| Course description: | Issues of clinical practice across medical, educational, and community care settings including ethical issues, professionalism, and consideration of relevant federal and state law (e.g., disability categories, eligibility for services, abuse reporting). Concepts in screening/assessment, goals determination, selecting therapy targets/objectives, service delivery models, intervention approaches, behavior management, ADLs, and counseling in speech-language pathology will be covered, as will various therapy management issues such as universal precautions and clinical practicum procedures (e.g., scheduling, session design, therapeutic techniques/skills, data collection/documentation, and professional communications such as progress reporting, client conference procedures, report writing, IEPs, etc.). Resume writing, interviewing skills, and other practice issues are included. Procedural guidelines for progressing through ENMU clinical practicums will be covered in this course (e.g., practicum availability/request forms, CPSAs, clock hour logs, agreements to supervise, affiliation agreements, Practicum Procedures Checklist and Responsibilities Statements, and other required documentation). Applications of theory to client care in assessment and treatment will be introduced alongside the use of research to inform clinical practice treatment efficacy (EBP/PICO). Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in CDIS 501, admission to the graduate program. (F, S) |
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