This course provides an introduction to language disorders in children from birth through adolescence. Lectures and discussion will review etiology, characteristics, assessment, and intervention for childhood language disorders.

This course has been designed to ensure that students demonstrate required
knowledge and skill as outlined in the Standards and Implementation Guidelines for
the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology. The specific
standards addressed in this class are: III-A, III-B, III-C, III-D,& IV-G

Toddlers & Preschoolers with Specific Language Impairment
Language & Children with Learning Disabilities
(Ch 3 & 4)

Language & Children with Learning Disabilities (continued)
Adolescents with Language Impairment
(Ch 4 & 5)

Language & Linguistically-Culturally Diverse Children (continued)
Children with Acquired Language Disorders
(Ch 9 & 10)

Language and Other Special Populations of Children
Language and Augmentative and Alternative Communication
(Ch 11 & 12)