At the end of the course the student will be able to: - distinguish between fluent and non fluent language - identify the charachteristics of fluency disorders - relate the observed situations to the different etiologic theories - remember the most used instruments for assessment and the steps of assessment - identify treatment objectives - make relations between assessment and possible treatments - observe and assess both overt and covert aspects
Course Prerequisites
Knowledge of: general linguistics, normal development of language, psychology, psychometrics
Teaching Methods
- lectures - exercises
Assessment Methods
Written exam with multiple choice questions intended to evaluate the knowledge and free questions intended to evaluate clinical thinking, inferences and integration skills. The vote, with 30 lode as best result, will be calculated in average with the votes of the other modules of the course.
Texts
• Tomaiuoli D., a cura di (2016), Balbuzie: Fondamenti, Valutazione e Trattamento, Erickson • Accornero A. (2009), Balbuzie-stato dell'arte e intervento logopedico, Edizioni minerva medica • Florio, P., & Bernardini, S. (2014). Balbuzie: assessment e trattamento. Modelli di intervento cognitivo-comportamentale in ottica ICF. Trento: Centro Studi Erickson. TO STUDY IN DEPTH: • D'Ambrosio, M. (2017). Balbuzie e Cluttering: le nuove prospettive. FrancoAngeli. • Guitar B. (2014), Stuttering: an integrated approach to its nature and treatment, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins • Yairi E. e Seery C.H. (2015), Stuttering: Foundations and Clinical Applications, Upper Saddle River, Pearson Education • Packman, A., & Attanasio, J. S. (2017). Theoretical issues in stuttering. Routledge • Schindler O. (a cura di). I protocolli in foniatria e logopedia. Relazione ufficiale del XXXV Congresso Nazionale della “Società Italiana di Foniatria e Logopedia”, Acta Phoniatrica Latina, 2001;2-3:115-270.
Contents
- fluency disorders: introduction, charachteristics, epidemiological indexes, classification - etiological theories about stuttering - stuttering and cluttering assessment for speech therapists - general stuttering and cluttering treatment for speech therapists
