Overview
In this unit you will advance your knowledge in the aetiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and management of stuttering and related conditions for children and adults. You will explore evidence-based practice in the diagnosis and management of stuttering. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health framework and current research evidence will provide context and structure to assist you in administering management plans.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: ALLH12006 Evidence Based Practice for Allied Health SPCH12002 Language and Literacy in Early Childhood SPCH12004 Speech and Hearing Co-requisites: SPCH13004 Language, Literacy and Hearing in School Aged Children
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from SUTE
Students reported that they would like better explanation of the expectations of the assessments.
It is recommended that the unit coordinator revise the assessment instructions to ensure that they are clear for all students.
Feedback from SUTE
Students reported that they found it very interesting to learn about stuttering and the different treatment programs.
It is recommended that the unit coordinator continue to provide students with evidence based treatments for stuttering and related conditions.
- Discuss the different theories, behaviours, and characteristics of stuttering and related conditions in children and adults
- Apply the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health framework in the management of stuttering in children and adults
- Demonstrate and justify current evidence-based practice in the evaluation, interpretation, and management of stuttering in children and adults.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | |||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 30% | |||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 50% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
t.janes@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Online and face-to-face content:
- Introduction to stuttering - definitions/terminology and taxonomies of stuttering
- The impact of stuttering
- Introduction to analysis of stuttering
- Speech Pathology Australia Stuttering Management document
Chapter
Readings will be posted on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Online and face-to-face content:
- Aetiology of stuttering
- Early, intermediate, and advanced stuttering classifications
- Clinical measurements and rating of stuttering
Chapter
Readings will be posted on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Online and face-to-face content:
- Clinical measurement and rating of stuttering continued
- Analysis tasks
- Evidence-based practice for management of early stuttering
Chapter
Readings will be posted on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Online and face-to-face content:
- Clinical measurement and rating of stuttering continued
- Evidence-based practice for management of early stuttering continued
- Assessments for stuttering
Chapter
Readings will be posted on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
ONLINE CONTENT:
- Practice stuttering counts and syllable counts for assessment in class.
FACE-TO-FACE:
- Practical assessment – video analysis task – 30%
Chapter
Readings will be posted on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Online and face-to-face content:
- Practical application of models of evidence-based treatments for early stuttering
Chapter
Readings will be posted on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Online and face-to-face content:
- Evidence-based treatments for intermediate (primary school age) stuttering - theoretical and practical perspectives
Chapter
Readings will be posted on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Online and face-to-face content:
- Evidence-based treatments for advanced stuttering (12 years to adulthood)
- Speech restructuring
- Impact of advanced stuttering
- Measurements of severity for adolescent and adult treatments
Chapter
Readings will be posted on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Online and face-to-face content:
- Evidence-based treatments for advanced stuttering (12 years to adulthood) continued
Chapter
Readings will be posted on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Online and face-to-face content:
- Cluttering and other related conditions
- Stuttering and social anxiety and measures of social anxiety for speech pathologists
- Counselling in stuttering treatment
- Neurogenic and psychogenic stuttering
Chapter
Readings will be posted on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Online and face-to-face content:
- Practical application of speech restructuring evidence-based programs
- Online quiz occurs this week, covering content week 1 to week 10
Chapter
Readings will be posted on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Face-to-face content only:
- Putting it into practice – practical application of all stuttering assessments, measurements and evidence-based treatment programs
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Final assessment occurs on Friday of review/exam week.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Welcome to SPCH13011 Stuttering and Related Conditions. In this unit you will learn about stuttering and related conditions across the lifespan. There are two websites that are integral to your learning this term. They are:
- The Australian Stuttering Research Centre. https://www.uts.edu.au/research/australian-stuttering-research-centre. On this website you will find Mark Onslow's Stuttering and its Treatment. Twelve lectures. As there is no textbook attached to this unit, it is recommended that you download this free resource as this document forms the majority of the readings for SPCH13011. Onslow's resource is updated regularly and therefore has the latest best practice in the management of stuttering.
- Latrobe Speech Rating Tool - http://tlweb.latrobe.edu.au/health/stutteringcounts/rating/speechratingtool.php. You will be provided with log in details on Moodle. You will interact with this website in class, however you can also access the site at any time to practice your speech and stuttering rating skills.
