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INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-I & II (SLP): Course outlines of Introduction to speech language pathology-I, Course code (SLPL-112)

Course Description: The Introduction to Speech-Language Pathology course is designed to provide students with an overview of communication disorders, an initial understanding of the clinical application of the fields of speech-language pathology, an unde

Course Objectives

Learning Outcomess: 

After completion the course students will be able to, 

  • Discuss  the grammatical and linguistic features of language and its development
  • Describe the knowledge of communication, swallowing process, speech and language disorders  across the life span
  • Outline the principles and methods of prevention, assessment and intervention for  people with communication & swallowing disorders

 

Course contents

Course Content:        

THEORY

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

  • Normal development of communication.
  • Models of Speech production.
  • Stages of language and speech development.
  • Speech and language skills of infants, toddlers, preschoolers, School - going children     and adolescent 
  • Compiling relevant material pertaining to developmental milestones of 
  • Communicative intent 
  • Pre-linguistic skills
  • Speech
  • Hearing response 
  • Phonology
  • Morphology
  • Syntax
  • Semantics
  • Pragmatics
  • Feeding skills
  • Attention
  • Overview of speech disorders 
  • Overview of language disorders 

Overview of swallowing disorders 

LAB WORK:

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