BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy Bachelor's degree at Leeds Beckett University

Develop an understanding of the production, transmission, and perception of speech sounds and how these are used to convey meaning. You'll learn to use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to transcribe simple sequences of sounds and to transcribe English phonemically.

This module will introduce you to the anatomical structures and functional physiological processes involved in speech production, language processing, hearing and swallowing. You'll learn about the role of the brain and human nervous system relevant to speech, language, hearing and swallowing.

Explore the ideas, concepts and theories associated with psychological development across life and across cultures. You will have the opportunity to consider development from before birth to very old age, within a social context. You will be able to learn about new developments in psychology, such as Life History Theory, and how to apply them to yourself and to the people around you.

Build your knowledge of linguistics, pragmatics, typically-developing child language, accent and dialect. You will develop background theoretical knowledge in all these areas and applied linguistic analysis skills with particular reference to grammatical analysis.

Develop core foundational skills for clinical practice in areas such as: information gathering, modelling and feedback and interpersonal skills. You'll also start to develop an understanding of the HCPC Standards of Proficiency and reflective practice.

Gain an understanding of the therapy process of information gathering, assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation. You'll explore the skills used by speech and language therapists to engage clients, and the importance of the therapeutic relationship.

Develop professional, communication and interaction skills with service users and begin to apply basic theoretical knowledge and terminology during a series of clinical placements.

This module develops your theoretical knowledge and clinical skills to support speech and language therapy practice with clients who have eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.

This module will introduce you to cognitive psychology with a focus on the major processes relevant to language. These include perception, attention, short- and long-term memory, and executive function. You'll consider how theories of cognitive processing influence management of people with a range of communication disorders.

Learn to understand and evaluate research for planning speech and language therapy intervention. You'll begin to identify strengths and weaknesses in speech and language therapy research and will critically appraise journal articles.

Gain knowledge and understanding of the key medical conditions relevant to speech and language therapy practice, including presenting features, pathophysiology, and medical investigations and management.

Build an understanding of the therapeutic processes of skilled information gathering, assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation of client data.

Develop an in-depth understanding of speech and language. You'll analyse the phonetics of speech and study societal, cultural, and individual variation in speech and language. This module will further your training in linguistic analysis and phonetic transcription. You'll apply your knowledge and practical skills by identifying clients' strengths and difficulties in clinical settings. You'll also consider phonetic and linguistic factors in target selection for therapeutic tasks.

Observe and participate in a range of assessment and management approaches with a wide variety of service users with communication and / or swallowing difficulties. Working alongside different clinical placement educators in a range of diverse clinical settings, you'll develop clinical reasoning skills, start to apply relevant theory to the service users you see and learn to use your reflection skills.

Develop knowledge and understanding of the professional context of contemporary speech and language therapy practice. This module will prepare you for your first professional post.

Build on your critical understanding of the contribution of the most recent theories and research to evidence-based and cost-effective management of specialist areas of adult and/or paediatric speech and language therapy practice. You will develop advanced skills in assessment and management of specialist areas of speech and language therapy.

Building on the therapeutic relationship with clients, you'll consider complex situations that require sophisticated communication skills to engage clients and sustain the therapeutic alliance. You'll establish skills of hypothesis building, testing, adapting and evaluating. And you'll develop focussed clinical reasoning with complex clients in complex settings.

Enhance your skills of evidence-based practice. You will identify a research question that will contribute to evidence-based practice in speech and language therapy, You will also demonstrate a critical understanding of appropriate primary and secondary strategies for answering a research question and execute these through writing a research proposal or a literature review.

Plan, implement and evaluate a range of assessment and management approaches with a wide variety of service users with communication and / or swallowing difficulties, with increasing independence and autonomy. Working alongside different clinical placement educators in a range of diverse clinical settings, you'll develop your clinical reasoning skills, apply relevant theory to the service users you see and emerge as a reflective practitioner.