Special Project Information:

 

1.   The project must be a clinical case presentation;

 

2. A case should be chosen that has been worked with, or is in the process of being worked with. If the case chosen has limited information available, the student would be expected to expose critical gaps in the case data and indicate what steps should be taken to rectify the situation.

 

3. The project is considered an opportunity for the student to: synthesize and integrate academic and clinical information into a “real life” situation; reflect critically on clinical practice; share experiences with peers; and, accomplish a culminating activity which will allow the Department to thoroughly evaluate student readiness for the Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Fellowship.

 

4. The project must minimally contain the following six elements (please note: #4 is considered a very crucial part of the project). The paper and the oral presentation should address each of these areas specifically. In both the oral presentation and the written report, these areas should be highlighted or titled so that listeners and readers will know when they are being discussed:

 

1.                  Background information on the case, including: demographic information; the nature of the disorder; educational and/or medical history; and a summary of relevant assessment and intervention data;

 

                        2.         Discussion of the central issues, problems, and/or questions;

                         

                        3.         How problem, issues and questions identified are solved or plan to be solved. Be specific. Include procedures and strategies, various solutions tried and/or considered even if they were not successful or were discarded;

 

                        4.         Theoretical considerations and research bases for solutions. Be specific and use references.

 

                        5.         Description of results and current status including quantitative data when applicable;

 

            6.         What specific lessons were learned from preparing the case presentation?

 

The 30 minute oral should provide 25 minutes of information and 5 minutes for questions. Students are expected to engage their audience in a lively exchange of questions and answers for the final 5 minutes of the presentation. The presenter can pose questions to the audience and can answer audience questions. Students are requested not to read their oral presentations. Cue/note cards are acceptable but only for brief reference. The student should speak the presentation to the audience. Visual aids may be used and are encouraged. Use visual aids appropriately. They should not make up the bulk of the oral presentation. A brief outline of the project arranged as it will be orally presented should be prepared as a hand-out for the class.

 

A compendium of the written reports compiled from your second copy submissions may be available to students in the class for a copying fee. Please check with instructor.

 

Faculty have developed scoring sheets for both the oral and written presentations. Appendix J presents copies of the “Oral Scoring Form” and the “Written Scoring Form” which will be used to evaluate the Special Projects.