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Study Course Description

Speech Sound Disorders, Course Paper

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
REK_228
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
9.00
Target Audience
Rehabilitation
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts

Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk@rsu.lv, +371 20271291

About Study Course

Objective

Acquire knowledge about speech sound disorders: cause and symptoms (Articulation disorders; Phonological disorders; Dysarthria, Apraxia). Be able to asses sound pronunciation and treat speech sound disorders.

Preliminary Knowledge

Pedagogy; didactics.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.• describe articulation and phonological disorders; • recommend articulation and phonological disorders treatment ; • describe speech sound disorders in children and adults; • know speech sound disorders etiology, clinical symptoms; • report speech sound disorders treatment and therapy.

Skills

1.• examine articulation and phonological skill; • analyse sound errors and phonological processes; • develop a treatment plan of Speech Sound Disorders.

Competences

1.• will be able to use the knowledge and practical skills in the assessment, analysis. Develop a treatment plan of Speech Sound Disorders. Treatment for Speech Sound Disorders.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work

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3rd semester: • clinical case analysis • clinical case Reports • literature Review for Research Paper • group work – Evidence-Based Practice for Children With Speech Sound disorders. 4th semester: • clinical case analysis • clinical case Reports • literature Review for course Paper, course work • literature Review for Research Paper (speech sound disorder) • group work – Evidence-Based Practice for Children With Speech Sound disorders, research paper analysis.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

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3rd semester: • group presentation on therapy; • self-assessment tests during the study course; • assessment – test. 4th semester: Final evaluation: Defense of the course work, includes cumulative evaluation. • attendance 10%; self-assessment tests 30%; term paper, evaluation report 40%; group work, presentation of a scientific article 20%.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Speech sound development. Classification of speech sound disorders. Speech sound disorder: causes and symptoms. Prevention of speech sound disorder.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Speech sound disorders: symptoms and diagnostics. Speech sound disorder screening diagnostics. Latvian language phoneme test material. Phonological awareness.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Treatment of speech sound disorders in children.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Assesment: control of the mandible, coordination of tongue and lips, artikulation. Assessment of speech sound disorders.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Articulation disorder: front consonant.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Articulation disorder: central and back consonant.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Phonological disorder.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Treatment planning for speech sound disorders. Treatment of speech sound disorders in children.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test (Semester)
Part 2
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Classification of sound pronunciation disorders. Definition, etiology, pathogenesis of dysarthria. Classification of dysarthria. Clinical manifestations of speech disorders in dysarthria. Selection of topics for coursework.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Definition of apraxia. Types of apraxia: oral apraxia, apraxia of speech. Acquired apraxia of speech in adults. Childhood apraxia of speech. Clinical manifestations of apraxia.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Sound pronunciation/speech disorders as a result of oral structural disorders. Speech disorders in cases of tight sublingual ligament.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Disturbances in the pronunciation of speech sounds in cases of structural disorders. Orofacial myofunctional disorders in children. Sound pronunciation\speech disorders in adenoids. Sound pronunciation\speech disorders, in cases of hearing disorders. Speech\sound pronunciation disorders in cleft palate.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

Assessment and evaluation of speech disorders.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

Assessment and evaluation of speech disorders.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Pediatric (developmental) dysarthria.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Acquired dysarthria (in adult).
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Structural speech sound disorders. Assessment, treatment.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Structural speech sound disorders. Assessment, treatment.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Childhood apraxia of speech.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Apraxia of speech in adult.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

Speech therapy after oral surgery.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Orofacial myofunctional disorders: assessment and treatment.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Orofacial myofunctional disorders: assessment and treatment.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Speech therapy presentation. Group work.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
64 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Defence (Semester paper)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Bauman-Waengler, Jacqueline, Garcia, Diane, 2018. Phonological Treatment of Speech Sound Disorders in Children: A Practical Guide, San Diego: Plural Publishing, Incorporated.

2.

Irēna Miltiņa, 2017. Modelēšana logopēdijā. Rīga: Izdevniecība RaKa

3.

Ken M. Bleile, 2018. Speech Sound Disorders: For Classroom and Clinic. 4th Edition. Plural Publishing, Incorporated.

4.

Rhea Flipsen, Peter Paul, 2015. Speech Sound Disorders in Children: In Honor of Lawrence D. Shriberg, Plural Publishing, Inc.

Additional Reading

1.

Blūmentāle Ilze, u.c., 2014. Rokasgrāmata runas, valodas un dzirdes attīstībā un traucējumu izzināšanā.

2.

Dodd, Karen, 2013. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Children with Speech Disorder. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

3.

Irēna Miltiņa, 2008. Skolotāja logopēda darba mape. Rīga: RaKa

4.

Nick Miller, 2014. Motor Speech Disorders: a cross-language perspective

5.

Wanda G. Webb, 2017. Neurology for the speech-language pathologist / Wanda G. Webb. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier