Acquired Language and Speech Disorders

The course provides an introduction to various speech and language disorders that follow a stroke, traumatic brain injury or dementia. Various mapping and teaching methods for rehabilitation are addressed.

Knowledge:

The course will give the student basic knowledge of theoretical and practical aspects related to speech and language difficulties for people with aphasia and or other acquired speech and language disorders, including knowledge of methods and tools for assessment and treatment in speech therapy.

Skills:

After completing the course, the student should be able to use different methods of speech terapy assessment and treatment tools in order to plan, implement and evaluate rehabilitation for people with aphasia and for people with other acquired conditions that lead to speech and language disorders.

General competence:

After completing the course, the student should be able to use various methods for identifying and assessing aphasia, apraxia of speech, dysarthria and primary progressive aphasia, choose relevant assessment tools and analyze assessment results, implement and evaluate measures/treatment, as well as reflect on one’s own practice and relate it to relevant theory.

Lectures and plenary discussions. The course has mandatory requirements. It is assumed that all students regularly use the current learning platform.