Overview
This topic will broadly introduce speech, language, and communication development across the lifespan. It will explore communication for people with disability and introduce effective support strategies to best support individuals with diverse methods of communication, and their communication partners.
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Aims
This topic aims to:
- Explore the diverse ways people develop language and communicate across the lifespan
- Identify effective strategies to support people with communication diversity and their communication partners
Learning outcomes
On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
1.
Discuss an understanding of speech, language and communication development across the lifespan, specifically pragmatic and lexical development
2.
Apply an understanding about the diversity of ways people may communicate and understand the foundations of communication access
3.
Identify and describe effective support strategies to assist individuals with diverse communication methods, and their communication partners
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