Overview
In this unit, you will continue to develop your clinical and professional competence in extension from observations completed in SPCH12002. You will demonstrate advanced beginner-level competencies in a work-integrated learning experience in the paediatric population. You will develop an understanding of professional topics involved in clinical practice. You must have completed all pre-clinical requirements, and maintain these requirements throughout the unit to engage in your work-integrated learning experience.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: SPCH12002 Language and Literacy in Early Childhood SPCH12004 Speech and Hearing
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student feedback.
Students commented that the inclusion of two intensive days at the beginning of the term was beneficial in preparing them for placement.
It is recommended that the unit coordinator continue to deliver the two intensive days at the beginning of the term.
Feedback from Student feedback.
Students indicated that the purpose of completing the case report assessment task is not clear.
It is recommended that the relevance of this assessment task be made more explicit in both the task description and verbal explanations to students.