ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF MOTOR SPEECH DISORDERS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Communication Sciences & Disorders MS Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe methods, strengths, and weakness of the different approaches to characterizing motor speech disorders. Audience: Graduate 2. Demonstrate knowledge of clinical assessment methods and interpretation for motor speech disorders Audience: Graduate 3. Define speech intelligibility and discuss strategies for its measurement as well as its clinical uses. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe the Mayo Clinic classification system for dysarthria and discuss its strengths and weakness as well as contemporary alternative approaches to classification of dysarthria. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe the unique issues associated with pediatric motor speech disorders relative to adult onset motor speech disorders and how these issues impact assessment and treatment. Audience: Graduate 6. Develop treatment plans for individuals with motor speech disorders and provide theoretical and evidence-based justification for the selection of treatment targets in the context of the patient’s ability profile. Audience: Graduate 7. Differentiate between impairment-based (restorative/(re)habilitative) objectives / approaches vs. activities and participation focused (compensatory) objectives / approaches. Audience: Graduate 8. Define population-specific features that impact intervention target selection and develop population-specific treatment plans. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe methods, strengths, and weakness of the different approaches to characterizing motor speech disorders. Audience: Graduate 2. Demonstrate knowledge of clinical assessment methods and interpretation for motor speech disorders Audience: Graduate 3. Define speech intelligibility and discuss strategies for its measurement as well as its clinical uses. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe the Mayo Clinic classification system for dysarthria and discuss its strengths and weakness as well as contemporary alternative approaches to classification of dysarthria. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe the unique issues associated with pediatric motor speech disorders relative to adult onset motor speech disorders and how these issues impact assessment and treatment. Audience: Graduate 6. Develop treatment plans for individuals with motor speech disorders and provide theoretical and evidence-based justification for the selection of treatment targets in the context of the patient’s ability profile. Audience: Graduate 7. Differentiate between impairment-based (restorative/(re)habilitative) objectives / approaches vs. activities and participation focused (compensatory) objectives / approaches. Audience: Graduate 8. Define population-specific features that impact intervention target selection and develop population-specific treatment plans. Audience: Graduate