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This qualification will provide appropriate professional services within the scope of practice, in a range of contexts to persons of all ages who are at risk for, or present with communication and swallowing difficulties. These regulations are situated within the South African context, where the newly qualifying learners will enter community service where there may be no other speech-language therapy.\r\n\r\nTherapists provide supervision and mentorship, and there may be a need to collaborate, plan, set-up, and deliver services at all levels of the healthcare system; there will be a need to communicate effectively and address the communication and swallowing needs of a multi-cultural and multi-lingual population professionally and ethically.\r\n\r\nThis qualification will train learners to become competent professionals in speech-language pathology. The purpose of this professional qualification is to equip learners with knowledge and skills that are consistent with the best practices in the profession of Speech-Language Therapy and that will enable learners to provide appropriate service in a range of contexts, to persons of all ages, who are at risk for, or present with, swallowing disorders or a communication delay or disorder.\r\n\r\nUpon completion of this qualification, qualifying learners will be able to:\r\nApply knowledge and understanding of human behaviour and human communication as well as the skills to provide the necessary interventions that will promote the well-being of persons at risk for or with a communication delay or disorder.\r\nPromote, prevent, assess, restore, maintain and enhance the communicative functioning of individuals, families, groups, and communities through appropriate interventions that facilitate or develop the skills that are required to reach their optimal potential and realize a meaningful quality of life.\r\nDemonstrate the principles of human rights and social justice while interacting with and assisting the range of human diversity in their professional practice.\r\nDemonstrate the ability to identify local, regional and national research needs, develop and execute suitable strategies to research these needs and practically apply the knowledge gained.\r\n\r\nRationale\r\nThe qualification prepares learners to evaluate the speech, language feeding, swallowing, and related physiological and cognitive capabilities of children and or adults and develop treatment and rehabilitative solutions in consultation with clinicians and educators. 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