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CSCD5073: Professional Practice 4: Child
2026 unit information
Students attend child focused speech pathology placement experiences using a range of person-centred, service level and advocacy interventions, and complete other tasks to further develop and consolidate their skills in areas required for readiness for practice as a speech pathologist. Students develop personal learning goals and use critical reflection to improve their speech pathology practice, cultural responsiveness, as well as transfer of knowledge and skills across environments. They also engage in reciprocal learning with colleagues from other professions and the wider community.
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Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Communication Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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CSCD5068 and CSCD5069 and CSCD5075 and CSCD5070 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate entry-level knowledge, skills and attributes (as described by the COMPASS® Competency Assessment in Speech Pathology, 2013) in contexts focused predominantly on children and young people.
- LO2. Adopt a person, family or community-centred approach to design, implement and review speech pathology services and provide evidence-based speech pathology practice solutions.
- LO3. Demonstrate high-level professional and interpersonal communication (written and oral English) and the ability to adapt communication for a wide range of purposes and audiences, including individuals, families, peers and professionals.
- LO4. Provide culturally safe and responsive speech pathology services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as well as individuals and families from diverse backgrounds in a range of contexts, including at a community level.
- LO5. Demonstrate collaborative work practices with service users, peers, educators and other professionals, with awareness of professional roles in a range of contexts, to facilitate safe, high quality, and co-ordinated services, with support.
- LO6. Critically reflect on learning, capabilities and support needs, incorporating information from a range of sources including peers, service users and educators to refine knowledge, skills and attributes, across a range of contexts.
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