Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the learner will:
1. know what the speech disorders of adolescents
2. be familiar with adolescent movement disorders
3. be familiar with the basic principles of dealing with speech and movement disorders
4. know the possibilities of intervention aimed at their improvement (occupational therapy, psychodrama, kinesiotherapy, art therapy)
5. plan the basic diagnostic approach to relevant clinical cases
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. Hearing and speaking
2. Diagnostic approach to speech delay in childhood and adolescense
3. Cerebral palsy and speech disorders
4. Neuromuscular diseases and speech disorders
5. Speech and communication disorders
6. Psychosocial consequences of speech disorders
7. The therapeutic intervention in the developmental language disorder in teenagers
8. Stammering during adolescence
9. Speech articulation disorders
10. Pervasive developmental disorder and speech disorders
11. Genetic syndromes and speech disorders
Keywords
speech, articulation, movement, adolescence, disorder, adolescent