Department of Speech and Language Therapy
The speech therapy program of the University of the Peloponnese lasts four years and aims to pro-mote knowledge in the science of Speech Therapy through teaching and research, to provide students with the necessary clinical skills for their scientific and professional careers, and to offer scientifically documented services to society...
The speech therapy department of the University of the Peloponnese implements a modern curriculum that includes specialty courses in speech, language, voice, swallowing, and hearing disorders and courses from other neighboring disciplines (i.e., medicine, psychology, linguistics, etc.)...
The departments of Speech Therapy and Nursing established the Interdepartmental Graduate Program "Care and Support of Children and Adolescents with Special Health Needs in the Community" (2022). This aims to train scientists of different specialties in health services and includes courses from both programs...
The research in our department is under continuous development since it is newer than the rest of the speech therapy departments in Greece (founded in 2019). The department currently has five doctoral students. Their research focuses on the language and cognitive skills of children with high-functioning autism, the disruptions in typical language development, etc.....