Overview

The authors introduce student clinicians to the various types of written and verbal communication they will encounter across three different clinical settings: university clinics, medical settings and public schools. The text is written in a student-friendly manner with appendices that provide examples of correspondence, diagnostic and treatment reports from all three settings, a professional term generator and IEP paperwork. The uniqueness of the text is reflected in chapters on verbal interactions with families, allied professionals and supervisors. Also included are scenarios written in the form of vignettes that address issues of ethics, confidentiality and safeguarding clinical communications.

Audience

Primary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Clinical Practicum & Professional Issues
Secondary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Textbooks
Audience Level: Professional/Textbook - Desk Copy

• Preface
• Section I: Introduction to Professional Communication, Clinical Practicum 1 Sites, and Ethics
  • The Nature of Professionalism and Professional Communication
  • Learning as They Change the Rules: The Many Faces of Clinical Practicum
  • Learning as They Change the Rules: The Many Faces of Clinical Practicum
• Section II: Professional Written Communication
  • Diagnostic Reports
  • Treatment Plans
  • Short-Term Progress Reporting
  • Long-Term Progress Reporting
  • Professional Correspondence
• Section III: Professional Verbal Communication
  • Interacting with Clients and Families
  • Interacting with Other Professionals
  • Interacting with Supervisors
• Appendices
• References
• Index

About The Authors

A. Embry Burrus, MCD

A. Embry Burrus is a certified speech-language pathologist and Associate Clinical Professor at Auburn University. Her areas of interest include children with developmental delay, children and adults who stutter, and supervision. She is the author of Mama and Margaret, a memoir about her older sister with Down syndrome. Before becoming a clinical professor, she practiced in Atlanta, Georgia, where she worked with children in the public schools, Head Start, and Early Intervention.

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William Haynes, Ph.D.

Dr. William O. Haynes earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in speech-language pathology from Northern Michigan University and his Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. His teaching specialties have been child and adolescent language development/disorders and research methodology. He has written six textbooks in communication disorders, published over forty research articles in peer-reviewed national/international journals, and has presented numerous research papers at professional meetings.

Dr. Haynes has supervised graduate and undergraduate students in clinical practicum throughout his career. He has been on the faculty in the department of communication disorders at Auburn University, Alabama, for over thirty years and is currently a Professor Emeritus at that institution.

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