CMDS320-20S1 (C) Semester One 2020

Spoken and Written Language Disorders in Education

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2020
End Date: Sunday, 21 June 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 28 February 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 29 May 2020

Description

Further study in childhood language disorders, focusing on the assessment and treatment of school-aged children with language impairment.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

Course Coordinator

Jayne Newbury

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Paul, Rhea, Norbury, Courtney & Gosse, Carolyn; Language disorders from infancy through adolescence: listening, speaking, reading, writing and communicating ; 5th Edition; Mosby Elsevier, 2017.

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

In this course students examine theories, causes and characteristics of school-aged language disorders, including discussion of cultural variation with a focus on Māori and Pasifika culture. Students will learn best practice in assessment and treatment of school-aged children with spoken and written language impairment in educational settings, including Māori and Pasifika children in mainstream and bilingual education settings. Student’s problem-solve case data and devise case-specific interventions on the basis of research into language and learning.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $968.00

International fee $4,800.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing .

All CMDS320 Occurrences

  • CMDS320-20S1 (C) Semester One 2020