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<p>This unit introduces students to the concept of human development across the lifespan with a focus on communication, feedback and swallowing. Physical, cognitive and psychosocial development is examined in relation to major theorists and stages of the human lifespan, with a focus on the role of speech pathologists in monitoring and supporting communication, feeding and swallowing. Students will explore how to build and maintain a therapeutic alliance with speech pathology clients across life stages within the culturally diverse context of Australia. Students will reflect on enablers and barriers to effective communication within professional and academic contexts and apply communication techniques and strategies essential for effective oral and written communication with a range of audiences.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:</p>
<p>Lifespan Development</p>
<p>· Theories of human development</p>
<p>· Biological beginnings</p>
<p>· Infancy</p>
<p>· Early childhood,</p>
<p>· Middle and late childhood</p>
<p>· Adolescence</p>
<p>· Early, middle and late adulthood</p>
<p>· Death and dying</p>
<p>Communication, feeding, and swallowing development</p>
<p>· Observation and record taking for speech pathology practice</p>
<p>· Monitoring communication, swallowing and feeding development</p>
<p>· The role of speech pathologists across the lifespan</p>
<p>· Diversity in Australia</p>
<p>Therapeutic alliance</p>
<p>· Models for exploring therapeutic alliance</p>
<p>· Professional communication strategies and techniques</p>
<p>· Professional frameworks for culturally responsive practice</p>
<p>· Self-awareness and impact of our interactions with others</p>
<p>Academic skills</p>
<p>· Public speaking and presentation skills</p>
<p>· Critical and reflective thinking</p>
<p>· Professional communication for a specific audience</p>
<p>· Academic writing and referencing</p>
<p>· Academic reading</p>
<p>Professional Standards for Speech Pathologist in Australia (2020), Code of Ethics 2020 (SPA, 2020), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culturally responsive capability framework (SPA, 2023), The Occupational Therapy Board of Australia, OTBA Code of Conduct (2014) Australian Occupational Therapy Competency Standards (2018), 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 informed the syllabus/content of this unit.</p>
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<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>
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<p>This unit introduces students to the concept of human development across the lifespan with a focus on communication, feedback and swallowing. Physical, cognitive and psychosocial development is examined in relation to major theorists and stages of the human lifespan, with a focus on the role of speech pathologists in monitoring and supporting communication, feeding and swallowing. Students will explore how to build and maintain a therapeutic alliance with speech pathology clients across life stages within the culturally diverse context of Australia. Students will reflect on enablers and barriers to effective communication within professional and academic contexts and apply communication techniques and strategies essential for effective oral and written communication with a range of audiences.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:</p> <p>Lifespan Development</p> <p>· Theories of human development</p> <p>· Biological beginnings</p> <p>· Infancy</p> <p>· Early childhood,</p> <p>· Middle and late childhood</p> <p>· Adolescence</p> <p>· Early, middle and late adulthood</p> <p>· Death and dying</p> <p>Communication, feeding, and swallowing development</p> <p>· Observation and record taking for speech pathology practice</p> <p>· Monitoring communication, swallowing and feeding development</p> <p>· The role of speech pathologists across the lifespan</p> <p>· Diversity in Australia</p> <p>Therapeutic alliance</p> <p>· Models for exploring therapeutic alliance</p> <p>· Professional communication strategies and techniques</p> <p>· Professional frameworks for culturally responsive practice</p> <p>· Self-awareness and impact of our interactions with others</p> <p>Academic skills</p> <p>· Public speaking and presentation skills</p> <p>· Critical and reflective thinking</p> <p>· Professional communication for a specific audience</p> <p>· Academic writing and referencing</p> <p>· Academic reading</p> <p>Professional Standards for Speech Pathologist in Australia (2020), Code of Ethics 2020 (SPA, 2020), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culturally responsive capability framework (SPA, 2023), The Occupational Therapy Board of Australia, OTBA Code of Conduct (2014) Australian Occupational Therapy Competency Standards (2018), 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 informed the syllabus/content of this unit.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Speech Pathology
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
061707 - Speech Pathology
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Flexible Delivery - Ballarat (Blended)</p><p>Flexible Delivery - Gippsland (Blended)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/heasp5022">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
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None
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
<p>must not have completed "<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=HEASP1022" target="_blank">HEASP1022</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>Describe features of physical, cognitive, socio-emotional development in relation to communication, swallowing and feeding across major developmental periods throughout the human lifespan</p>
K2
<p>Compare, define and critique major theoretical approaches of human development </p>
K3
<p>Analyse enablers and barriers to effective communication and how they impact our interaction with others; including culturally responsive and family centred practice</p>
S1
<p>Demonstrate skills in analysis of language samples from everyday communication contexts across the lifespan</p>
S2
<p>Observe, record and analyse physical, cognitive, socio-emotional development in relation to communication, swallowing and feeding development</p>
S3
<p>Demonstrate and appraise effective oral, written, and technology-based communication skills appropriate for health professionals in both individual and group contexts</p>
A1
<p>Apply knowledge and skills to analyse and monitor the development of communication, feeding and swallowing in case-based scenarios across life stages</p>
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<p>Reflect on personal and professional communication to promote strategies for ongoing development as a student and a health professional</p>
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<p>Weeks 1-3 online and class content</p>
<p>Online quiz</p>
<p>10%</p>
K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2
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<p>Students will construct and reflect on a presentation that explores professional communication in relation to speech pathology practice</p>
<p>Group Oral Presentation</p>
<p>30-40%</p>
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<p>Weeks 1-12 online and class content</p>
<p>Written examination</p>
<p>50-60%</p>
K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, 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>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Speech Pathology
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
061707 - Speech Pathology
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Flexible Delivery - Ballarat (Blended)</p><p>Flexible Delivery - Gippsland (Blended)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/heasp5022">View unit fees</a>
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