Course Description
Introduction to different language disorders in children and adults with emphasis on language assessment and intervention principles.
Athena Title
LANGUAGE DISORDERS
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in CMSD 4520
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The purpose of this class is to understand the language characteristics of children and adults with language disorders. The objectives are: to survey a variety of language disorders in children and adults and understand the similarities and differences to develop a basic level of understanding of assessment and intervention in these populations to address aging, gender, linguistic and cultural variation issues in relation to normal language and disorders to characterize and describe the language in children and adults with language disorders in terms of form, content, and use By the end of the class, the student should be able to: Characterize and define in terms of form, content, and use the different disorders and discuss the oral and written language skills of each disorder. Understand the race, culture, and linguistic diversity factors that impact people with these language disabilities. Use appropriate terminology and respect issues related to disabilities. Describe the role of the brain for language functions through connectionists models.
Topical Outline
1. Review of language 2. Definitions of language disorders 3. Language assessment principles in children 4. Language intervention principles in children 5. Mental retardation 6. Specific language disorders 7. Autism and pervasive developmental disorders 8. Sensory and motor impairments 9. Language assessment in adults 10. lLnguage intervention in adults 11. Aphasia 12. Traumatic brain injury 13. Right hemisphere syndrome 14. Dementias
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