Corso di laurea in Logopedia

The teaching aims to provide theoretical and methodological bases, as well as the acquisition of knowledge-skills related to the disciplines treated and their interaction, The topics investigated include:

-        neurological diseases which give rise to disabilities of speech language pathology  competence

-        aspects related to each surgery dysphagia and other  phoniatric and logopedic  disease

-        cognitive-communicative difficulties in physiological and pathological brain aging:  SLP core competence

-         swallowing  disorders in neurological and surgical diseases of  adulthood and old age: SLP core competence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

The student must acquire: the skills that enable  to manage rehabilitation independently of the pathologies faced during  the lessons and a  good clinical reasoning skills, which leads to the construction of the evaluation and rehabilitation path, more coherent and effective in relation to the clinical complexity of the framework and the short and long term outcome objectives

INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT

The student must be able to deliver and calibrate his intervention on the person in accordance with his peculiarities, context  and QoL . He must also demonstrate to operate his rehabilitation choices in a flexible and dinamic  manner with respect to the cost-benefit analisys, specificity and clinical appropriateness of the proposed interventions.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

The student at the end of the course should learn how to manage communicative techniques and strategies to interact effectively with the patient and with the caregiver , even in the presence of complex and / or conflicting situations

Whether he has learned how to relate adequately to the multidisciplinary team, be available for discussion and clinical comparison,making their specific professional contribution.

LEARNING SKILLS

The student must demonstrate that he / she is able to access the didactic knowledge learned by using them in clinical practiceand available  to extend his knowledge through study and continuous updating.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Thyroid: surgical anatomy, surgical pathology, indications to operate, post-operative course

  Cervical esophagus: surgical anatomy, surgical pathology, indications to operate, post-operative course

  Thoracic and abdominal esophagus: surgical anatomy, surgical pathology, indications to operate, post-operative course

 Stomach: surgical anatomy, surgical pathology, indications to operate, post-operative course

 Gastro esophageal reflux-disease: anatomical- physiological relations, diagnostic assessment and therapy

Brain tumors

Epilepsy

Inflammatory disorders of CNS (meningitis, encefalitis)

Cefaleas and nevralgias

Neurological disorders causing dyphagia, psicogenic dysphagias

 Oropharyngeal Dysphagia and Speech Therapist: Skills  

Complexity and multidisciplinary management of person with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pathway:

Stroke and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

Neurodegenerative disorders and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

Oncological disease and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in the elderly

Discussion of clinical cases

The Elder: changes in cognitive and communicative functioning and meaning of geriatric-logopedic rehabilitation 

 Dementia or neurocognitive decline: newer classifications and definitions, nosological catalogue

 The language and the cognitive aspects related to the main  types of dementia

 Primary progressive aphasia (PPA): the three clinical variants and peculiarities of linguistic deficits

  The evaluation process aimed at the rehabilitation of dementia:  screening batteries,  comprehensive and specific  SPL assessment tools 

 In-depth assessment of communicative and linguistic competence

 Pratical tutorials with the most commonly used text material and selection criteria for evaluation protocols

 Logopedic rehabilitation management and the different targets in each stage of illness

  Neurocognitive rehabilitation of dementia: presenting different operation models and new approaches

 Practical exercises aimed at choosing the best neurocognitive training person-centred and focused on  his environment

 Program to stimulate of the communication for people with dementia: pragmatic approach and assistive technologies

 Speech language pathologist counselling: objectives and contents

 

The course for conducting the program uses 5 CFU.The lecturers have slide shows and movies, as well as test material for field exercises to be performed in small groups.Clinical cases will also be presented as a starting point for discussion and definition of definition of treatment plans 

 

The examination teaching LOGOPEDIC SCIENCES OF COMMUNICATION IV includes a written test that contains 20 multiple-choice questions concerning the topics dealt with in two teaching modules and an oral test where the learning of the other two modules will verified through at least two questions for Logopedic Sciences. The valuation is thirty , consists in ponderate  media  passing the profit you need to reach the sufficiency (18/30)