PSICOLOGIA DELLO SVILUPPO E DELL'EDUCAZIONE

Module SCIENZE TECNICHE MEDICHE APPLICATE

(ACCORDING TO THE 5 DUBLIN DESCRIPTORS)

1. Knowledge and Understanding – The student must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

- the mechanisms and manifestations of impaired development and swallowing function in childhood;

- the main alterations of higher cortical functions;

- the relationship between executive functions and complex motor skills and their alterations;

- the main learning disabilities in reading, writing, and calculation;

- quantitative and qualitative alterations of the voice in developmental age.

2. Ability to Apply Knowledge and Understanding – The student must be able to:

- apply theoretical knowledge to the understanding of the main pathological patterns of communication, cognitive, and motor development;

- interpret developmental disorders as a basis for clinical speech therapy reasoning;

- recognize the main signs and salient characteristics of alterations in swallowing, voice, executive functions, and learning.

3. Independent Judgment – ​​The student must demonstrate:

- the ability to distinguish between typical and pathological development in the main areas covered;

- the ability to integrate knowledge from different fields (such as ENT, developmental psychology, child neuropsychiatry, neurology);

- the ability to develop an initial critical approach to the observation and interpretation of developmental disorders.

4. Communication Skills – The student must be able to:

- use technical and scientific terminology appropriate to the fields of speech therapy;

- present the course content clearly, accurately, and coherently;

- effectively communicate complex concepts related to developmental and learning disorders.

5. Learning Ability – The student must demonstrate:

- the ability to independently learn and rework the content covered;

- develop critical study skills useful for continuing the course;

- update their knowledge through reference texts and teaching materials provided.

Frontal interactive lessons, supported by slides, videos, and tutorials

Any seminar

Swallowing disorders in childhood: neurogenic, neuromuscular, and muscular dysphagia

Development and disorder of executive functions and complex motor skills: dyspraxias

Assessment of the main cerebral cortical disorders: aphasia, agnosia, apraxia

Impairment of reading, writing, and numerical learning abilities, mainly within the spectrum of specific learning disorders

Childhood dysphonia

L. Sabbadini. Disturbi specifici del linguaggio, disprassie e funzioni esecutive. Springer-Verlag Italia Editor (latest edition) (reference book)

C. Vio, P. E. Tressoldi, G. Lo Presti. Diagnosi dei disturbi specifici dell'apprendimento scolastico. Erickson Editor (latest edition) (reference book)

Oral exam. Elements to be evaluated: relevance of the answers, quality of their contents, ability to connect with other topics within the program, ability to report examples, quality of technical language, and overall expressive ability.

To guarantee equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, students can request a meeting in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measure, according to the educational goals and specific needs. In this case, it is advisable to contact the CInAP (Centre for Active and Participated Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or SLD) professor of the Department where the Degree Course is included.

What are the main causes of childhood neurogenic dysphagia?

What is the speech therapy approach to a specific learning disability?

What is the difference, also in terms of evaluation and speech therapy approach, between apraxia and dyspraxia?