Course description for 2019/20
Practical Training
PE322L
Course description for 2019/20

Practical Training

PE322L
Each of the four speech therapy courses includes two weeks of professional training. These cover the following topics: Aphasia and cognitive difficulties after brain damage. Language and speech difficulties, voice difficulties, speech flow difficulties. The practical training will give candidates knowledge and understanding of one's own practical work in speech therapy and develop his/her professional and ethical basis. The course gives in-depth knowledge of planning, completing and evaluating practical work at an individual, group and system level.

On successful completion of the course the student gains the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The candidate will gain:

  • in-depth knowledge of practical speech therapy
  • detailed knowledge of the use of different tools for diagnostics and surveying

Skills

The candidate will be able to:

  • reflect critically on his/her own professional training in the different areas of speech therapy
  • apply relevant surveying and planning tools in their work
  • analyze and communicate surveying methods
  • plan and implement relevant activities
  • evaluate relevant professional work on individual, group and system level

General knowledge

The candidate will be able to

  • communicate with users, parents, families and other collaborators
  • apply his/her knowledge and skills in new areas to be able to complete relevant tasks and innovations
Costs for housing and travelling during practical studies will occur.
Compulsory

Professional training is completed in periods of two weeks. In special cases a period of training can be completed in the space of 10 days working 7 ½ hours every day.

Training focuses on developing practical skills and the ability for self-reflection. Candidates receive supervision before and after training. Surveying, diagnostics, planning and implementation are discussed and evaluated during the supervision.

The candidates will be appointed a supervisor for each training session.

The study programme is evaluated annually by students by way of course evaluation studies (mid-term evaluation and final evaluation). These evaluations are included in the university¿s quality assurance system.

Professional training is completed in periods of two weeks. In special cases a period of training can be completed in the space of 10 days working 7 ½ hours every day.

Practice in fluency disorders in the 3rd semester consists of:

  1. A three-day workshop at the Michael Palin Centre in London
  2. Discussions on the basis of distributed cases

Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:

SPD5010 - Aquired Language, Speech, Communication and Swallowing Disorders - 10 credits