The course aims to introduce students to the science of speech therapy, emphasizing assessment and intervention issues and outlining the language and speech disorders that later semester courses delve into. Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:

• Understand and discuss the name and purpose of the speech therapy profession
• Define, describe, and classify communication disorders (at the level of language and speech)
• Understand, discuss and describe the general theoretical intervention approaches in the science of speech therapy
• Know the role of the speech therapist in the disorders mentioned above but also in collaboration with other health professionals
• Analyze the role of the speech therapist in the assessment and treatment
  

• Application of knowledge in practice
• Decision making
• Demonstration of social, professional and ethical responsibility
• Efficient search, analysis, and synthesis of data and information using the essential technologies
• Exercise criticism and self-criticism
• Independent Assignment
• Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking
• Respect for diversity and multiculturalism

The course introduces the science of speech therapy, speech and language disorders, and evaluation/intervention by the speech therapist.

The course is developed in 13 sections:

1. Introduction to the content of the course and name of the science of speech therapy
2. Vocational rehabilitation and prospects
3. General theoretical approaches to speech therapy
4. Scientific and behavioral approach to speech therapy
5. Linguistic and psychological approach and relationship with the science of speech therapy
6. Relationship between medical and behavioral approaches to speech therapy
7. Communication and stages (pre-linguistic stage, encoding of the message, modification of the message, execution of the message)
8. Brain, language and speech (general principles)
9. Classification of language disorders
10. Comprehension versus expression, organicity versus functionality
11. Speech vs. language, acquired vs. developmental disorders
12. Language deviation vs. language delay. General principles of assessment and treatment
13. Summary and review

Written exam at the end of the semester (100% of the total grade). The exam will include short answers and/or closed-ended (e.g., multiple-choice) questions.

Books

• Anderson, N. (2011). Εισαγωγή στις διαταραχές επικοινωνίας. Λευκωσία: Broken Hill. Code in Eudoxus [13256259]
• Owens, R. E. (2017). Γλωσσικές διαταραχές: Μια πρακτική προσέγγιση στην αξιολόγηση και την παρέμβαση. Πάτρα: Γκότσης. Code in Eudoxus [59395822]
• Plante, E. M., & Beeson, P. M. (2011). Η ανθρώπινη επικοινωνία και οι διαταραχές της (3η έκδ.). Αθήνα: Παρισιάνου. Code in Eudoxus [12814874]
• Roth, F. P., & Worthington, C. K. (2016). Εγχειρίδιο λογοθεραπείας. Λευκωσία: BrokenHill. Code in Eudoxus [50659854]
• Γερμπανά, Ειρ. (2013). Επικοινωνιακές διαταραχές στα παιδιά. Αθήνα: Παρισιάνου. Code in Eudoxus [33197329]
• Καμπανάρου, Μ. (2008). Διαγνωστικά θέματα λογοθεραπείας. Αθήνα: Έλλην. Code in Eudoxus [122081155]
• Νικολόπουλος, Δ., & Ξενάκη, Χρ. (επιμ.). (2016). Γλωσσική ανάπτυξη και διαταραχές. Αθήνα: Μοτίβο. Code in Eudoxus [59395598]
• Brosseau-Lapré L., & Rvachew S. (2018). Introduction to Speech Sound Disorders. San Diego: Plural.
• Brosseau-Lapré, F., & Reached, S. (2018). Developmental phonological disorders: Foundations of clinical practice (2nd ed.). San Diego, CA: Plural.
• Crystal, D., & Varley, R. (1998). Introduction to language pathology. London: Whurr.
• Shipley, K. G., & McAfee, J. G. (2016). Assessment in Speech-Language Pathology. Boston: Cengage Learning.

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