SLHS 405 - Multicultural Issues in Communicative Sciences and Disorders

Units: 3
Overview of knowledge and skills needed to competently serve diverse populations with communication disorders. Key topics include: components of culture, linguistic diversity, bilingualism and second language acquisition, health disparities, tenets of least-biased assessment, and culturally valid treatment.

Prerequisites: SPPA 301, SPPA 304, SPPA 404, senior standing and declared major in B.S. Speech Pathology and Audiology.
Equivalent Quarter Course: SPPA 4868.
Possible Instructional Methods: Hybrid (every section of this course may be taught both online and on-ground).
Grading: A-F grading only.