This four credit course is taught autumn quarter. It is a graduate course in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences.
Prerequisites: Graduate School Standing
This course examines principles of treatment, an introduction to evidence-based practice, and data collection for making informed clinical decision during the treatment process for individuals with speech and language disorders. The focus is on understanding data collection methodologies, with a particular emphasis on observation techniques for examining changes in clients and caregivers as treatment is implemented. The course is offered the first quarter of the master's program because the material links to the knowledge students bring from their undergraduate studies regarding treatment. Further the information is important to all subsequent clinical courses, both didactic and practicum. While the focus is on data collection, the course content covers philosophies of intervention and touches upon different service delivery models, as well as specific treatment techniques. The goal for the course is to provide students with tools for being critical thinkers as speech/language pathologists and audiologists.