Student Teaching Clinical Internship

At the end of this course students should be able to: 1. identify pupils/students who have speech-language disorders in a school population; 2. develop speech-language correction programme for such pupils/students; 3. discuss with school personnel and parents the need for engaging concerned pupils/students in speech-language correction programme; and 4. present a report on speech-language activities they undertook during the internship.

Supervised practicum as a speech-language pathologist/therapist in a public school setting. Certification of Speech-Language Pathologist/Therapists. Placements of students in relevant Units, Centers, Clinics, Departments in conjunction with the Education Field Placement office. Demonstration of students’ clinically acquired knowledge and skills in school setting (a mock working experience). Demonstration of skills in identification, assessment and rehabilitation of pupils/students with speech-language disorders. Application of students’ ability to transfer classroom/laboratory experiences to community service delivery.