Neurodevelopmental disorders and language

Course Information
TitleΝευροαναπτυξιακές διαταραχές και γλώσσα / Neurodevelopmental disorders and language
CodeΤΙΜΝΝΕΒ011
Interdepartmental ProgrammeDTPMS "Neuroepistīmes, Neuroglōssología kai Efarmogés" (2022-sīmera)
Collaborating SchoolsMedicine
Italian Language and Literature
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorStavroula Stavrakaki
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600022618

Programme of Study: DTPMS "Neuroepistīmes, Neuroglōssología kai Efarmogés" (2022-sīmera)

Registered students: 30
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses217.5
Gnōstikī Neuroepistīmī tīs Glṓssas kai NeuroapokatástasīElective Courses217.5
Diatarachés tīs Glṓssas kai Klinikés/Ekpaideutikés EfarmogésElective Courses217.5

Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600290153
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction)
Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes concern that students become able to understand the effects of neurodevelopmental disorders on language abilities and the relationship between language and cognitive characteristics in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course focuses on neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) and the effects of these disorders on language behavior. Disorders of simple genetic etiology (genetic syndromes of mental retardation) and complex genetic etiology (Dyslexia, Developmental Language Disorder, ADHD) are presented. The linguistic and cognitive phenotypes of these disorders are analyzed.
Keywords
neurodevelopmental disorders, language abilities
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures197.5
Total197.5
Student Assessment
Description
Closed type multiple choice questions. The ability to correctly and quickly respond to questions covering all the material taught is assessed.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Παντελιάδου, Σ. (2011). Μαθησιακές Δυσκολίες και Εκπαιδευτική Πράξη. Τι & Γιατί. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Πεδίο. Διευρυμένη έκδοση Σταυρακάκη, Σ (2019). Νευροαναπτυξιακές διαταραχές: Η περίπτωση της Αναπτυξιακής Γλωσσικής Διαταραχής. Θεσ/νίκη: Επίκεντρο. American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- 5). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) (1982). Communication Disorders and Variations, Asha, 949–95O. Archibald, L.M.D. and Gathercole, S. (2006) Short term and working memory in Specific Language Impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 41 (6): 675-693. Arosio, F., Branchini, C., Barbieri, L., & Guasti, M. (2014). Failure to produce direct object clitic pronouns as a clinical marker of SLI in school-aged Italian speaking children. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 28(9), 639-663. Baird, G. (2014). Lumping, splitting, drawing lines, statistical cut offs and impairment. Commentary on Bishop, D.V.M. Ten questions about terminology for children with unexplained language problems. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 49, 381–415. doi: 10.1111/14606984.12101 .Bedore, L.M. & Peña, E.D. (2008) Assessment of Bilingual Children for Identification of Language Impairment: Current Findings and Implications for Practice. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 11:1, 1-29. Bishop, D. M., North, T. & Donlan, C. (1996). Nonword repetition as a behavioral marker for inherited language impairment: Evidence from a twin study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 37, 391- 403. Bishop, D.V.M. & Rutter, M. (2008). Neurodevelopmental disorders: conceptual issues. Rutter's child and adolescent psychiatry, 32-41. Bishop, D.V.M, Snowling, M.J., Thompson, P.A., Greenhalgh, T. & the CATALISE consortium (2016). CATALISE: A multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study. Identifying language impairments in children. PLOS one, 11 (7) DOI: 10.1371/journal.phone.0158753 Bishop, D.V.M, Snowling, M.J., Thompson, P.A., Greenhalgh, T. & the the CATALISE-2 consortium. (2017). Phase 2 of CATALISE: a multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study of problems with language development. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58 (10), 1068- 1080, DOI:10.1111/jcpp.12721 Blom, W.B.T. & Boerma, T.D. (25.09.2016). Effects of language impairment and bilingualism across domains: vocabulary, morphology and verbal memory. Language Impairment in Bilingual Children Special issue of Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 7 (3/4), 277-300 Conti-Ramsden, G.& Botting, N. (1999). Classification of children with Specific Language Impairment: longitudinal considerations. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 42, 1195-1204. Conti-Ramsden, G. (2014). What should we call children who struggle to talk? Taking a developmental, global perspective of diagnostic labels—reflections on Bishop (2014). Commentary on Bishop, D. V. M., Ten questions on terminology for children with unexplained language problems. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 49, 381– 415. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12101 Conti-Ramsden, G. (2008). Heterogeneity of Specific Language Impairment in adolescent outcomes. In C.F. Norbury, J.B. Tomblin & D.V.M. Bishop (eds). Understanding Developmental Language Disorders: From theory to practice. 117-130. East Sussex: Psychology Press Eysenck, M. W. & Keane, M.T. (1995). Cognitive Psychology. A student’s handbook. Psychology Press. UK. Fey, M. & Leonard, L., 1983, Pragmatic skills of children with specific language impairment. In T. Gallagher and C. Prutting (Eds), Pragmatic Assessment and Intervention Issues in Language (pp. 65- 82). San Diego, CA: College-Hill Press Fisher, S.E. (2005). Dissection of molecular mechanisms underlying speech and language disorders. Applied Psycholinguistics, 26, 111–128. Fisher, S. E. (2006). Tangled webs: Tracing the connections between genes and cognition. Cognition, 101 (2), 270-297. Fodor, J.A. (1983). The modularity of mind. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Friedmann, N., & Novogrodsky, R. (2007). Is the movement deficit in syntactic SLI related to traces or to thematic role transfer? Brain and Language, 101, 50-63. Friedmann, N., & Novogrodsky, R. (2008). Subtypes of SLI: SySLI, PhoSLI, LeSLI, and PraSLI. In A. Gavarró, & M. João Freitas (Eds.), Language acquisition and development (pp. 205-217). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press. Friedmann, N., & Novogrodsky, R. (2011). Which questions are most difficult to understand? The comprehension of Wh questions in three subtypes of SLI. Lingua, 121, 367-382. doi: 10.1016/j.lingua.2010.10.004 Rice, M.L., Tomblin, J.B., Hoffman, L, Richman, W.A., & Marquis, J. (2004). Grammatical tense deficits in children with SLI and non specific language impairment: Relationships with nonverbal IQ over time. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47, 816-834 tavrakaki, S. (2005). Greek Neurolinguistics: The State-of-the-Art. Journal of Greek Linguistics, 6, 187-234. Stavrakaki, S. (2006). Developmental perspectives on Specific Language Impairment: Evidence from the production of wh-questions by Greek SLI children over time. Advances in Speech–Language Pathology, 8(4): 384 – 396 Stavrakaki, S. & van der Lely, H. (2010). Production and comprehension of pronouns by Greek children with Specific Language Impairment. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 28, 189–216. Stothard, S. E., Snowling, M. J., Bishop, D.V.M., Chipchase, B.B. & Kaplan, C.A. (1998). Language- Impaired Preschoolers. A Follow-Up Into Adolescence. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 41, 407-418. doi:10.1044/jslhr.4102.407
Last Update
29-12-2023