School: Medical and Health Sciences

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  • Unit Title

    Speech Pathology Assessment: Standard Tests
  • Unit Code

    SPE2205
  • Year

    2025
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Emily HUNT

Description

In this unit students will implement standardised tests for the assessment of speech and language. Students will analyse speech and language function in reference to normative data, associated population statistics and theoretical models, and interpret findings in order to diagnose speech and/or language impairments. Students will develop skills in clinical assessment and comprehensive report preparation through the completion of a clinical practicum.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed SPE1102 and one unit from SPE2210 or SPE2105.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled into Y02

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SPE3100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse standardised test scores of individuals to support diagnosis of speech and language impairment.
  2. Apply contemporary research and individual client factors to differentiate between typical and atypical speech and language skills of individuals.
  3. Assess the speech and language skills of individuals using speech pathology testing procedures.
  4. Work collaboratively to evaluate clinical observations and to develop further assessment plans.

Unit Content

  1. Standardised and non-standardised speech and language assessments.
  2. Medico-legal issues in documentation of clinical speech pathology practice.
  3. Test administration procedures.
  4. Interpretation of test scores: Normative data, population statistics and theoretical models.
  5. Clinical report writing.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

WIL - Internship, Clinical or Professional placement (on-campus)

Work done in an actual workplace in which the student applies discipline-specific knowledge and skills, supervised by an industry professional at an ECU campus or location.  

Additional Learning Experience Information

The on-campus seminars are highly interactive and are used to introduce the central concepts of the unit and to guide students through the literature. Students participate in learning activities involving group discussion, case studies and role-plays to consolidate their learning. Students will attend a clinical practicum at a metropolitan primary school for a total of approximately 2-3 full days (one day per week for 2-3 weeks) during the semester. During the clinical practicum, students will gain experience in administering speech and language assessments, analyse assessment results and prepare clinical reports. Students will further develop their understanding of speech pathology assessment to inform their team work assessment plan. Students are encouraged to continue their personal and professional development through ePortfolio learning activities and are assessed on their team work capabilities.

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 StudyNormative Data Analysis30%
Case StudyTheoretical Model Analysis50%
AssignmentTeam Planning of Assessment & Clinical Observations20%

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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