MCT and short answer exam

1 - Written exam - 25

Case-based exam

2 - Written exam - 75

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You will learn about typical and disordered eating, drinking, and swallowing; dysphagia across the lifespan and in the context of developmental and acquired disorders; its impact on social interaction, health, emotional wellbeing and quality of life; and differential diagnosis and intervention with clients with dysphagia. You will also consider the role of the Speech and Language Therapist in health education and promotion in relation to these disorders. 
 
You will learn about neurological conditions and aetiologies related to motor speech disorders, the presenting clinical features of motor speech disorders; their impact on communication, social interaction, wellbeing and quality of life across the lifespan; assessment approaches, differential diagnosis and management of clients with motor speech disorders. 
 
You will learn about theoretical models and aetiological and presenting features of a range of voice disorders as well as clients who require voice modification and support in the absence of pathology. You will learn about the impact of voice on communication, social interaction, wellbeing and quality of life across the lifespan; differential diagnosis and management of clients with voice disorders and voice needs.  
 
You will learn about theoretical models and aetiological and presenting features of cerebral palsy, its impact on communication, social interaction, wellbeing and quality of life across the lifespan; differential diagnosis and management of clients with cerebral palsy.

Feedback is provided in a number of ways throughout your module. This includes feedback you receive during teaching from both peers and lecturers and that provided for formative assessment. Following an assessment, you will be given your marks and feedback in line with the assessment regulations and policy. More information on the timing and type of feedback that will be provided for each assessment will be available from the module leader. <a href='https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations'>https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations</a>

This module will support the development of all the graduate attributes. Your module leader will provide you with information about how your learning, teaching and assessment activities support your development of these attributes. The graduate attributes are: - Always learning - Engaged in the world - Technical and digital - Connected Professional - Creating Impact

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Hybrid - 

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Differential Diagnosis and Management

Motor Speech Disorders: Substrates

CSLT competencies in eating, drinking, and swallowing for the pre-registration education and training of speech and language therapists

Assessment and management. Plural Publishing. 

Pediatric swallowing and feeding

15 (5), 484-493

Acquired apraxia of speech: a review.

Management of Motor Speech Disorders in Children and Adults

clinical management in adults and children. Elsevier Health Sciences. 

Dysphagia-E-Book

Basic anatomy of the head and neck

Children and youth with complex cerebral palsy

A physiological perspective for diagnosis and treatment 

Understanding voice problems. 

Nutrition and Neurodisability.

SLM115 - Clinical Areas 2: Cerebral Palsy, Dysphagia, Motor Speech Disorders, Voice

SLM115-PRD1-ALV1

This module’s contact hours will be delivered using a number of different approaches, including in-person sessions (i.e. face to face on campus), online synchronous sessions; online asynchronous guided activities (e.g. recorded lectures and/or other online resources, reading materials, quizzes, exercises and forum contributions). In addition to these teaching delivery approaches, you will undertake your own independent study, which may involve wider reading, independent research, skill practice and preparation for assessment.  Please see teaching pattern table below for further details of teaching hours for this module.    
 
Lectures 
 
Lectures are used to communicate core material and as a foundation for further reading. A lecture can help you to feel secure in the foundational knowledge required and point you to significant areas for further study. Lecture notes are provided on the virtual learning environment Moodle. However, you are expected to take your own notes too. Lectures may be on campus (in person) or online. Online lectures may be synchronous (in ‘real time’) or asynchronous (pre-recorded). Interaction in synchronous lectures (online or on campus) is encouraged through for example discussions and responses to questions. Lectures will be delivered by a combination of university staff, external experts and service users who will provide their unique perspectives on the topics covered in the lectures. 
 
Self-directed learning 
Your studies will involve a number of hours of self-directed learning as outlined below. This time will be spent preparing for lectures, reviewing lecture content, completing activities provided in lectures, carrying out wider reading and completing assessments. The Module Leaders and individual lecturers will direct you to relevant materials available on Moodle including module reading lists.  Whilst this time counts towards the total hours allocated to the programme, it will be up to you to decide exactly how you spend this time and which areas of learning you wish to pursue however you may wish to focus on the fundamental aspects of the module, areas that you are finding harder to understand, areas required for assessment, links to your clinical placements or areas of specific personal interest.

Clinical Areas 2: Cerebral Palsy, Dysphagia, Motor Speech Disorders, Voice

Examine the impact of dysphagia, voice disorders/needs, motor speech disorders and cerebral on a client’s whole life and their carers.

Values and attitudes

Formulate an approach which respects the rights, dignity, values and autonomy of service users and their carers.

Choose relevant outcome measures to capture change when working with people with dysphagia, voice needs, motor speech disorders and cerebral palsy. 

Skills

Examine the ethical and legal implications of withholding and withdrawing feeding and nutrition. 

Knowledge

Choose meaningful intervention approaches for clients with dysphagia, voice, motor speech disorders and cerebral palsy based on assessment information, drawing on relevant research where available. 

Categorise and differentiate different presentations of dysphagia, voice disorders / needs, motor speech disorders and cerebral palsy.

Analyse the role of a multi-disciplinary team in management of individuals with dysphagia, voice disorders, motor speech disorders and cerebral palsy.

Discuss person-centred rationales which consider the needs of all clients, recognising the impact of protected characteristics, intersectional experience, language and culture.

Identify and appraise different methods for assessment for dysphagia, voice, motor speech disorders and cerebral palsy responding to the needs of all clients recognising the impact of protected characteristics, intersectional experience, language and culture. 

Manage the interaction of language, culture, religion and protected characteristics on the assessment, diagnosis and management of individuals with dysphagia, voice disorders, motor speech disorders and cerebral palsy.