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HEASP3043 - Speech Pathology Clinical Practice 4
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<p>This is the fourth of six professional practice units in the Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Hons) that contextualises and provides direct evidence of competencies required by Speech Pathology Australia for entry into the profession. This unit provides students with the opportunity to contextualise, consolidate, assimilate and transfer previous learning in professional practice experience across the practice areas of communication and swallowing. In this unit students develop at least intermediate level competency in speech pathology practice during placement as well as during supplementary activities and tasks.</p>
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<p>Counselling and interviewing skills will be consolidated to equip students for active and sensitive engagement with all stakeholders. Students will continue to build their professional portfolio as a basis for ongoing reflection and demonstration of evidence against the Professional Standards for Speech Pathologists and will progress their reflective skills to further transform their clinical identity and professional practice. Students will participate in supervised practice education based placement at an intermediate level competency for approximately and not less than 15 days, with flexible support from the university.</p>
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<p>Professional Standards for Speech Pathologist in Australia (2020), Speech Pathology Guidelines for Reporting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Curriculum Development and Inclusions (2018), FedUni STRETCH Reconciliation Action Plan (2019-2022), National Quality and Safeguarding Framework (NQSF, 2018), National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2017-2019) and National Aged Care Quality Standards (2019) have substantially informed the syllabus/content of this unit.<br>
Topics may include:<br>
1. 1. The Speech Pathologist and practice<br>
• Requirements of intermediate level speech pathology practice<br>
• Reflective practice and COMPASS<br>
• Using the COMPASS behavioural descriptors to guide self-ratings<br>
• Personal goal setting using the COMPASS behavioural descriptors<br><br>
2. 2. Counselling and interviewing in speech pathology practice<br>
• Scope of practice – clarifying the role<br>
• Ethical issues<br>
• Triangulation of perspectives (client, clinician, other)<br><br>
3. 3. Working with clients:<br>
• Person-centered partnerships<br>
• Relationships<br>
• Attachment<br>
• Transference and countertransference<br>
• Reflective functioning<br>
• Behavioural / therapy contracts<br><br>
4. 4. Micro-skills of counselling and interviewing<br>
• Attending behaviours eg: active listening, positive regard, authenticity<br>
• Questioning<br>
• Observational skills<br>
• Paraphrasing<br>
• Summarising<br>
• Reflection of feeling<br>
• Challenging<br>
• Goal selection / focusing<br>
• Feedback</p>
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<p>This is the fourth of six professional practice units in the Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Hons) that contextualises and provides direct evidence of competencies required by Speech Pathology Australia for entry into the profession. This unit provides students with the opportunity to contextualise, consolidate, assimilate and transfer previous learning in professional practice experience across the practice areas of communication and swallowing. In this unit students develop at least intermediate level competency in speech pathology practice during placement as well as during supplementary activities and tasks.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Counselling and interviewing skills will be consolidated to equip students for active and sensitive engagement with all stakeholders. Students will continue to build their professional portfolio as a basis for ongoing reflection and demonstration of evidence against the Professional Standards for Speech Pathologists and will progress their reflective skills to further transform their clinical identity and professional practice. Students will participate in supervised practice education based placement at an intermediate level competency for approximately and not less than 15 days, with flexible support from the university.</p>
Unit content
<p>Professional Standards for Speech Pathologist in Australia (2020), Speech Pathology Guidelines for Reporting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Curriculum Development and Inclusions (2018), FedUni STRETCH Reconciliation Action Plan (2019-2022), National Quality and Safeguarding Framework (NQSF, 2018), National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2017-2019) and National Aged Care Quality Standards (2019) have substantially informed the syllabus/content of this unit.<br> Topics may include:<br> 1. 1. The Speech Pathologist and practice<br> • Requirements of intermediate level speech pathology practice<br> • Reflective practice and COMPASS<br> • Using the COMPASS behavioural descriptors to guide self-ratings<br> • Personal goal setting using the COMPASS behavioural descriptors<br><br> 2. 2. Counselling and interviewing in speech pathology practice<br> • Scope of practice – clarifying the role<br> • Ethical issues<br> • Triangulation of perspectives (client, clinician, other)<br><br> 3. 3. Working with clients:<br> • Person-centered partnerships<br> • Relationships<br> • Attachment<br> • Transference and countertransference<br> • Reflective functioning<br> • Behavioural / therapy contracts<br><br> 4. 4. Micro-skills of counselling and interviewing<br> • Attending behaviours eg: active listening, positive regard, authenticity<br> • Questioning<br> • Observational skills<br> • Paraphrasing<br> • Summarising<br> • Reflection of feeling<br> • Challenging<br> • Goal selection / focusing<br> • Feedback</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Speech Pathology
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
061707 - Speech Pathology
