eligibility for services

•            Describe age appropriate informal assessment methods

•            Describe intervention methods appropriate for different age levels

•            Create portions of a language lesson by applying specific intervention methods to age appropriate materials at different age levels

•            Describe a variety of learning strategies

•            Research selected disorders; describe the etiology of the disorder and primary characteristics; explain and justify appropriate therapy techniques