This Unit II problem-based learning tutorial course will further develop students’ fundamental knowledge and skills and provide an overview of roles and contexts relevant to speech-language pathology practice in diverse settings and across the lifespan. Students will explore professional roles of speech-language pathologists, including service provider, manager, team member, advocate, educator, business owner or employer, and clinical researcher. Settings that will be explored include hospital, clinic, rehabilitation or treatment centre, home, school, and community. These roles and settings will be explored to help expand students’ understanding of the scope of speech-language pathology and to provide practice contexts for building foundational knowledge and skills. Within the context of professional roles and practice settings, students also will be introduced to two major practice areas: (1) Principles of Assessment and (2) Models of Service Delivery.

6 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in the MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program

The Unit II Clinical Skills course develops skills in screening and assessment, including hearing screening and hearing conservation, and introduces skills in outcome evaluation and reporting. Simulated clinical experiences will provide a context for learning fundamentals of counseling. Clinical reasoning and technical skill development are integrated with relevant research evidence and theory.

6 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in the MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program

This Unit II course will address foundational knowledge related to speech perception and acoustics, and instrumentation related to assessment and intervention.

3 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in the MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program

This course will provide a forum for discussing topics related to the theory and principles underlying clinical practice in speech-language pathology across settings and populations, including models and frameworks for assessment and intervention; principles of measurement related to conducting clinical assessments; fundamental knowledge related to working with individuals who have hearing disorders; perspectives of individuals with communication disorders and their families/caretakers; professional ethics; and evidence-based practice.

3 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in the Speech-Language Pathology Program

Students will complete a full-time clinical practicum experience focused on evidence-based practice in a hospital, school, preschool program, children’s treatment centre, home-care program, day program, or private practice. The placement is typically 6 weeks in duration.

3 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in the MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program

This Unit III problem-based learning tutorial course will introduce students to screening and assessment procedures and introduce students to treatment methods and issues related to developmental communication disorders, including speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders in children and adolescents.

6 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in the MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program

This Unit III clinical skills course will provide students with the clinical problem solving skills to assess and treat children with communication disorders, including developing skills needed to differentiate language differences associated with multilingualism from language disorders associated with underlying impairments. Students will use appropriate assessment tools and clinical processes to set goals for intervention. Clinical reasoning and technical skill development are integrated with relevant research evidence and theory.

6 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program

This first-year course will address foundational knowledge for the speech-language pathologist. Topics will build on those addressed in 713 and 723 and will focus on communication disorders in children and intermediate neuroanatomy and neurophysiology.

3 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program

This course will provide a forum for considering topics related to the clinical practice with children, including family-centered service, service delivery models, and transition to adulthood.

3 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program.

Students will complete a full-time clinical practicum experience focused on evidence-based practice in a hospital, school, preschool program, children’s treatment centre, home-care program, day program, or private practice. The placement is typically 6 weeks in duration.

3 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program

This Unit IV, problem-based learning tutorial course will introduce students to screening, assessment, and treatment issues related to adults, with a special emphasis on acquired speech, language, cognitive, voice, or swallowing disorders, and aging with a communication disorder.

6 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program

This Unit IV clinical skills course will provide students with opportunities to develop advanced clinical reasoning skills necessary to assess and treat adults with communication and swallowing disorders, including differentiating disorders from normal aging. Students will build on assessment and goal setting processes in order to plan and carry out intervention. Clinical reasoning and technical skill development are integrated with relevant research evidence and theory.

6 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program

This 2nd year course over two terms (Units IV and V) will enable students to critically analyze the literature and collaborate on a research project relevant to speech-language pathology. Unit IV will focus on student-led critical appraisal of evidence and preparation for the second-term project. In Unit V, students will work in teams to participate in an ongoing research project under the supervision of a faculty member or clinician.

6 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program.

This Unit IV course focuses on communication and swallowing disorders in adults, including topics related to clinical practice, such as client-centered service, caregiver training, end-of-life services, and innovative service delivery models for older adults.

3 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology program

In this Unit IV practicum course, students will complete a 6-week clinical practicum experience in a community, hospital, rehabilitation, or role-emerging setting.

3 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program.

This Unit V tutorial course will provide students the opportunity to explore clinical practice with clients of all ages who have complex health conditions for which multiple systems and a range of health care issues are likely to be involved.

6 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program.

This Unit V clinical laboratory course will provide students with advanced skills that will enable them to assume traditional and emerging roles in clinical practice. Students will acquire the skills needed to assess and manage clients with complex health conditions that involve multiple systems and a range of health care issues.

6 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program.

This second-year course will provide students with foundational knowledge to support practice with complex populations and in diverse settings, integrating and applying information from the four previous Foundational Knowledge courses.

3 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program

In this Unit V practicum course, students will complete a clinical practicum experience in a community, hospital, rehabilitation, or role-emerging setting.

3 units

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in MSc in Speech-Language Pathology Program