HS231-5-FY-CO:
Identification of Developmental Communication Abilities and Difficulties
2023/24
Health and Social Care (School of)
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
30
13 November 2023
Requisites for this module
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BSC B630 Speech and Language Therapy,
BSC B631 Speech and Language Therapy (Including Year Abroad),
BSC B632 Speech and Language Therapy (Including Placement Year)
This module will introduce students to observation and assessment techniques alongside the professional reasoning skills required to make decisions regarding which techniques to use and how to interpret findings. The module will incorporate learning around service users who are likely to present with developmental difficulties of speech, language and communication across the lifespan
This module aims to develop understanding of observation, assessment and identification of developmental speech language and communication difficulties across the lifespan
On successful completion of this module, the learner should be able to:
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the wide range of developmental difficulties which are, or lead to, speech language literacy and communication difficulties
Identify and evaluate the abilities and difficulties of individuals and relate these to anticipated development
Demonstrate critical understanding of the observation and assessment techniques available to Speech and Language Therapists to identify developmental speech language literacy and communication difficulties
Administer, score, interpret and evaluate key assessments in a practicum environment
Transcribe and analyse non-standard English and identify areas of ability and difficulty
Discuss the professional reasoning employed in making decisions relating to assessment choice and identification of difficulty and ability
This module is delivered one day per week in the latter half of the autumn and throughout the spring term via key note lectures, interactive lectures and workshops. You will be expected to actively participate in classroom activities, engage in learner led small groups and work independently to truly understand the content at a deep level. This will help enable you to experience the professional reasoning required to identify developmental speech language and communication difficulties.
Taking a developmental approach to the programme, this speech and language therapy module will build upon understanding of typical development from year one of the programme. The module will be delivered through a combination of key note lectures, interactive lectures, small group learner led workshops and individual study. The emphasis will be to develop understanding of the range of developmental speech language and communication difficulties which are experienced whilst also developing the skills and professional reasoning ability to identify individuals’ difficulties.
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Norbury, C.F. and Paul, R. (2015) ‘Disorders of Speech, Language and Communication’, in A. Thapar et al. (eds)
Rutter’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 6th edn. Chichester, UK: Wiley Blackwell, pp. 683–701. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/344664.
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McLeod, S. and Baker, E. (2016)
Children’s Speech. Boston, MA: Pearson Education (US). Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5200188.
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Bowen, C. (2015)
Children’s speech sound disorders. Second edition. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. Available at:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119180418.
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Stackhouse, J. and Wells, B. (1997)
Children’s speech and literacy difficulties: a psycholinguistic framework. San Diego: Whurr. Available at:
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=13201.
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Paul, R., Norbury, C. and Gosse, C. (2018)
Language disorders from infancy through adolescence: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and communicating. Fifth edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier. Available at:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780323442343.
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De Lamo White, C. and Jin, L. (2011) ‘Evaluation of speech and language assessment approaches with bilingual children’,
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 46(6), pp. 613–627. Available at:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1460-6984.2011.00049.x.
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Bishop, D.V.M.
et al. (2016) ‘CATALISE: A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus Study. Identifying Language Impairments in Children’,
PLOS ONE, 11(7). Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158753.
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The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
2000-Word Critical Discussion of a Case Study |
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50% |
| Written Exam |
Summer Exam |
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50% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Nelly Joye, email: nelly.joye@essex.ac.uk.
Penny Hodgkinson, Nelly Joye
E: hscsltadmin@essex.ac.uk
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Mrs Rachel Jane Starkey
University of Manchester
Senior Clinical Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 62 hours, 56 (90.3%) hours available to students:
6 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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