SLPA 6805 - Clinical Practicum III

Prerequisite: SLPA 6704. This course is the third clinical practicum experience which advances the students' clinical skills from Clinical Practicum II in preparation for national praxis examination. This is completed under the supervision of licensed Speech-Language Pathologists, focused on the evaluation and treatment of speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders. The experience may include students completing clinical working with patients across the lifespan in adults and pediatrics, evaluation and treatment in language, articulation, fluency, voice, dysphagia, cognition, pragmatic skills, hearing and augmentative/alternative communication. The students will work on observation, evaluation, treatment planning, discharge planning, report writing and patient/parent counseling for the patients they work with. 4 credits.