This course will provide an overview of feeding and swallowing problems that can occur in neonates and infants, including a discussion of risk factors and underlying etiologies. Hands-on simulation practice will be provided in the Viterbo Clinical Simulation Learning Center. Students will learn to identify growth and communication development in premature infants.

This course covers the principles and practice involved in performing in-depth diagnostic evaluations with individuals exhibiting various communication disorders and planning appropriate intervention programs. Students will gain experience in taking case histories, formulating an assessment battery, evaluating patients, interpreting data, writing diagnostic reports, developing treatment plans, and writing SOAP notes.

This course covers the behavioral characteristics and common intervention approaches for language delay and disorders, developmental apraxia of speech, phonological disorders, craniofacial anomalies, cognitive-communication disorders, and disorders of social communication.

This course covers the nature, assessment, and treatment of speech sound disorders and motor speech disorders across the lifespan. This course covers cross-linguistic and cross-cultural issues and includes acquired, organic, and functional origins.

This course is concerned with providing students with a foundation in clinical research methods used in speech, language, and hearing sciences sufficient for them to propose a capstone research project. The major goal of this course is to prepare students to be critical consumers of research literature and become familiar with evidence-based practice in communication sciences and disorders.

This course explores language disorders of school-age children and adolescents and the evidence-based interplay of language and literacy and its implications for intervention in this age group. Reading and writing development, assessment, intervention, and issues related to delivery of literacy services in schools will be presented. The course emphasizes the role of the school SLP in collaborating in scientific research-based interventions (SRBI), the Planning and Placement Team (PPT), and individualized education program (IEP) processes, as well as the integration of curriculum (e.g., WI-DPI requirements, and Common Core State Standards) in SLP intervention. The roles of cultural, ethnic, gender, and linguistic differences will be highlighted. Prerequisite: 513.

This course focuses on the neuroscience, assessment, and treatment of acquired neurogenic language, cognitive, and social disorders across the life span (e.g. aphasia, dementia, traumatic head injury, right hemisphere damage, seizure disorder, cerebral infection, exposure to harmful environmental hazards).

This course will cover normal and abnormal anatomy and physiology related to swallowing function across the lifespan and in diverse patient populations. The course will cover both clinical and instrumental assessment techniques to evaluate swallowing function using validated screens and assessment tools. Management and treatment techniques for individuals with swallowing disorders will be covered and labs conducted to allow students to experience hands on application of concepts covered.

This course provides an opportunity for collaborative, interprofessional mentorship in the design and completion of a capstone project. Prerequisite: 515.

This course provides opportunities to apply and learn appropriate professional and clinical skills, critical thinking, and clinical decision-making skills while engaged in prevention, identification, evaluation, diagnosis, planning, implementation and/or intervention of communication disorders in school/educational settings. Speech-language diagnostic sessions and individual or group therapy sessions will be arranged and supervised by an ASHA certified SLP employed by the off-campus placement site. These sessions may be provided in person or via telehealth as state or federal regulations allow. This course is designed to meet the requirements of WI DPI and ASHA and CAA skills competencies across the lifespan. This course is offered every fall, spring, and summer term. Prerequisites: 512, 513, 514.