Main description:

"Clinical Observation in Communication Sciences and Disorders'' is a textbook written for undergraduate students studying Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) who are beginning to obtain clinical observation hours. Designed as an introduction to the process of clinical observation, this text takes a global approach in addressing the development of observation skills that are necessary for students to understand and integrate into their clinical practices and careers.

The book aims to provide a manual and workbook for instructors and students exploring the importance of clinical observation and its role in health care services, its historical context, philosophical underpinnings, and instructional strategies. Observation is vital to the communication sciences and disorders field, and this work presents a multi-media guide to clinical observation that has not been offered until now. Students and instructors are provided a thorough resource to facilitate the learning of, and learning through, observation that students will carry into their clinical observation practicum.

Key Features:
*Recordings and videos of clinical studies and observations included on a PluralPlus companion website
*Introduces activities and exercises that engage the reader firsthand with observation
*Assists students to develop a comfort in reading and research that will integrate into the clinical practice
*Takes a broad and expansive approach of observation that can be applied and practiced globally
*Provides a study of observation in the Communication Sciences and Disorders field that has not been offered before

Contents:

Preface. Acknowledgments. Contributors. Reviewers. Section I. Introduction to Clinical Observation. Chapter 1. The Art and Science of Clinical Observation; Chapter 2. A Process, a Framework, and a Model for Clinical Observation. Section II. Elements of Clinical Observation. Chapter 3. Element #1: The Observer; Chapter 4. Elements #2 & #3: The Clinician, The Client; Chapter 5. The Client-Clinician Relationship (The Therapeutic Alliance). Appendix. Disability Memoirs and Stories. References. Index.