DIPLOMA IN SPEECH THERAPY

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1 FACULTY OF EDUCATION Elviña Campus, A Coruña Updated: October 005 Address Campus Elviña s/n 1501 A Coruña Tel.: (Ext.: ) Fax: Webpage: Head of the Department: Narciso de Gabriel Fernández. Coordinador ECTS Paula Mendiri Ruiz de Alda Tel.: (Ext.: 5 /181) Fax: paulamen@udc.es Academic Calendar: 1 st semester: September th to January th (exams: January 0 th to February 1 th ) nd semester: February 0 th to June th (exams: June 1 th to July 5 th ) September exams: September 1 st to 1 th. Language of instruction: Gallego / Spanish DIPLOMA IN SPEECH THERAPY Studies leading to the official qualification of Diploma in Speech Therapy, providing theoretical and practical training towards the prevention, assessment and intervention in adult or child language difficulties. CARRER POSSIBILITIES: SECTORS: Health-care (Clinics or private speech and hearing therapy centres). Education (schools and special education centres). Public administration (Ministry of Education and Culture). FUNCTIONS: Language rehabilitation. Correction of oral and lexical articulation dysfunction. SYLLABUS 5 11 Date of Confirmation: 5/0/5 Date of Publication in B.O.E.: 1/01/ Year of Initiation: 5/ DISTRIBUTION OF CREDITS Cycle Year Core Compulsory Optional Free Configuration F.P. Total 1º 1º 8,5 (8.5) () 1,5 (.5) - - (0)

2 º,5 (1),5-0 (0) º 1 () 1-1 (0) TOTAL 10,5 (10.5) 55,5 (5) (1.5) 1-0 (180) PRACTICUM: Yes. EQUIVALENT CREDITS: Up to trunk credits through: Practical work in companies, public or private institutions. Equivalence: 1 credit for each month of "practical work". ACCESS TO OTHER COURSES After completing this course, the student will have access to: Audio-visual Communications (B.O.E. 1//), Documentation (B.O.E. 5/8/), Advertising and Public Relations (B.O.E. 1//), Journalism (B.O.E. 1//), History and Science of Music (B.O.E. 8//5), Humanities (B.O.E. /1/), Linguistics (B.O.E. 1/1/) and Translation and Interpretation (B.O.E /1/). SYLLABUS ORGANISATION Code Type SUBJECT Credits Theory Practical FIRST CYCLE FIRST YEAR 101 T Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Organs 10 T General and Applied Linguistics () 10 T General and Language Neurology.5 10 T Psychology of Language Acquisition and Development () ().5 (.5) () () D General Psychology.5

3 (.5) 10 D Introduction to the Methods of Research in Education.5 10 D Individual-case Research D Didactic Principles of Speech Therapy.5 (.5) () () () () 10 D Spanish Language or 110 D Galician Language () () () () Optional (.5) SECOND YEAR 01 T Evaluation and Diagnostic of the Language, Speech and the Voice (5.5) 0 T Speech Therapy Intervention in Speech and Voice Disorders (8.5) 0 T Pathology of Hearing and Language (8.5) 0 D Rehabilitation of the Speech and Hearing Apparatus (8.5) 05 D Behavior Modification in Language, Speech and Voice Disorders.5 (.5) 0 D Neuropsychology.5 (.5) (.5) (5.5) (.5) (5.5) (.5) (.5) () () 0 D Educational and Professional Guidance for Children with Speech and Language Defects.5 (.5) (.5) 10 T Practicum I 10 (.5) - (-) 10 (.5) Optional.5 Free Configuration

4 THIRD YEAR 01 T Speech Therapy Intervention in Language Disorders 0 T Specific Techniques of Language Intervention 1 (1) 0 D Reading and Writing Disorders 10 T Practicum II 0 (1) () 8 (8) () - (-) () () 0 (0) Optional Free Configuration 1 NOTE: Four-month long subjects Code Optional Credits FIRST YEAR 111 Public Health.5 () 11 Introduction to the Study of Sign Languages.5 () 11 Communication Psychology.5 11 School Language Diagnostic Spanish Writing and Speaking Workshop.5 () Theory () () Practical () 11 Spanish Language in the Mass-media.5

5 () 11 Galician Phonetics.5 () SECOND YEAR 11 Instrumental Phonetics.5 1 Applications of Test Theories in Speech Therapy.5 1 Health Psychology.5 1 Didactic Means and Resources in Speech Therapy Education.5 15 Evaluation of Speech Therapy Intervention Programmes.5 1 Galician Language Problems.5 1 Cognitive, Social and Personality Development.5 18 Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior.5 1 Psychology of Memory.5 THIRD YEAR 11 Child and Youth Psychiatry.5 1 Physiotherapy of the Speech Apparatus.5 1 The Professional Voice.5 1 Clinical Linguistics.5 () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () () ()

6 15 Methods for the Elaboration of Scales in Speech Therapy.5 1 Training in Social Skills.5 () () () () 1 Curricular Adaptation and Personal Development Programmes (P.D.P.) for Students with Language Disorders.5 () () 18 Learning Difficulties and Psycho-pedagogical Intervention.5 1 Psycho-linguistics.5 0 Congenital Language Disorders.5 NOTE: Four-month long subjects () () () () () () GLOSSARY T = Core D = Compulsory = Four-month period