CMSD 5103 Current Trends in Professional Practice

The graduate course includes current trends in all nine ASHA areas of specialty, including articulation/ phonological disorders, child language/literacy disorders, adult language/neurological disorders, voice disorders, fluency disorders, augmentative and alternative communication, dysphagia, research methods, and cultural aspects of communication disorders. These include but are not limited to ethics, billing and reimbursement, interprofessional practice, telepractice, counseling, and technology.

Registration Name

Curr Trends Practice

Lecture Hours

1

Lab Hours

0

Credits

1

Offered

Demorest: Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

Student learning outcomes and associated CAA-ASHA standards:

1. Students will describe current research and evidenced-based practice as it relates to diagnostic practices and analyze, synthesize and evaluate research for integration into evidence-based clinical practice. (IV-B, D & F)
2. Students will explain client perspectives of their lived experiences with any deficit related to the speech, language, or hearing mechanisms from a social model of disability (IV-C, D)