Analysis, synthesis, and integration of controlling regulations, professional standards, and basic principles of clinical practice for audiology, speech-language pathology, and related professions.
Athena Title
Prof and Clin Prin for CMSD
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
By the successful completion of this course, students will be able to describe current certification, licensure, credentialing, and accreditation requirements for audiologists and speech-language pathologists.
By the successful completion of this course, students will be able to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate professional requirements and expectations for audiologists and speech-language pathologists, including the scope of practice documents, codes of clinical ethics, interprofessional practice requirements, and others.
By the successful completion of this course, students will be able to describe typical structures for the design and conduct of screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment programs in audiology and speech-language pathology.
By the successful completion of this course, students will be able to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the influence on speech-language pathology and audiology practice of principles from teaching and learning, measurement, counseling, healthcare finance, and other domains.
Topical Outline
Section 1: Organizations, Regulations, Requirements, and Professional Expectations
1.a. History and missions of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and related professional organizations
1.b. Certification, licensure, credentialing, and accreditation requirements for audiologists and speech-language pathologists
1.c. Scope of practice documents and expectations for audiology and speech-language pathology
1.d. Professional codes of ethics for clinicians; HIPAA and mandatory reporting requirements
1.e. Cultural proficiency: Applications of diversity, equity, and inclusion for clinical professionals
1.f. Professional collaboration and interprofessional practice for clinical work settings
Section 2: Clinical Principles and Procedures
2.a. Screening, assessment, and diagnosis
2.b. Designing and structuring treatment; short-term objectives, long-term goals, costs, and outcomes parameters
2.c. Principles of teaching and learning as applied to clinical interventions
2.d. Measurement in clinical settings; taking and using clinical data to alter treatment plans
2.e. Counseling principles in speech-language pathology and audiology practice
2.f. Individual, group, family, and telepractice therapy applications; consideration of caregivers and families
2.g. Structuring the end of a treatment program
2.h. Business and insurance principles for practitioners in speech-language pathology and audiology
