Educational Needs Assessments Within Communication Sciences and Disorders
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The articles included here examine the current state of education of three topics within
our discipline. DeJarnette and Wegner report on the classroom and clinical training that
graduate students in speech-language pathology receive in augmentative and
alternative communication. Domholdt and Billings identify associations and disconnects
within graduate programs’ interests and practices in teaching population health
concepts—that is, clinical care regarding communities and large systems. Finally,
Tucker et al. examine practicing audiologists’ and speech-language pathologists’
interests in obtaining a research-based PhD in communication sciences and disorders
and barriers to starting and completing a doctoral program.
Learning
Outcomes
You
will be able to:
- identify three reported barriers that graduate programs face in providing
comprehensive preservice education in augmentative and alternative
communication
- define population health and describe how speech-language pathologists can
participate in population-based practice
- list three reasons for practicing speech-language pathologists to pursue a
doctorate in communication sciences and disorders
Assessment
Type
Self-assessment—Think
about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your
new knowledge.
Articles
in This Course
- Preservice Education in Augmentative and Alternative Communication: An Update by
Katherine M. DeJarnette and Jane R. Wegner, published in SIG 10, Volume 5, Issue 5,
October 23, 2020
- Population Health Content Within Speech-Language Pathology Programs: An
Exploratory Study by Elizabeth Domholdt and Lina C. Billings, published in SIG 10, Volume 6, Issue 2,
April 28, 2021
- Exploring Barriers to Doctoral Education in Communication Sciences and Disorders:
Insights From Practicing Professionals by Denise A. Tucker, Mary V. Compton, Sarah J.
Allen, Robert Mayo, Celia Hooper, Billy Ogletree, Perry Flynn, Ashley Frazier, and
Summer McMurry, published in SIG 10, Volume 5, Issue 6,
December 17, 2020
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