SLPA 7720 - Language Disorders and Literacy

(3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours 3 Credit Hours)

A study of etiology, characteristics, assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and prevention of speech and language disorders in children, including those children with multicultural backgrounds and special needs. This course is designed to focus on characteristics of growth, norm-reference and criterion-referenced measures, and assessment and intervention procedures and strategies related to reading and literacy development.