SPPA 2000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Communication Problems, Total Communication, Telehealth

• School: WMU
• Department: Speech Pathology and Audiology
• Course: SPPA 2000
• Professor: dr.coles-white

Document Summary

Communication 9/8/16: helping relationship between two unequal partners to assist those who are weaker or less able, serving balanced connection between individuals, (cid:862)ou(cid:396) se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)e se(cid:396)(cid:448)es us as (cid:449)ell as othe(cid:396)s. (cid:863) re(cid:373)e(cid:374), 1996. The process of human communication: several characteristics of the communication process are introduced, communication is complicated and active, communication involves both, encoding, decoding: Individuals with communication problems: prevalence of communication disorders: 8 10% or 46 million. Americans have communication disorders: demographics of communication problems occur across all ages, races, genders, and socio-economic lines. Collaboration within the educational setting: parents and guardians, regular and special education teachers, esl teachers, counselors, school psychologists, physical therapists, Professional organizations: american speech-language-hearing association (asha) professional, scientific & credentialing organization of audiologists, speech-language pathologists, & speech-language, and hearing scientists, national student speech language and hearing association (nsslha, american academy of audiology (aaa) Employment settings: schools, hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, government agencies, skilled nursing facilities, research labs, private practice.