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Flexible Delivery - Ballarat (Blended)</p><p>Flexible Delivery - Gippsland (Blended)</p><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Ungraded (e.g. S-Satisfactory, UN-Unsatisfactory)
Placement component:
Yes
Placement hours:
120
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/heasp3043">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
<p>must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=HEASP3022" target="_blank">HEASP3022</a> AND must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=HEASP3033" target="_blank">HEASP3033</a></p>
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
<p>must not have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=HEASP6023" target="_blank">HEASP6023</a></p>
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Explore counselling and interviewing skills employed in professional practice;</p>
K2
<p>Investigate opportunities to consolidate professional practice learning experience across one or more of the Speech Pathology Australia range of practice areas;</p>
S1
<p>Demonstrate progression of the Speech Pathology Australia Professional Standards domains to intermediate level as rated on the Competency Assessment in Speech Pathology (COMPASS®);</p>
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<p>Demonstrate counselling and interviewing; skills to ensure optimal communication</p>
A1
<p>Apply practice competencies to experience across one or more of the Speech Pathology Australia range of practice areas of speech, language, voice, fluency, swallowing, and multimodal communication;</p>
A2
<p>Evaluate and self-assess achievement of Standards of Practice for Speech Pathologists in Australia.</p>
Assessment
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<p>Provide sufficient appropriateand accurate evidence of claimed intermediate level competencies or above across the range of practice areas against the Professional Standards for Speech Pathologists in Australia</p>
<p>Professional Portfolio:</p>
<p>Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Hurdle</p>
K1, K2, S1, S2, A1, A2
2
<p>Completion of Professional Practice Placement including: Completion of mandatory tasks A satisfactory grade on COMPASS® -At completion of placement, the student’s overall rating must have shown progression along the rating scale towards Intermediate to advance level on all three Professional Standards domains. Student must have self-rated their competencies on the COMPASS at interim and completion of placement</p>
<p>Practice Skills Assessment COMPASS</p>
<p>Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Hurdle</p>
K1, K2, S1, S2, A1, A2
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<p>Attendance at Practical Intensives</p>
<p>100% attendance at practical intensives</p>
<p>Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Hurdle</p>
K1, K2, S1, S2, A1, A2
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
FedTASK
FedTASK
<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
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Description of FedTASK outcome
FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
Students will demonstrate high-level skills to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups Students will be required to display (in person and/or online) high-level skills in-person and/or online in: Effective verbal and non-verbal communication via a range of synchronous and asynchronous methods Active listening for meaning and influencing High-level empathy for others Negotiating and demonstrating extended conflict resolution skills Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams
FedTASK 2: Leadership
Students will demonstrate the ability to apply leadership skills and behaviours Students will be required to display skills in: Creating, contributing to, and enabling collegial environments Showing self-awareness and the ability to self-reflect for personal growth Inspiring and enabling others Making informed and evidence-based decisions through consultation with others Displaying initiative and ability to solve problems
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complex and ambiguous environments, using their imagination to create new ideas Students will be required to display skills in: Reflecting critically on complex problems Synthesising, evaluating ideas, concepts and information Proposing alternative perspectives to refine ideas Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts through deep inquiry Proposing creative solutions in problem solving
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
Students will demonstrate the ability to work proficiently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks Students will be required to display high-level skills in: Finding, accessing, collating, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and appropriately and securely sharing complex digital information at a high-level Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media Using digital tools appropriately to conduct research Contributing proficiently to digital teams and working groups Participating in and utilising digital learning opportunities
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
Students will demonstrate the ability to think ethically and sustainably. Students will be required to display skills in: The responsible conduct of research Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in multiple global economic environmental and societal contexts Demonstrating commitment to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen Generating research solutions which are sustainable,ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable Extending lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others Demonstrate extended actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Speech Pathology
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
061707 - Speech Pathology
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Flexible Delivery - Ballarat (Blended)</p><p>Flexible Delivery - Gippsland (Blended)</p><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Ungraded (e.g. S-Satisfactory, UN-Unsatisfactory)
Placement component:
Yes
Placement hours:
120
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/heasp3043">View unit fees</a>
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