YSTG9017-1 : Observation practices and principles of prevention

Study Programmes 2015-2016

YSTG9017-1

Observation practices and principles of prevention

Duration :

60h Pr

Number of credits :

Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy		3
Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy		3
Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Christelle Maillart, Dominique Morsomme, Martine Poncelet

Coordinator :

Dominique Morsomme

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

All year long

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

This course is part of the real-world professional integration activities. Students will complete three distinct but complementary activities, taking part in creating a prevention system (C. Maillart) and practising their observation skills in spoken (D. Morsomme) and written (M. Poncelet) language.

Learning outcomes of the course :

After completing this course, students will:

be aware of prevention techniques;
have designed and implemented a prevention system in the field of speech therapy;
be familiar with data collection;
be able to structure and plan this collection in the long term, taking into account material and organisational contingencies
be able to evaluate voice and/or prosody in children or adults
create appropriate observation conditions
use professional recording equipment
record sound tracks using the appropriate software
store and archive the recorded samples
complete an observation report
be familiar with the learning methods in early primary school for written language, from a theoretical and practical perspective
reflect upon these various learning methods for written language
be familiar with preparatory activities leading up to learning how to read
observe the evolution of the acquisition of written language with ordinary children and possibly with children with difficulties
complete a report combining description, theoretical analysis and critical perspective of the methods observed

As the demographics and topics studied vary from one year to the next, the items above may be slightly different.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Corequisites: PSYC0086-1: General deontology of the speech and language therapist

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

For the "prevention system" chapter (C. Maillart), Three classes are scheduled:

Class 1. Sept. 29, 2015: 9 am - 10.30 am: system presentation
Class 2. Nov. 17, 2015: 9 am - 12.30 pm: presentation by groups of students of their chosen topic/field/target population
Class 3. Mar. 3, 2015 : 2 pm - 6 pm: oral presentation in sub-groups, after creating a dossier and implementing the project

For the "observation skills in the field of voice" chapter (D. Morsomme)

Guidelines,
Presentation of the process followed + questions/answers: attendance is mandatory
Students work in pairs.

For the "observation skills in written language acquisition" (M. Poncelet)

Information session on Sept. 25, 2015, from 4 pm to 6 pm: practical details (instructions, type of observation, guidance questions, reference book, and expectations for the student report). Questions/answers.
Observation in a classroom (1st year of primary school)
May 5, 2015 : deadline to turn in the report (which includes the student's observations on the guidance questions, as well as links with the theory presented in the reference book, with a critical perspective)

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Recommended or required readings :

They will be provided during the information session for each chapter, depending on the ongoing projects and the instruments used.

Assessment methods and criteria :

The evaluation criteria are reminded during the presentation sessions, for each chapter. They include criteria such as attendance at the information session, the adequacy of the participants tested, the accuracy of the data obtained, the quality of the recordings, the students' ability to work as a team, compliance with the guidelines (layout of documents and data), clarity of the presentation, relevance of the answers to the issues tackled, and originality of the work. As language is an important part of the speech and language therapist's professional skills, spelling will be included in the evaluation criteria. In addition, all language errors (usage, grammar or syntax) will be sanctioned. As a general rule, only 10 errors will be tolerated. If more errors are made in the first-session report, it will be graded 5/20 and must be presented again during the second session of exams. During the second session, excessive errors will result in the final grade being lowered by 2 points. In order to pass this course, students must complete each of the three independent chapters. If one of the chapters is not completed, the overal mark for the course is 7/20; this mark may not be higher than the average of all chapters, nor lower than the mark for the incomplete chapter.

Work placement(s) :

Organizational remarks :

Contacts :

Prevention :
christelle.maillart@ulg.ac.be

Voice :
dominique.morsomme@ulg.ac.be

Written language :
martine.poncelet@ulg.ac.be