ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS IN CHILDREN

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Communication Sciences and Disorders MS Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe typical speech sound development Audience: Graduate 2. Describe underlying differences between articulation disorders, phonological disorders, and apraxia of speech. Audience: Graduate 3. Explain and demonstrate various articulation and phonological treatment and awareness approaches. Audience: Graduate 4. Critically evaluate, using quality evidence, resources, and foundational knowledge, assessment and treatment of articulation and phonological disorders in children with varying linguistic, dialectical, and cultural backgrounds. Audience: Graduate 5. Develop proficiency in administering and interpreting various norm-referenced speech sound disorder assessments. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify and describe speech sound disorders, their severity, and impact on clients and their family’s lives by integrating information from assessments/observations. Audience: Graduate 7. Identify evidence and rationales for or against treatment or assessment techniques/approaches depending on clients’ presenting characteristics and/or speech sound disorder diagnosis. Audience: Graduate 8. Describe accent modification as an elective service provided by speech-language pathologists. Audience: Graduate 9. Describe considerations when assessing and treating a child with phonological and articulation disorders and associated co-occurring conditions. Audience: Graduate 10. Indicate how structural conditions like cleft lip and palate may affect speech sound production and how such conditions may be assessed and treated via speech-language pathologists and other team members. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe typical speech sound development Audience: Graduate 2. Describe underlying differences between articulation disorders, phonological disorders, and apraxia of speech. Audience: Graduate 3. Explain and demonstrate various articulation and phonological treatment and awareness approaches. Audience: Graduate 4. Critically evaluate, using quality evidence, resources, and foundational knowledge, assessment and treatment of articulation and phonological disorders in children with varying linguistic, dialectical, and cultural backgrounds. Audience: Graduate 5. Develop proficiency in administering and interpreting various norm-referenced speech sound disorder assessments. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify and describe speech sound disorders, their severity, and impact on clients and their family’s lives by integrating information from assessments/observations. Audience: Graduate 7. Identify evidence and rationales for or against treatment or assessment techniques/approaches depending on clients’ presenting characteristics and/or speech sound disorder diagnosis. Audience: Graduate 8. Describe accent modification as an elective service provided by speech-language pathologists. Audience: Graduate 9. Describe considerations when assessing and treating a child with phonological and articulation disorders and associated co-occurring conditions. Audience: Graduate 10. Indicate how structural conditions like cleft lip and palate may affect speech sound production and how such conditions may be assessed and treated via speech-language pathologists and other team members. Audience: Graduate