This is a full-time semester-long clinical internship at an affiliating agency that may be located in Virginia or across the United States. Affiliating agencies include public schools and healthcare institutions in Virginia and throughout the U.S. Interns practice all aspects of Speech-Language Pathology under the direct supervision of one or more certified and licensed speech-language pathologist(s) employed by the affiliating site.

This course uses the students' personal experience and perceptions as a starting point to interpret and understand theories. The course introduces central concepts such as language contact, language dominance, language policies, creolization, bilingualism, language diversification, language dispersal, dialect, idiolect, and sociolect. The course also includes a focus on policies that can influence linguistic variation.

This course addresses the use and application of instructional and assistive technologies to promote client communication, learning, skill acquisition, and independence. Coursework includes an overview of the assistive technology assessment and delivery process, and options for alternative presentation within the therapeutic intervention plan or school curriculum.

A lecture-demonstration course that introduces the techniques and materials essential to developing augmentative communication programs for children, adolescents, and adults who are non-vocal or severely physically handicapped. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

This course presents theories, models and techniques related to working with school stakeholders (e.g. administrators, teachers, caregivers, and other school personnel). Specifically, it will focus on understanding the schools as systems and will emphasize the important school counselor roles of leader, consultant and advocate and their relationship to promoting equity. Prerequisite: EDHS 8290

A lecture-discussion and clinical study of fluency disorders: development, theory, evaluation, and treatment.

This course covers substance use disorders and behavioral addictions: their causes, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Topics include common substances, theoretical models, biopsychosocial aspects, co-occurring disorders, and evidence-based, trauma-informed, culturally responsive care. Examines addiction's impact on individuals, families, and communities, plus the continuum from prevention to recovery.

This course is intended to help you become an impactful counselor in a racialized society. You will become aware of the structures of power (e.g., racialization, patriarchy, religious doctrine, and capitalism) that impact the lives of individuals across various intersections of constructed identities around race, sex, gender, religion status, and ability. Anti-racism, equity, and empowerment are emphasized.

Objective observation is an essential skill for assessing and treating diverse clients in professional settings. This hands-on, participatory course examines the nature of observation; factors that influence interpretation; and the impact of biases, expectations and observer influence; while watching clinical care. Students will learn to recognize forms of assessment and therapy strategies across a variety of communication disorders.

This course is designed to be a professional orientation to: the history of the profession of counseling; the social and philosophical bases of the profession; advocacy issues in counseling; identity of professional counselors; a survey of career opportunities for counselors; and credentialing processes of counseling graduates. In addition, this course focuses on ethical and legal aspects of counseling and the ethical decision making processes.