Degree in Speech Therapy

  • E01: Know the anatomy of the organs of speech, hearing and voice.
  • E02: Knowledge of the physiology of the organs of speech, hearing and voice.
  • E03: Hold interconsultations and make referrals to other healthcare and education professionals.
  • E04: Know the normal development of language.
  • E05: Learn the different neuropsychological disorders, their diagnostic techniques and their main causes.
  • E06: Be able to perform a brief neuropsychological assessment of a real case.
  • E07: Know the procedure of neuropsychological evaluation.
  • E08: Know the psycholinguistic processes and other basic psychological processes that support the techniques of speech therapy.
  • E09: Know the different developmental stages of the human being.
  • E10: Understand the development of language and communication.
  • E11: Understand the organisation of speech therapy services in education.
  • E12: Certify the findings made in the practice of the profession, regarding diagnosis, prognosis and speech therapy treatment in the education setting.
  • E13: Write reports on progress and completion of treatment in the field of education.
  • E14: Participate in the preparation, implementation and evaluation of collective educational programmes.
  • E15: Know the evolution of language in early childhood and be able to identify alterations in order to ensure an appropriate development.
  • E16: Adapt professional action to the pre-primary stage of education.
  • E17: Improve communication skills in children.
  • E18: Apply speech therapy with the most effective and appropriate methods, techniques and resources according to the specific orofacial pathology.
  • E19: Be able to work in a school setting as part of the teaching team.
  • E20: Know the linguistic principles of speech therapy and differentiate between the grammatical and pragmatic levels.
  • E21: Identify the different components of language and the linguistic relations that can be affected by a language deficit.
  • E22: Know the principles of the scientific method and the characteristics of the different methods used in speech therapy and their analysis techniques.
  • E23: Be able to apply methodological knowledge to solve the problems usually encountered in professional practice.
  • E24: Be able to collect, analyse and interpret data using statistical software and other information technologies.
  • E25: Evaluate ones own professional intervention in order to optimise it.
  • E26: Know the different methods of hearing screening.
  • E27: Know the concept of hearing screening and its application.
  • E28: Know the operation of hearing aids and of the cochlear implant.
  • E29: Evaluate, diagnose, predict, rehabilitate and prevent communication disorders associated with cognitive dysfunction.
  • E30: Be familiar with labyrinthine semiology: hearing loss and its symptoms associated with otologic pathology.
  • E31: Know the types of hearing loss and their classification.
  • E32: Know the otologic diseases that may cause hearing loss.
  • E33: Know the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that affect hearing and, concretely, hearing aids and cochlear implants.
  • E34: Know the neurology and neuropsychology of language, speech, hearing and voice.
  • E35: Have autonomy and take responsibility for decision making.
  • E36: Know the developmental disorders of communication and language.
  • E37: Know the terminology and description of speech disorders.
  • E38: Recognise and differentiate between a variety of articulation disorders.
  • E39: Recognise and differentiate between a variety of fluency disorders.
  • E40: Be familiar with literacy disorders.
  • E41: Be able to perform a neuropsychological assessment of a patient with a neurodegenerative disorder.
  • E42: Apply speech therapy through early intervention with the most appropriate and effective methods, techniques and resources.
  • E43: Design, implement and evaluate actions to prevent voice disorders.
  • E44: Apply speech therapy treatments with the most effective methods, techniques and resources suited to the vocal pathology shown by each patient.
  • E45: Know the techniques and tools of assessment and diagnosis of voice disorders.
  • E46: Know the techniques and tools of assessment and diagnosis in hearing pathologies.
  • E47: Explore, evaluate and diagnose communication and speech disorders arising from hearing diseases and establish a prognosis of evolution.
  • E48: Apply speech therapy treatments with the most effective and appropriate methods, techniques and resources according to the specific hearing pathology.
  • E49: Select appropriate alternative and augmentative systems of communication considering the needs of children with developmental communication and language disorders.
  • E50: Be familiar with speech therapy as regards phonetic and phonological disorders; fluency disorders; dysarthria; and dysglosia.
  • E51: Know how to perform speech therapy in speech disorders.
  • E52: Know the principles, functions and procedures of intervention in literacy disorders.
