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CSCD2065: Introductory Practice 1: Community
2026 unit information
Students develop early skills in professional practice and service level intervention through lectures, tutorials, and undertaking observations and activities (in pairs) in a preschool/long day care centre. Through the preschool experience students develop early professional self-awareness, reflective skills, and learn how language is used and targeted through language stimulation activites. They will engage and collaborate with staff, and consider potential ethical issues relating to speech pathology practice with children and families in community collaborations. Providing culturally safe and responsive practice with First Nations and diverse populations is discussed. Students will also develop early report writing, record keeping, and case presentation skills, and gain an understanding of government legislation and compliance to policies and procedures within the childcare setting.
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Medicine and Health
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Communication Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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CSCD1032 and CSCD1034 |
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Corequisites:
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CSCD2057 and CSCD2068 |
| Prohibitions:
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CSCD2064 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrates professional conduct across evidence-based practice, compliance, collaboration, communication, record keeping, and advocacy at an early novice level
- LO2. Demonstrates early novice level skills in reflective practice and life-long learning, including self-awareness, learning goals, integration of knowledge, and peer learning
- LO3. Demonstrates early novice level skills in person/family-centred and culturally safe and responsive speech pathology practice (with improvement between mid and end evaluation), including assessment, diagnostics, reporting, and service planning and delivery.
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Semester 1 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2026
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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