Children with speech, language, or listening problems can look forward to less frustration, self-doubt, and misplaced blame for their limitations if they are properly diagnosed and treated and if their family is informed and supportive. If you suspect or have been told that your child has as a speech, language, or listening problem, our course will give you a deeper understanding of the diagnoses and how to offer help for your child. Armed with knowledge, you are in a better position to help make your child’s life more fulfilling and far less challenging.
Module 1: Learning to Communicate and Speech Problems
• What is Speech, Language, and Listening
• How Do Children Learn to Communicate?
• Understanding Speech Problems
• Stuttering and Pronunciation Problems
• Common Voice Problems
Module 2: Understanding Language Problems
• Toddlers and Preschoolers with Delayed Speech or Language
• Vocabulary Problems
• Morphological and Syntax Problems
• Word Retrieval Problem
• Social Language and Playing
Module 3: Understanding Listening Problems
• Auditory Processing Problem
• The Effects of a Language Processing Problem
• An Auditory Memory Problem
• Receptive Language Comprehension
• Therapy and Home Help
Module 4: Causes of Delayed Development and Therapy That Works
• Abuse, Neglect and Congenital Conditions
• Cognitive Disabilities Neurobiological Disorders
• Autism, Social Behaviors, Cerebral Palsy
• Inclusion
• Therapies That Work
After completing this course, learners should be able to:
Define the communication-learning process
Recall the symptoms of and typical interventions for most common language problems
Recognize auditory processing disorders and the solutions
Identify the cause of delayed development and various interventions
Certificate of completion.
This class is an independent-study course. Students will have all the resources needed to successfully complete the course within the online material. A student helpdesk is available for technical support during the course enrollment.