School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Treatment Principles
  • Unit Code

    SPE2106
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Charn NANG

Description

This unit introduces students to the principles underlying intervention in speech pathology. It covers the issues that underpin effective intervention across the different domains of the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework (ICF). The psychosocial issues encountered by individuals with communication and swallowing disorders, and their families, across a variety of contexts are considered. This unit will enable students to explore generic treatment issues of relevance for both paediatric and adult caseloads including collaborative goal-setting; client/family-centred frameworks; treatment hierarchies; counselling; teamwork; interprofessional practice and outcome measurement.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Laboratories, lectures

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed SPE2105 or SPE2210

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in Y02

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Investigate treatment principles and outcome measures for paediatric and adult clients with communication and swallowing disorders.
  2. Identify the holistic range of factors facing individuals and families dealing with communication and swallowing disorders.
  3. Plan the management of clients living with communication and swallowing disorders using evidence-based frameworks.

Unit Content

  1. WHO ICF domains in relation to speech pathology treatment options and framework.
  2. Teamwork, team dynamics and interprofessional practice.
  3. Evidence underpinning treatments and prioritisation of areas for treatment.
  4. Collaborative goal setting.
  5. Counselling.
  6. Treatment planning and implementation: reinforcement schedules, treatment hierarchies, modes of delivery.
  7. Factors affecting treatment outcomes and outcome measurement.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 28 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

The on-campus lectures are interactive with practical discussion activities and skills-based training to support speech pathology treatment planning. Lectures introduce the central concepts of the unit and guide students through the literature. Students have the opportunity to research concepts and develop critical perspectives from written sources. Compulsory participation and tasks support the development of clinical skills.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyManagement and Treatment: Planning and Rationale 30%
PerformanceImplementation of Treatment Plan 20%
ExaminationApplication of Treatment Principles for Clinical Cases50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Treatment Principles
  • Unit Code

    SPE2106
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Charn NANG

Description

This unit introduces students to the principles underlying intervention in speech pathology. It covers the issues that underpin effective intervention across the different domains of the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework (ICF). The psychosocial issues encountered by individuals with communication and swallowing disorders, and their families, across a variety of contexts are considered. This unit will enable students to explore generic treatment issues of relevance for both paediatric and adult caseloads including collaborative goal-setting; client/family-centred frameworks; treatment hierarchies; counselling; teamwork; interprofessional practice and outcome measurement.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Laboratories, lectures

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed SPE2105 or SPE2210

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in Y02

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Investigate treatment principles and outcome measures for paediatric and adult clients with communication and swallowing disorders.
  2. Identify the holistic range of factors facing individuals and families dealing with communication and swallowing disorders.
  3. Plan the management of clients living with communication and swallowing disorders using evidence-based frameworks.

Unit Content

  1. WHO ICF domains in relation to speech pathology treatment options and framework.
  2. Teamwork, team dynamics and interprofessional practice.
  3. Evidence underpinning treatments and prioritisation of areas for treatment.
  4. Collaborative goal setting.
  5. Counselling.
  6. Treatment planning and implementation: reinforcement schedules, treatment hierarchies, modes of delivery.
  7. Factors affecting treatment outcomes and outcome measurement.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 28 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

The on-campus lectures are interactive with practical discussion activities and skills-based training to support speech pathology treatment planning. Lectures introduce the central concepts of the unit and guide students through the literature. Students have the opportunity to research concepts and develop critical perspectives from written sources. Compulsory participation and tasks support the development of clinical skills.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestApplication of Treatment Principles for Clinical Cases30%
PerformanceImplementation of Treatment Plan 30%
Case StudyManagement and Treatment: Planning and Rationale 40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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