Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:

• Delve into issues of the science of speech therapy
• Analyze the contemporary literature on newer developments/controversies in the science of speech therapy
• Evaluate treatment methods based on scientific evidence
• Make informed clinical decisions
• Use results according to clinical practice guidelines and protocols
  

• Critical data analysis
• 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
• Generation of new research ideas
• Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking

The course aims to help students to delve deeper into issues of the science of speech therapy, analyzing contemporary literature on ethical issues or newer developments/controversies in the science of speech therapy (theory and clinical application). Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to evaluate treatment methods based on the best possible scientific evidence, make clinical decisions based on proven concepts, evaluate the quality of services in speech therapy, use study results to aid decision-making in speech therapy, evaluate reviews and meta-analyses of studies, and use results in clinical practice guidelines and protocols.

The course is developed in 13 lessons.

• Evidence-based practice in health sciences
• Class discussion on the application of specific speech therapy techniques and documented evidence
• Speech therapy in Greece: present and future
• Analysis of contemporary literature
• Discussion on the opinion of speech therapists regarding communication disorders and violence in schools
• Discussion on speech therapists' disagreements about terminology in language disorders
• Discussion on the training needs of speech therapists for preparation in the 21st century
• The role of speech therapy in the growing number of bilingual-multilingual children in the country
• Disagreements between parents and speech therapists in the standard clinical practice

Final exam at the end of the semester (50% of the final grade) and group assignment on in-depth speech therapy topics. The exam will include short-answer and/or closed-ended (e.g., multiple-choice) questions.

Books

• Paul, R (2019). Εισαγωγή στις κλινικές μεθόδους για τις διαταραχές επικοινωνίας. Constantaras, Code in Eudoxus [133038472]
• Σταυρακάκη, Σ. (2021). Λόγος και νόηση στις διαταραχές παιδιών και ενηλίκων. ΒΗΤΑ ΙΑΤΡΙΚΕΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ, Code in Eudoxus [102123736].

Additional bibliography

• Course notes
• European Speech and Language Therapy Association Guidelines (ESLA)
• American Speech and Hearing Association Guidelines
• Roddam, H. & Skeat, J. (2010). Embedding evidence-based practice in speech and language    therapy. International examples. London: Wiley
• Sanger, D., Moore-BrownB. J., Montgomery, J., &Hellerich, S. (2004). Speech-language pathologists' opinions on communication disorders and violence. Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch., 35(1), 16-29
• Reilly, Σ., Bishop, D. V. M., & Tomblin, B. (2014). Terminological debate over language impairment in children: forward movement and sticking points. International Journal of Communication Disorders, 49(4), 452-462

Related scientific journals

• American Journal of Speech and Hearing Research

• Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

E-books and articles

• https://speechpathologymastersprograms.com/evidence-based-practice 

• https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17489539.2017.1370215 

• https://www.asha.org/practice/ethics/clin_parent_disagree 

• https://www.asha.org/academic/reports/changing 

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