Degree in Speech Therapy
- Know the anatomy of the organs of speech, hearing and voice.
- Knowledge of the physiology of the organs of speech, hearing and voice.
- Hold interconsultations and make referrals to other healthcare and education professionals.
- Know the normal development of language.
- Learn the different neuropsychological disorders, their diagnostic techniques and their main causes.
- Be able to perform a brief neuropsychological assessment of a real case.
- Be trained to prepare a neuropsychological report of a real clinical case.
- Know the procedure of neuropsychological evaluation.
- Know the psycholinguistic processes and other basic psychological processes that support the techniques of speech therapy.
- Be familiar with the profession and the legal status of the speech therapist.
- Know the different developmental stages of the human being.
- Understand the development of language and communication.
- Adapt performance to the different developmental stages of the human being and to gender perspective.
- Understand the organisation of speech therapy services in education.
- Certify the findings made in the practice of the profession, regarding diagnosis, prognosis and speech therapy treatment in the education setting.
- Organise, supervise, direct and integrate activities related to the professional practice in the area of education.
- Write reports on progress and completion of treatment in the field of education.
- Participate in the preparation, implementation and evaluation of collective educational programmes.
- Be able to work in a school setting as part of the teaching team.
- Assess and develop strategies to improve communication skills in formal educational environments.
- Know the linguistic principles of speech therapy and differentiate between the grammatical and pragmatic levels.
- Identify the different components of language and the linguistic relations that can be affected by a language deficit.
- Know the different levels of description of the structure of the Catalan and Spanish languages.
- Know the principles of the scientific method and the characteristics of the different methods used in speech therapy and their analysis techniques.
- Know the different research designs, the methods of formulation and testing of hypothesis and the interpretation of results.
- Be able to apply methodological knowledge to solve the problems usually encountered in professional practice.
- Be able to collect, analyse and interpret data using statistical software and other information technologies.
- Evaluate ones own professional intervention in order to optimise it.
- Know the different methods of hearing screening.
- Know the methods of examination of the vestibular apparatus.
- Know the concept of hearing screening and its application.
- Know the operation of hearing aids and of the cochlear implant.
- Evaluate, diagnose, predict, rehabilitate and prevent communication disorders associated with cognitive dysfunction.
- Be familiar with labyrinthine semiology: hearing loss and its symptoms associated with otologic pathology.
- Know the types of hearing loss and their classification.
- Know the otologic diseases that may cause hearing loss.
- Know the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that affect hearing and, concretely, hearing aids and cochlear implants.
- Know the neurology and neuropsychology of language, speech, hearing and voice.
- Have autonomy and take responsibility for decision making.
- Know the developmental disorders of communication and language.
- Know the terminology and description of speech disorders.
- Know the aetiology and classification of speech disorders.
- Recognise and differentiate between a variety of articulation disorders.
- Recognise and differentiate between a variety of fluency disorders.
- Be familiar with literacy disorders.
- Know the different neurodegenerative disorders associated with speech therapy.
- Be able to perform a neuropsychological assessment of a patient with a neurodegenerative disorder.
- Be able to produce a neuropsychological report to inform of an actual clinical case of a patient with a neurodegenerative disorder.
- Apply speech therapy through early intervention with the most appropriate and effective methods, techniques and resources.
- Design, implement and evaluate actions to prevent voice disorders.
- Apply speech therapy treatments with the most effective methods, techniques and resources suited to the vocal pathology shown by each patient.
- Adapt actions to the different human developmental stages in voice pathology.
- Know the techniques and tools of assessment and diagnosis of voice disorders.
- Know the techniques and tools of assessment and diagnosis in hearing pathologies.
- Know the principles, functions and procedures of speech therapy in hearing pathologies.
- Explore, evaluate and diagnose communication and speech disorders arising from hearing diseases and establish a prognosis of evolution.
- Apply speech therapy treatments with the most effective and appropriate methods, techniques and resources according to the specific hearing pathology.
- Know the principles, functions and procedures of speech intervention in developmental disorders.
- Select appropriate alternative and augmentative systems of communication considering the needs of children with developmental communication and language disorders.
- Be familiar with speech therapy as regards phonetic and phonological disorders; fluency disorders; dysarthria; and dysglosia.
- Know how to perform speech therapy in speech disorders.
- Know the techniques and tools of assessment and diagnosis of literacy disorders.
- Know the principles, functions and procedures of intervention in literacy disorders.
- Design, implement and evaluate actions to prevent literacy disorders.
- Explore, evaluate and diagnose literacy disorders and establish a prognosis of evolution.
- Apply speech therapy treatments with the most effective and appropriate methods, techniques and resources in disorders of central origin.
- Know the psycholinguistic processes and other basic psychological processes that support speech therapy techniques in disorders of central origin.
- Know the different techniques of intervention in neurodegenerative disorders.
- Be able to plan an intervention in a clinical case of neurodegeneration.
- Know the different techniques of intervention in brain injury.
- Be able to plan an intervention in a clinical case of brain injury.
- Facilitate learning of alternative and augmentative communication systems as well as the design and use of prostheses and assistive devices.
- Have computer skills related to the field of study.
- Consolidate the linguistic principles of speech therapy and differentiate between the grammatical and pragmatic levels in Spanish and Catalan.
- Integrate the analysis of the different linguistic levels from a single sample of data on linguistic deficits.
- Transcribe conversations in Spanish and Catalan.
- Become familiar with the ethnographic research method and with data of ecological validity.
- 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.
- Identify correlations between the activities proposed in tests and protocols and the verbal categories that these tools intend to assess or modify.
- Learn to establish clear correlations between assessment and intervention procedures and the specific categories or linguistic units that these have an effect on.
- Understand the profession and the legal status of the speech therapist.
- Have a concern for ensuring the quality of professional performance.
- 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.
- Be able to carry out the rehabilitation of the speech and language disorder in different patients.
- Be able to determine the characteristics of a functional and comprehensive assessment of vocal behaviour.
- Have the ability to teach the patient the application of a physiotherapy treatment in certain pathologies associated with impaired speech and swallowing.
- Be competent in the assessment of orofacial alterations, which are of great importance in speech therapy practice.
- Know the objectives, curriculum content and assessment criteria of primary and secondary education.
- Know the organisation of primary and secondary schools and the diversity of actions involved in their management.
- Adapt professional performance to the different developmental stages in the periods of primary and secondary education.
- Know the educational and learning principles that underpin the techniques of speech therapy intervention.
- Communicate correctly in the language of the autonomous region where the professional activity is carried out.
- Be familiar with the objectives, curriculum content and assessment criteria of pre-primary education.
- Be familiar with the organisation of pre-primary schools and the different actions involved in their management.
- Know the evolution of language in early childhood and be able to identify alterations in order to ensure an appropriate development.
- Participate in the preparation, implementation and evaluation of collective linguistic intervention programmes in pre-primary education.
- Adapt professional action to the pre-primary stage of education.
- Improve communication skills in children.
- Apply speech therapy with the most effective and appropriate methods, techniques and resources according to the specific orofacial pathology.
