Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences

  • Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication

    SAR SH 691

    Undergraduate Prerequisites: For MS-SLP students only or with consent of the instructor. - Prereq: for MS-SLP students only or with consent of the instructor. Introduces augmentative and alternative communication. Focuses on clinical features and considerations of AAC tools and strategies, candidacy for AAC across the age span, and features matching and domains of assessment process required for successful evidence-based AAC implementation. 3 cr. Tuition: $6249

    Eleven-week course (May 21-July 30)

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  • Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing

    SAR SH 728

    Prerequistes: for MS-SLP students only or with consent of the instructor. Provides information on the development of pediatric feeding and swallowing and their associated disorders. Includes an overview of normal development, including breastfeeding, bottle feeding, and transition onto solids; anatomy, physiology, and neurology of pediatric feeding and swallowing; and the epidemiology of common pediatric feeding and swallowing problems. Covers formal and informal clinical assessment; instrumental assessments; treatment of pediatric feeding and swallowing problems, including the use of thickened fluids, modified diets, special equipment, positioning, oral sensory-motor therapy, and behavioral feeding therapy. A team structure approach is emphasized along with the importance of counseling families and caregivers, including a discussion of multicultural feeding influences. Students learn to implement assessment and therapy tasks in the form of hands-on skills and integrate these with patient interaction skills via immersive scenarios, simulation equipment, and staff role play of situations commonly encountered in clinical practice. 2 cr. Tuition: $4166

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 12)

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  • Acquired Cognitive Disorders

    SAR SH 734

    Undergraduate Prerequisites: For MS-SLP students only or with consent of the instructor. - Prereq: for MS-SLP students only or with consent of the instructor. An introduction to the rehabilitation of individuals with acquired brain injury across the recovery continuum from acute care to post-acute rehabilitation and reintegration into the community. Primary focus is on the role of the speech-language pathologist and the knowledge and skills required for diagnosis and treatment of this population. Formal and informal assessment tools, treatment paradigms, function of the interdisciplinary team, prevention, advocacy, and strategies to address the needs of family members are presented. 2 cr. Tuition: $4166

    Summer 1 (June 17-July 10)

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  • Clinical Practicum: Speech and Language

    SAR SH 741

    Undergraduate Prerequisites: For MS-SLP students only. - Prereq: for MS-SLP students only. Students are assigned to their first field-based experience from a variety of clinical settings. Students may also be assigned to Boston University specialty clinics. Acceptable clinical hours may be applied to certification. Variable cr. Tuition: $2083 per credit

    Twelve-week course (May 20-August 8)

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  • Clinical Practicum: Speech and Language

    SAR SH 742

    Undergraduate Prerequisites: For MS-SLP students only - Prereq: for MS-SLP students only. Students are assigned their second field-based experience from a variety of clinical settings. Students may also be assigned to Boston University specialty clinics. Acceptable clinical hours may be applied to certification. Variable cr. Tuition: $2083 per credit

    Twelve-week course (May 20-August 8)

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  • Clinical Practicum: Speech and Language

    SAR SH 743

    Graduate Prerequisites: For MS-SLP students only - Prereq: for MS-SLP students only. Students are assigned their third field-based experience from a variety of clinical settings. Students may also be assigned to Boston University specialty clinics. Acceptable clinical hours may be applied to certification. Variable cr. Tuition: $2083 per credit

    Twelve-week course (May 20-August 8)

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  • Clinical Practicum: Diagnostics

    SAR SH 744

    Undergraduate Prerequisites: For MS-SLP students only. - Prereq: for MS-SLP students only. Upon successful completion of SAR SH 737 and SAR SH 740, students are assigned to the Boston University Speech, Language, and Hearing Center Diagnostic Team. Acceptable clinical hours may be applied to certification. Variable cr. Tuition: $2083 per credit

    Twelve-week course (May 20-August 8)

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