Learning Outcomes:

  • Speech articulation
  • Speech fluency
  • Voice and resonance, including respiration and phonation
  • Receptive and expressive language (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics) in speaking, listening, reading, writing, and manual modalities
  • Hearing, including the impact on speech and language
  • Swallowing (oral, pharyngeal, esophageal, and related functions, including oral function for feeding; orofacial myofunction)
  • Cognitive aspects of communication (e.g., attention, memory, sequencing, problem solving, executive functioning)
  • Social aspects of communication (e.g., behavioral and social skills affecting communication)
  • Communication modalities (e.g., oral, manual, and augmentative and alternative communication techniques and assistive technologies)
  • oral and written or other forms of communication
  • prevention, evaluation, and intervention of communication disorders and swallowing disorders
  • interaction and personal qualities, including counseling, collaboration, ethical practice, and professional behavior
  • effective interaction with patients, families, professionals, and other individuals, as appropriate