Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training, the student will be able to:

  • The student will be able to explain a speech disability.

  • The student will be able to determine the body systems involved in speaking.

  • The student will be able to differentiate between psychogenic and neurogenic mutism.

  • The student will be able to explain the types of aphasia.

  • The student will be able to list the five types of articulation disorders.

  • The student will be able to discuss fluency disorders.

  • The student will be able to identify types of voice disorders.

  • The student will be able to describe interpreter services available to a person with a speech disability.

  • The student will be able to summarize call processing techniques for a person with a speech disability.

Course Content

    1. Course Information

    2. Learning Objectives

    3. Activity Instructions - Please Read

    4. Course Worksheet Information

    5. Deaf Culture and TDD Worksheet

    1. Introduction

    2. Video: Speech-to-Speech Relay - Andy's Story

    3. Knowledge Checkpoint

    1. Anatomy of a Speech Disability

    2. Video: How Does the Human Body Produce Voice and Speech

    3. Knowledge Checkpoint

    1. Mutism

    2. Video: Valedictorian with Non-Verbal Autism Gives Commencement Speech

    3. Knowledge Checkpoint

    1. Aphasia

    2. Download: Aphasia Coloring Sheets

    3. Knowledge Checkpoint

    1. Articulation Disorders

    2. Knowledge Checkpoint

About this course

  • Course Created: July 2022