This course explores language disorders of school-age children and adolescents. Students will study the social, cognitive and linguistic aspects of language impairment. The interplay of language and literacy and its implications for intervention in this age group will be examined. Students will practice conversational and narrative analysis. Other formal and informal assessment methods will be reviewed, along with intervention models commonly used in school and private settings.
Prerequisites
SLPPD 0521 Language Disorders in Early Childhood