In this activity, you will research and share your findings on the educational background, professional activities, certification, and licensure of a speech-language pathologist and an audiologist in your region.

Step 1: Research one university in your state/country that offers both an undergraduate and graduate degree in speech-language pathology and audiology. Then, prepare a 250-400 word discussion post that:

1. Discusses the available options in the speech-language pathology and audiology degrees and the length of time that the programs take to complete. If such offers do not exist, describe a related field.
2. Discusses the requirements to become a speech-language pathologist and audiologist in your state/country. Include the minimum degree requirements, the licensure needed to practice, and how to maintain the licensure. If the profession does not exist, discuss the findings from a related profession.

Step 2: Write a 250-400 word discussion post to share your findings on undergraduate and graduate degrees in speech-language pathology and audiology. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 3: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion Post: Research one university in your state/country that offers both an undergraduate and graduate degree in speech-language pathology and audiology," in the subject line.

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will label the different structures of the brain that have been left blank. 

Step 1: Write a 100-300 word discussion post describing the relationship between the four lobes of the brain and the corresponding types of aphasia. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts). 

Step 2: Obtain the labeling sheet and identify each structure of the brain from the picture provided, including the: brain stem, cerebellum, cerebrum, corpus callosum, hypothalamus, medulla, midbrain, pituitary gland, pons, thalamus, and ventricles.  

Step 3: To complete the activity, you will need to look at the key document to check your work and identify any structures that were inaccurate. 

Step 4: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion Post: The lobes of the brain" in the subject line and attach the labeled sheet with your discussion post.  

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will discuss how hearing, speech, and language disorders adversely affect communication, providing specific examples for each type of disorder.

Step 1: Write a 100-300 word discussion post describing how hearing, speech, and language disorders adversely affect communication. Be sure to provide specific examples of each type of disorder.

All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 2: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion Post: How do hearing, speech, and language disorders adversely affect communication?" in the subject line.  

OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will evaluate articulation and phonological disorders, including the definition of each and how they are both treated. 

Step 1: Create a PowerPoint presentation with a minimum of eight slides, including the following topics:  

1. definition of an articulation disorder;    
2. describe how an articulation disorder is identified, such as referral, formal and informal measures, etc.; 
3. definition of a phonological disorder;
4. describe how a phonological disorder is identified, such as referral, formal and informal measures, etc.;     
5. describe how a language sample can inform an articulation and/or phonological disorder;  
6. explain how to treat an articulation disorder; and     
7. explain how to treat a phonological disorder.     

The PowerPoint should include a title slide. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 2: To share your work, click on the bottom of the screen button labeled "Add a new discussion topic" and include the title "Discussion" in the subject line. Then, click on the button "Advanced" to open the Attachments section, where you will be able to attach your PowerPoint presentation.  

OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will discuss the major processes in communication and the interaction model of communication.

Step 1: Write a 250-500 word summary about the processes of communicating properly. How is a thought created, sent, and received? Use the following terminologies: "encoding," "decoding," "sender," and "receiver." Then, in your own words, describe the interaction model of communication. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 2: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion Post: The Communication Process and Development" in the subject line.

OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will assess the laws that directly affect the way services are delivered to school-age children with language disorders.

Step 1: Research whether there are any laws in your region that directly affect the way services are delivered to school-age children with language disorders. 

Step 2: If there are, identify how the laws affect the way services are delivered to school-age children with language disorders in your region. If not, think about the laws that might be helpful for your community, state, and/or region.

Step 3: Write a 100-300 word summary describing the laws and the services that they provide to school-age children with language disorders or laws that you think might be helpful for your community, state, and/or region. Connect the existing laws or laws you think would be helpful to IDEA Part B and Part C to help support your claim. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion Post: IDEA Laws" in the subject line.  

OPTIONAL Step 6: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will assess the major processes of socialization and acculturation. 

Step 1: Write a 100-300 word summary describing the processes of socialization and acculturation in relation to communicating within one's culture. Use common factors to help support your claim. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 2: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion Post: Culture and Communication" in the subject line.  

OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will understand the normal processes involved in feeding and swallowing.

Step 1: Draw the anatomy and make a note of the different phases involved in feeding and swallowing: esophageal phase, oral preparatory phase, oral transit phase, and pharyngeal phase.

Step 2: Using a 100-300 word discussion post, explain the phases the bolus takes during feeding and swallowing through the esophageal phase, oral preparatory phase, oral transit phase, and pharyngeal phase. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 3: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion Post: Feeding and Swallowing" in the subject line.

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will discuss the impact of these language impairments: spoken language expression, spoken language comprehension, written expression, and reading comprehension and discuss the four different types of treatment options for those with aphasia.                    

