Client groups and organisations (5cr)

Objective

Students will be able to
- identify different types of client groups in interpreting and their characteristics
- demonstrate knowledge of common causes of hearing and speech impairments
- describe client organisations and their advocacy role
- identify the stages of psychological development and their connections with a client’s communication and functional ability
- take into account the effects of developmental stages in work with clients

Content

- client groups and organisations
- the classification of hearing and speech impairments based on cause or symptoms
- the history of disability
- developmental psychology, the stages of crisis, client age groups
- work with clients

Qualifications

Opintojakson suorittaminen ei edellytä aikaisempaa osaamista.