Aims and Learning Outcomes
Develop a sound theoretical understanding of motor sensory and language developmental problems and disabilities
Learn to
- Understand visual impairments
- Understand hearing impairment
- Understand interventions in cerebral palsy
- Understand speech and language development
- Understand aetiology and behaviour modification in hearing difficulties
- Critically appraise the evidence base for interventions related to developmental disorders
- Understand and reflect on the issues of organisation of medical care and the role of Child Development Centres
- Understand the social and educational consequences of developmental problems
- Understand the theoretical underpinning of psychological disorders and behavioural problems
- Understand and analyse issues of cognition and sociability in children with specific disorders
- Reflect on how your knowledge will enhance your own practice