Adjunct Instructor - Introduction to Speech Sound Disorders (COMD 335) - 131540

Job Title:  Adjunct Instructor - Introduction to Speech Sound Disorders (COMD 335 - Undergraduate)

Job Classification:  Adjunct Faculty - Teaching

Posting close date: May 31, 2024

Start date of this position:  August 26, 2024

Required Degree:  REQUIRED MINIMUM: Masters in Communication Disorders (Must have required degree by start date)

PREFERRED: CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist

Experience:   

• Working with a variety of children with speech sound disorders
• Transcribing children's disordered speech using the International Phonetic Alphabet
• Explaining typical and atypical speech production acquisition
• Teaching experience is a benefit

Duties/Expectations:  

Prepare and teach the undergraduate Articulation and Phonology class, twice a week, on BYU campus:

• An ability to teach:
• The course of normal phonological acquisition and development in children
• Identification of phonological processes/patterns from children's speech
• The nature of speech sound disorders, including their etiologies and characteristics
• Transcription of disordered children's speech using the International Phonetic Alphabet
• Differential diagnosis of speech sound disorders (articulation errors, phonological errors, childhood apraxia of speech)
• Principles and methods of assessment of childhood speech sound disorders, using both formal and informal methods
• Interpretation of assessment results for diagnostic purposes and intervention planning
• Principles and methods of intervention for treating children with speech sound disorders
• How to differentiate intervention for children with various speech sound disorders
• The relationship between phonology, language, and literacy development 

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