  • E53: Design, implement and evaluate actions to prevent literacy disorders.
  • E54: Explore, evaluate and diagnose literacy disorders and establish a prognosis of evolution.
  • E55: Apply speech therapy treatments with the most effective and appropriate methods, techniques and resources in disorders of central origin.
  • E56: Know the psycholinguistic processes and other basic psychological processes that support speech therapy techniques in disorders of central origin.
  • E57: Know the different techniques of intervention in neurodegenerative disorders.
  • E58: Be able to plan an intervention in a clinical case of neurodegeneration.
  • E59: Know the different techniques of intervention in brain injury.
  • E60: Be able to plan an intervention in a clinical case of brain injury.
  • E61: Facilitate learning of alternative and augmentative communication systems as well as the design and use of prostheses and assistive devices.
  • E62: Have computer skills related to the field of study.
  • E63: Consolidate the linguistic principles of speech therapy and differentiate between the grammatical and pragmatic levels in Spanish and Catalan.
  • E64: Transcribe conversations in Spanish and Catalan.
  • E65: Become familiar with the ethnographic research method and with data of ecological validity.
  • E66: Identify correlations between the activities proposed in tests and protocols and the verbal categories that these tools intend to assess or modify.
  • E67: Learn to establish clear correlations between assessment and intervention procedures and the specific categories or linguistic units that these have an effect on.
  • E68: Understand the profession and the legal status of the speech therapist.
  • E69: Have a concern for ensuring the quality of professional performance.
  • E70: Be able to carry out the rehabilitation of the speech and language disorder in different patients.
  • E71: Be able to determine the characteristics of a functional and comprehensive assessment of vocal behaviour.
  • E72: Have the ability to teach the patient the application of a physiotherapy treatment in certain pathologies associated with impaired speech and swallowing.
  • E73: Be competent in the assessment of orofacial alterations, which are of great importance in speech therapy practice.
  • E74: Know the objectives, curriculum content and assessment criteria of primary and secondary education.
  • E75: Know the organisation of primary and secondary schools and the diversity of actions involved in their management.
  • E76: Adapt professional performance to the different developmental stages in the periods of primary and secondary education.
  • E77: Know the educational and learning principles that underpin the techniques of speech therapy intervention.
  • E78: Communicate correctly in the language of the autonomous region where the professional activity is carried out.
  • E79: Be familiar with the objectives, curriculum content and assessment criteria of pre-primary education.
  • E80: Know the different levels of description of the structure of the Catalan and Spanish​​ languages.
  • E81: Know the aetiology and classification of speech disorders.
  • E82: Know the different neurodegenerative disorders associated with speech therapy.
  • E83: Be able to produce a neuropsychological report to inform of an actual clinical case of a patient with a neurodegenerative disorder.
  • E84: Adapt actions to the different human developmental stages in voice pathology.
  • E85: Be familiar with the organisation of pre-primary schools and the different actions involved in their management.
  • E86: Participate in the preparation, implementation and evaluation of collective linguistic intervention programmes in pre-primary education.
  • E87: Assess and develop strategies to improve communication skills in formal educational environments.
  • E88: Know the different research designs, the methods of formulation and testing of hypothesis and the interpretation of results.
  • E89: Know the methods of examination of the vestibular apparatus.
  • E90: Know the principles, functions and procedures of speech intervention in developmental disorders.
  • E91: Be trained to prepare a neuropsychological report of a real clinical case.
  • E92: Be familiar with the profession and the legal status of the speech therapist.
  • E93: Adapt performance to the different developmental stages of the human being and to gender perspective.
  • E94: Organise, supervise, direct and integrate activities related to the professional practice in the area of education.
  • E95: Know the principles, functions and procedures of speech therapy in hearing pathologies.
  • E96: Know the techniques and tools of assessment and diagnosis of literacy disorders.
  • E97: Integrate the analysis of the different linguistic levels from a single sample of data on linguistic deficits.
  • E98: Distinguish between correct and altered constructions in Spanish and Catalan in the different levels of linguistic description, as well as their correspondence with performance in tests and protocols.
  • E99: Work in the school, welfare and healthcare environments as part of the professional team. Moreover, advise in the preparation and implementation of care and education policies for the hearing impaired.