1 Online Quiz(zes)
The quiz assesses your knowledge of the unit content covering the history, diagnosis, treatment and psychosocial impacts of stuttering and related conditions (e.g., cluttering, neurogenic stuttering) across the lifespan. The quiz assesses the content (both online and in class) from weeks one through to ten. The quiz will contain a variety of question types including multiple choice and short answer questions.
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Other
Week 11 Tuesday (24 Sept 2024) 11:58 pm AEST
The quiz will be available Monday morning at 7am and close Tuesday evening at 11:58pm
Week 12 Monday (30 Sept 2024)
Results will be uploaded to Moodle
Each question on the quiz will have the allocated mark/s displayed. All multiple choice questions will be worth 1 mark, but the marks awarded to open-ended questions (short answer) will vary depending upon the complexity of the question being asked. It is important that you note the marks that are allocated to each question as it will guide you as to how many points you need to raise or how in-depth you need to discuss an issue. For example, if a question is worth 6 marks, you will need to include 6 points in your answer. If the question states name and explain or name and discuss ensure you cover both elements. The unit coordinator will provide you with an overview of the quiz including how many questions there are (and the types of questions) and how many marks the quiz is worth to be converted to the grade out of 20%. The unit coordinator will manually mark the quiz.
No submission method provided.
- Discuss the different theories, behaviours, and characteristics of stuttering and related conditions in children and adults
- Apply the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health framework in the management of stuttering in children and adults
2 Practical Assessment
In this in-class video assessment task you are required to analyse the speech rate (syllables per minute), stuttering type (e.g. repeated movements, fixed postures and superfluous behaviours) and percent syllables stuttered in paediatric, adolescent and/or adult subjects. You will each be given an iPad to rate these behaviours using stuttering specific apps.
Week 5 Tuesday (6 Aug 2024) 1:00 pm AEST
The test will be completed in class within the allocated time frame and papers handed into the examiner
Week 6 Monday (19 Aug 2024)
Results will be uploaded to Moodle
In addition to the qualitative data as stated above in the assessment description you will also be required to provide qualitative data on the superfluous behaviours you have noted. For this purpose you may use any of the qualitative descriptors that has been used in class including the Lidcombe Behavioural Data Language and the terminology used on the practice website (Latrobe University website). You will be assessed on the accuracy of all the data required for each audio and video task. The unit coordinator will provide further information on the variability allowed for accuracy of syllable and stuttering counts.
No submission method provided.
- Discuss the different theories, behaviours, and characteristics of stuttering and related conditions in children and adults
3 Practical Assessment
You will be given a case history of an early childhood, school aged child, adolescent or adult that you will select the most appropriate evidence-based treatments for. Your selected intervention techniques will be based on the evidence-based programs explored in class and your readings for the particular age group that you have been assigned in your case study. Once you are provided with a case study you will have 15 minutes to prepare your resources for that particular study. You will then demonstrate the required assessment (as appropriate) and/or evidence-based intervention approaches. You will be organised into pairs where one of you is the speech pathologist and one is the client (either paediatric or adult). If you are assigned an early intervention approach a third actor will assume the role of the parent. Following your administration of the required components of this task you will be required to provide a reflection on your performance and respond to questions from the examiner that will require you to transfer your knowledge from the assessed client to another population.
Review/Exam Week Friday (11 Oct 2024) 8:00 am AEST
You will be allocated times for this assessment task
Exam Week Friday (18 Oct 2024)
Results will be uploaded to Moodle
You are assessed on the delivery of appropriate assessments (where applicable) and evidence-based intervention strategies relevant to the case scenario you are presented with. The complete assessment criteria are detailed in the rubric, but in summary you are assessed on:
- Demonstration of the appropriate assessment (where applicable), treatment program and stage/s in the program depending upon the scenario/s you are presented with
- Knowledge of content of both the demonstrated treatment program and alternative options available
- Clinical reasoning and transference of knowledge from one population to another in people who stutter
- Depth of reflection
- Capacity to respond succinctly yet comprehensively to any questions or situations presented to you by the examiner
- Apply the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health framework in the management of stuttering in children and adults
- Demonstrate and justify current evidence-based practice in the evaluation, interpretation, and management of stuttering in children and adults.
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