Communicative Disorders Assistant Ontario College Graduate Certificate

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Comments about Communicative Disorders Assistant Ontario College Graduate Certificate - At the institution - Oshawa - Ontario

• Objectives
  This program prepares the graduate to work as a Communicative Disorders Assistants (CDA) under the supervision of a qualified Speech-language Pathologist (S-LP) or Audiologist in a variety of workplaces. Emphasis is placed on preparing the graduate to conduct communication programming after the assessment has been completed and treatment plan developed by the S-LP or Audiologist. Students will gain a firm understanding of physiological and functional speech, language and hearing disorders. The development of programming skills and communication intervention techniques appropriate for treating communication disorders is fundamental to the program.
• Practical experience
  Two comprehensive competency-based field placements will provide the student with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and practice their skills.
• Academic title
  Communicative Disorders Assistant Ontario College Graduate Certificate
• Course description
  Semester 1     
  
     1. ADULT NEUROGENIC DISORDERS & REHABILITATION I
     2. ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF HEARING & SPEECH MECHANISM
     3. ARTICULATION & PHONOLOGY
     4. CHILD LANGUAGE ACQUISITION & RELATED DISORDERS I
     5. CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL ISSUES I
     6. INTRODUCTION TO AUDIOLOGY
     7. INTRO TO AUGENTATIVE & ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATIONS & ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
  
  Semester 2     
  
     1. INTEGRATED PRACTICUM I
     2. INTEGRATED PRACTICUM II
     3. CLINICAL ISSUES SEMINAR (2 DAYS)
  
  Semester 3     
  
     1. ADULT NEUROGENIC DISORDERS & REHABILITATION II
     2. POPULATIONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
     3. AUDIOLOGY SYSTEMS & AURAL REHABILITATION
     4. CHILD LANGUAGE ACQUISTION & RELATED DISORDERS II
     5. FLUENCY & VOICE
     6. CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL ISSUES II
  

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