Graduate Certificate in Communicative Disorders Assistant (CODA)
Georgian College
Key Information
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Campus location
Barrie, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning, On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
CAD 9,656 / per semester *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Aug 2024
* *international fall semester fee / international winter and summer semester fee: $8,621 | domestic fall semester fee: $2,793 / domestic winter and summer semester fee: $2,491
Introduction
Turn your passion for helping others into a career in speech therapy
Study physiological and functional speech/language and hearing disorders. Learn techniques to help others communicate. On-site clinic for hands-on learning.
Students gain knowledge and hands-on experience to work in an adjunctive capacity as supportive personnel to qualified Speech-Language Pathologists and/or Audiologists in a variety of treatment settings. Students focus on conducting programming after the Speech-Language Pathologist or the Audiologist has completed the assessment and determined the therapy plan, as well as practicing a variety of other types of duties within this profession.
Based on a thorough understanding of physiological and functional speech/language and hearing disorders, students develop programming skills and learn intervention techniques to evoke and sustain communication behaviors. In addition, students identify the behavior and environmental factors that can potentially support or erode the efficacy of therapy.
Why study Communicative Disorders Assistant at Georgian?
Experiential learning
One of the key features of our program is that our students complete clinic rotations in both fall and summer semesters in the Harmonize for Speech, Hearing, and Language Clinic. This clinic offers state-of-the-art equipment and training that enables students to observe and participate in speech-language and audiological treatment sessions and programming involving community clients. In total, students complete 56 hours of clinic placements and 490 hours in two separate seven-week field practicum placements.
Experienced faculty
Our highly qualified faculty members are well known for their experience, and their ability to work with students to put theory into practice.
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Scholarships and Funding
Awards, scholarships, and bursaries
Postsecondary education is an investment in your future. We know many students find it tough to make ends meet, which is why we offer so many options to help you pay your way to graduation.
Georgian offers awards, scholarships, and bursaries to students of all walks of life — domestic, international, and Indigenous, full-time and part-time, first years, upcoming graduates, and everyone in between. You can afford this!
Curriculum
Semester 1
Program Courses
- CODA 1000 Articulation, Phonology and Motor Speech Disorders
- CODA 1001 Introduction to Audiology and Amplification Systems
- CODA 1002 Language Disorders In Children
- CODA 1003 Introduction to The Profession
- CODA 1004 Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- CODA 1006 Introduction to Communication Disorders in Adults
- CODA 1020 Introduction to Theory and Practice
Semester 2
Program Courses
- CODA 1015 Field Practicum 1
- CODA 1016 Field Practicum 2
Semester 3
Program Courses
- CODA 1010 Fluency and Voice
- CODA 1011 Language, Learning and Literacy
- CODA 1012 Augmentative and Alternative Communication: High Tech and Software
- CODA 1014 Communication Disorders in Adults
- CODA 1018 Advanced Theory and Practice
- CODA 1019 Amplification Systems and Aural Rehabilitation
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Your Communicative Disorders Assistant graduate certificate gives you many career opportunities
Graduates of this program are prepared for employment as supportive personnel (speech and learning technicians, speech aides, therapy assistants, audiometric technicians, or hearing screeners) serving children and adults with communicative disorders and delays. They may find work in a variety of settings including children’s treatment centers, school boards, public health units, Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs), hospitals, early years centres and private speech and/or audiology clinics, under the supervision and direction of qualified Speech-Language Pathologists and/or Audiologists.