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CSCD5066: Feeding and Swallowing Across the Lifespan
2025 unit information
This course builds on skills and knowledge from CSCD5062 – Voice and Resonance. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills to conduct clinical assessment and intervention or service response for swallowing needs amongst children and adults. This unit of study enables students to describe, analyse and apply their understanding to authentic clinical cases and contexts with emphasis on evidenced-based practice.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Communication Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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CSCD5062 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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Anatomy and neurology of the speech system including head, neck, nervous system and speech motor control |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal swallowing in adults and the developmental stages of swallowing and feeding in infants
- LO2. Critically analyse appropriate assessment and outcome measures required to assist diagnoses as well as change in a feeding and/or swallowing disorder
- LO3. Analyse and report critical information from a case history, clinical swallowing evaluation and instrumental assessment to identify the underlying nature of swallowing and/or feeding impairment and make reliable diagnoses
- LO4. Apply findings from a case history, clinical swallowing evaluation and instrumental swallowing assessment to the ethical management of an individual with dysphagia, considering autonomy, personal preferences, cultural, linguistic, and social contexts
- LO5. Accurately demonstrate appropriate compensatory and rehabilitation approaches to manage swallowing and/or feeding impairments
- LO6. Demonstrate awareness of the speech pathologist’s role within multi-disciplinary team/s in order to prevent or manage swallowing and/or feeding impairment
- LO7. Incorporate the principles of E3BP (Dollaghan, 2007) and ICF (WHO, 2001) to SMART goals when managing a client with swallowing and/or feeding impairment, balancing the evidence from the literature, clinical skills, and individuals’ values and wishes.
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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