Step 1: Write a 100-500 word abstract that contains two parts. The first part should describe the different types of language impairments and their impacts: expression of spoken language, understanding of spoken language, written expression, and reading comprehension. For the second part of the abstract, you should describe the different types of aphasia treatment options: community aphasia groups, computer treatment, multimodal treatment, and conversational training. Compare and contrast the indications and contraindications for these aphasia treatment options. All references must follow the 7th edition APA format. See the resource at Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 2: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion Post: Language Impairments" in the subject line.  

OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will evaluate and discuss the primary and secondary stuttering behaviors and then evaluate and discuss three main assessment procedures for individuals who stutter.

Step 1: Write a 300-700 word discussion post explaining primary vs. secondary stuttering behaviors and the three main assessment procedures for individuals who stutter. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 2: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion: Stuttering Behaviors and Assessment Procedures" in the subject line.

OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will evaluate and discuss the differences and similarities of dysarthria in individuals with cerebral palsy and adults with dysarthria.

Step 1: Write a 300-700 word discussion post describing the differences and similarities of dysarthria in individuals with cerebral palsy and adults with dysarthria. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 2: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion: Comparison of symptoms for adults with dysarthria symptoms and individuals with dysarthria caused by cerebral palsy" in the subject line.

OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will discuss one way in which a speech-language pathologist can assist a person with a phonation/voice disorder and one way in which a speech-language pathologist can assist a person with an oral-facial cleft.

Step 1: Write a 100-500 word essay discussing one way in which a speech-language pathologist can assist a person with a phonation/voice disorder and one way in which a speech-language pathologist can assist a person with an oral-facial cleft.

All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 2: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion: A speech-language pathologist's role in the care of an individual with an oral-facial cleft and an individual with a phonation (voice) disorder" in the subject line.

OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will create a presentation discussing the steps on how you would conduct the following tests: pure-tone testing, speech testing, otoacoustic emissions, and tests of the middle ear. 

Step 1: Create one slide in regard to the steps required to conduct each of the following tests: pure-tone testing, speech testing, otoacoustic emissions, and tests of the middle ear. Each slide must include 5-7 steps that discuss how to perform and complete one of the tests. There will be 4 slides in total, not including a title slide. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts). 

Step 2 (Optional): Record a short presentation explaining your slides. You can use the free screen recording software called Loom. We would like to publish the best works on our website and social media. If you would like your work to be published, insert a sentence indicating such in this forum’s post description. 

Step 3: To share your slides, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion Post: How would you conduct pure-tone testing, speech testing, otoacoustic emissions, and tests of the middle ear?" in the subject line. To share your presentation recording (optional), you can upload it in this forum, to google drive, or any other service of your choice. (Paste the link here if you upload it to any cloud services, and make sure that it is visible for people with the link). If the recording was made in a language other than English, state the language in the file’s name. 

Step 4: To complete the activity, you will need to comment on at least one post made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your reply engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their slides/recording, sharing insights into how to conduct pure-tone testing, speech testing, otoacoustic emissions and tests of the middle ear, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your post, please reply. To post a reply, click on the particular discussion, then click on “Reply.”

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will describe various test results from the following basic hearing tests: tympanometry, acoustic reflexes, otoacoustic emissions, pure tone audiometry, and speech audiometry.

Step 1: You will be presented with descriptive results from ten basic hearing tests. Interpret the results and what they infer about the auditory system in a 150-200 word summary. You will have ten statements in total, one for each basic hearing test result. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12b0XXHZSi0OGAFKAJnUkX-uzA0u_quntO30JvvNiFlU/edit?usp=sharing

Step 2: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include the title "Discussion Post: How would you interpret different types of test results from the following types of hearing evaluations: tympanometry, acoustic reflexes, otoacoustic emissions, pure tone audiometry, and speech audiometry" in the subject line.

OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will evaluate the case study of a child born with prelinguistic deafness in regard to their development and communication skills.

Step 1: Read the following case study. 

Case Study: You are a speech-language pathologist working in a school-based setting. A new student who is entering the first grade will be added to your caseload. The child, who is a 6 year-old female, has prelinguistic deafness (before language) with two cochlear implants. This is the child's first time attending a public school setting. The child has minimal language use and a small expressive vocabulary. She appears shy and timid and minimally expresses her feelings verbally. She uses many facial expressions and hand gestures to express her wants and needs.

Step 2: Examine the child's needs in regard to her developmental and communication needs given the following five areas of development:

• vocabulary,
• sentence structure,
• speaking,
• academic achievement, and
• social functioning.

Step 3: For each of the areas listed above, write 1-3 consequences that the child may face and 1 treatment option. Each area should be covered in a 200-400 word discussion post. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled “Add a new discussion topic” and include your work title in the subject line.

OPTIONAL Step 6: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”