Clinical Observation
A Guide for Students in Speech, Language, and Hearing

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Author(s):	Georgia Hambrecht, PhD, CCC-SLP, Professor, Western Carolina University Tracie Rice, AuD, Clinical Director, Western Carolina University
Details:	ISBN-13: 9780763776510 Spiral/paperback 280 pages © 2011
Price:	International Sales $50.95 US List Add to Cart Request a Review Copy

Overview

Clinical Observation: A Guide for Students in Speech, Language, and Hearing provides structure and focus for students completing pre-clinical or early clinical observation as required by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Whether used in a course on observation and clinical processes, or as a self-guide to the observation process, this practical hands-on workbook will give a clear direction for guided observations and provide students with an understanding of what they are observing, why it is relevant, and how these skills serve as a building-block to their future role as clinicians.

With clear and concise language, this reader friendly guide includes a quick review of background knowledge for each aspect of the clinical process, exercises and activities to check understanding and guide observation, and questions for reflection to help students apply their observation to their current studies and their future work as speech-language pathologists. This journaling process will help students connect what they observe with the knowledge they have gained from classes, textbooks, and journal articles. Thought provoking activities may be completed, revisited, and redone, and multiple activities are provided for each observation. This is a must-have resource for supervisors, students, and new clinicians.

Clinical Observation: A Guide for Students in Speech, Language, and Hearing reviews the principles of good practice covering ASHA’s Big Nine areas of competency.

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Section  I  The Big Nine Areas
  Chapter  1  Articulation
  Chapter  2  Fluency
  Chapter  3  Voice
  Chapter  4  Swallowing
  Chapter  5  Language
  Chapter  6  Cognitive Aspects
  Chapter  7  Communication Modalities
  Chapter  8  Social Aspects
  Chapter  9  Hearing
Section  II  Supplemental Areas
  Chapter  10  Intelligibility
  Chapter  11  Sign Language
  Chapter  12  Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  Chapter  13  Hearing Aids
  Chapter  14  Auditory Processing
Section  III  The Therapy Process
  Chapter  15  Organization of a Session
  Chapter  16  On-Line Transcription
  Chapter  17  Ethical Behavior
  Chapter  18  Developing Goals and Objectives
  Chapter  19  Baseline
  Chapter  20  Selection of Materials
  Chapter  21  Session Structure
  Chapter  22  Reinforcement
  Chapter  23  Family
  Chapter  24  Supervision
  Chapter  25  Group Remediation
  Chapter  26  Safety and Security
  Chapter  27  New Learning, Practice, and Generalization
  Chapter  28  SOAP Notes
  Chapter  29  Clinician Researcher Connection: Data Collection
  Chapter  30  Putting It All Together
  Chapter  31  The Clinician I Want to Become
  Chapter  32  Your Turn
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Georgia Hambrecht, PhD, CCC-SLP-Professor, Western Carolina University

Dr. Georgia Hambrecht received her PhD from Kent State University, 1982; MA degree from Western Illinois University, 1975; and BS degree from Bowling Green State University, 1974. Dr. Hambrecht is a certified Speech Language Pathologist who has taught supervision and clinical process classes as well as supervised for over 25 years. She has received recognitions for her innovative teaching and brings the active learning approach to this text.

Tracie Rice, AuD-Clinical Director, Western Carolina University

Dr. Tracie Rice is a certified Audiologist who is currently the clinical director of a university training program and teaches a clinical process course. She has taught the clinical process course on-line and brings the focus and clarity of on-line assignments to this text. Dr. Rice received her AuD degree from University of Florida, 2002; MS degree from University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 1999; and BS degree from Western Carolina University, 1997.

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“The language is clear and concise. The examples are easy to understand and the practice exercises are thought provoking and highly applicable to clinical practicum experiences. This will be a "must have" resource for speech language pathology clinical supervisors, pre-clinical students, and first year graduate clinicians.”
~ Claire M. Edwards, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Science & Disorders, University of Montevallo
"The book strikes a nice balance between chapters on general clinical skills (e.g., goal writing, data collection) and chapters more focused on observations about specific disorder areas (e.g., features of voice addressed in the session). This book is small and spiral-bound, making it convenient to bring to observations."
~ Adrienne B. Hancock, PhD, George Washington University, Doody's Review Service