SLPA 6620 - School-Age Language & Literacy Disorders

Prerequisite: SLPA 6600. This course is designed to provide graduate students knowledge regarding language and learning disorders experienced by school-age children. Students will focus on how these disorders impact language and literacy skill acquisition. Assessment and intervention issues for school-age children and adolescents with language learning disabilities (LLD) will be discussed, with an emphasis on oral language and literacy connections. Students will gain an understanding of the relationships among listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as nonverbal learning disabilities, word finding problems, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as they relate to language-based learning disabilities. 3 credits.