Speech and Language Therapy

(qualifying for the health profession of Speech therapist)

 

Location: Ancona - Fermo
Access: Planned at national level
Order: L-SNT2
Type: First Cycle Degree (3 years)


 

The course of study in short

The Bachelor’s Degree Course in Speech and Language Therapy is intended to train health professionals involved in the prevention, evaluation and treatment of communicative-linguistic and swallowing disorders in all age groups, pursuant to the Ministerial Decree of the Ministry of Health of September 14, 1994, n. 742. The professional activity can be pursued in the public, private and free professional sectors.


The set of knowledge that will be acquired by the graduate, equal to 180 CFU (of which 96 of teaching in presence, 60 of professional clinical internship and 24 of didactic activities 'other, elective, professional laboratory, linguistic knowledge, information technology and thesis preparation') will constitute the cultural, scientific and relational background necessary to acquire full professional competence and to understand, face and manage pathological events that require speech and language therapy in all age groups. This knowledge will be achieved through participation in lectures, laboratory activities, practical lessons in equipped classrooms, under the supervision of professors and tutors, and through personal study (supported by teaching material recommended or prepared by teachers, by library services and consultation of databases) of the subjects offered by the Programme of Study (CdS).


Starting from the 2021/2022 the Bachelor’s Degree Course is provided in two didactic centers, Ancona and Fermo. The frontal teaching lessons will be therefore held at the premises of the Faculty of Medicine, for the students enrolled at the Ancona campus, and at the premises of the University Institution of Fermo, for those enrolled in Fermo. The internship activities will be carried out, for all students, at the regional network which includes rehabilitation facilities with hospital and ambulatory services of speech and language therapy, hospitals, ASUR and private rehabilitation centers affiliated with the SSR (Regional Health Service).
It is possible to obtain part of the internship credits through mobility internships abroad under the ERASMUS traineeship program.
The learning ability and skills acquired at the end of the Course also allow the continuation of studies, through the attendance at Courses of the Master's Degree Class LM/SNT2, courses of scientific specialization and of high continuing and recurrent training (master's degrees of 1st and 2nd level, specialization courses), refresher and in-depth courses (Continuing Education in Medicine), with high degree of autonomy.

 

Professional profile and employment opportunities

Logopedista 

Function in a work context:

- attività di prevenzione e di trattamento riabilitativo nelle patologie del linguaggio, della comunicazione e della deglutizione in età evolutiva, adulta e geriatrica;
- attività volta anche all'educazione e rieducazione di tutte le patologie che provocano disturbi della voce,della parola,del linguaggio orale e scritto e degli handicap comunicativi;
- elaborazione , anche in equipe multidisciplinare, del bilancio funzionale volto all'individuazione ed al superamento del bisogno di salute del disabile;
- esercizio autonomo di attività terapeutica per la rieducazione funzionale delle disabilità comunicative, cognitive e della deglutizione, utilizzando terapie logopediche di abilitazione e riabilitazione della comunicazione, del linguaggio, verbali e non verbali, e della funzione deglutitoria;
- valutazione di indicazione all'uso di ausili, addestramento all'uso e verifica di efficacia;
- attività di studio, didattica e consulenza professionale, nei servizi sanitari ed in quelli dove si richiedono le sue valutazione delle rispondenze della metodologia riabilitativa attuata agli obiettivi di recupero funzionale. 

Skills associated with the function:

I laureati in Logopedia, cui competono le attribuzioni previste dal D.M. del Ministero della sanità 14 settembre 1994, n. 742 e successive modificazioni ed integrazioni; svolgono attività di studio, didattica e consulenza professionale, nei servizi sanitari ed in quelli dove si richiedono le loro competenze professionali; verificano le rispondenze della metodologia riabilitativa attuata agli obiettivi di recupero funzionale; svolgono la loro attività professionale in strutture sanitarie, pubbliche o private, in regime di dipendenza o liberoprofessionale. 

Employment opportunities:

Logopedisti. Servizi sanitari pubblici e privati. Libera professione.

 
 
 
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Single Annual Form

The SUA contains all the detailed information on the course; is a tool through which the course obtains ministerial accreditation.