Unit of Study SPCH2012 Assessment of Speech, Language and Literacy in Childhood (2026)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

SPCH1002 - Phonetics and Linguistics for Speech Pathology AND SPCH2011 - Communication Development Across the Lifespan

Unit description

This unit aims to equip students with foundational knowledge and applied skills in the assessment of speech sound disorders (SSD), developmental language disorders (DLD) and their literacy assessment needs across childhood. Students will develop an understanding of the prevalence, risk and protective factors, and impacts of these disorders and will learn how to communicate evidence-based assessment practices and findings in clinical, early childhood and school settings.

Unit content

Speech and language disorders and impact
Planning assessments for speech, language and literacy in childhood
Evidence-based assessment of speech, language, and literacy
Speech and language sampling techniques
Analysis and interpretation of speech, language and literacy skills
Communicating assessment findings to families, early childhood and school settings

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Term1	Term1
Gold Coast	Term1	Term1

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

explain speech sound disorder and developmental language disorder in childhood, including prevalence, impact, associated risk and protective factors and subsequent potential educational and social outcomes

plan assessments of speech, language and literacy to diagnose types of SSD (e.g., phonological impairment, CAS), DLD, and subsequent literacy difficulties considering the child’s cultural, linguistic and social context, family-and-person centered practice, and evidence-based principles

analyse and interpret speech, language and literacy skills of children, considering norms, benchmarks and speech-language sampling analyses to differentiate between typical development, disorder and difference

communicate key information relating to child assessment practices and findings relevant to clinical, early childhood and school settings using accessible language tailored to parents, carers, and other professionals

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Viva voce	30%
Clinical skills	30%
Case study	40%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Viva voce	30%
Clinical skills	30%
Case study	40%

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Fee information

Domestic

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