CLINICA DELLA COMUNICAZIONEModule SCIENZE TECNICHE MEDICHE APPLICATE
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: VALENTINA CAVALLAROExpected Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes expected at the end of the training course will be the following:
- knowledge and understanding of the theoretical bases for the study, observation and evaluation of the facio-oral-buccal apparatus in relation to breathing, sucking and swallowing skills and how this matures during the first year of life and in infantile age;
- ability to apply knowledge both in terms of functional evaluation and in terms of planning the treatment objectives;
- ability to draw up a logopedic balance relative to the proposed topics;
- ability to effectively communicate what emerged from the assessment using a specific vocabulary in an appropriate manner;
- have acquired the bases for a possible autonomous study of the issues addressed, indications about the possibility of finding additional training through bibliographic research and in-depth courses.
Course Structure
- lectures aimed at acquiring knowledge;
- videos, demonstrations of images, diagrams, materials, graphics;
- practical exercises with presentation of Protocols and Assessment Tests,
- work in a small group for the analysis, processing and interpretation of the results of some clinical cases.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
- Facio-oro-swallowing functions in the first year of life:
o Breathing, sucking and swallowing of the newborn;
o The importance of breastfeeding and the crucial role of the lingual frenulum;
o The transition to solid nutrition.
- Facio-oro-swallowing functions in childhood and the transition to adulthood:
o Craniofacial growth and development;
o The role of breathing;
o Orofacial motility.
- Communication and the onset of language:
o Linguistic and prelinguistic communication;
o Socio-conversational skills
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Facio-oro-swallowing functions in the first year of life | |
| 2 | Facio-oro-swallowing functions in childhood and the transition to adulthood | |
| 3 | Communication and the onset of language |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
Description of the child's food development
How breathing affects the anatomy and physiology of the orofacial apparatus
With which instruments orofacial motricity is evaluated
How to evaluate the lingual frenulum
The physiological evolution of communication and language