Course description: | Issues of clinical practice across medical, educational, and community care settings including scope, 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, functional behavior assessment/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.). Interprofessional education/collaboration will also be addressed. 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). Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in CDIS 501, admission to the graduate program. (F, S) |