TRADICIONAL CONCEPTIONS

MODERN CONCEPTIONS

Speech Therapy centred on verbal oral communication

Speech Therapy open to communication of every kind, verbal or non verbal, oral or written, and also to augmentative and alternative forms of communication

Speech Therapy having as main goal the treatment and rehabilitation of communication disorders

Speech Therapy open to normal communication as much as to disturbed communication – including in its aims screening, prevention, preparation, diagnosis, evaluation and not only rehabilitation

Speech Therapy having as its proper object  the clinical approach from the point of view of emission

Speech Therapy open to clinical approaches acting on emission or on the reception, and also on central processing

Speech Therapy centred on a few techniques and protocols of rehabilitation

Speech Therapy involved with protocols of screening and evaluation in the same way it is interested at protocols of rehabilitation

Speech Therapist as a technician who helps medical doctors in the therapeutic achievement

Speech Therapist as a technician able to do a functional diagnosis of communication disorders and to develop a therapeutic plan and strategies in order to obtain an adequate rehabilitation

Speech Therapist more interested in certain techniques than in their corresponding foundations

Speech Therapist interested in several techniques in function of their corresponding foundations

Speech Therapist in the basis of a hierarchical pyramid having doctors at the top: ST as a final executor of a decision taken by someone else

Cooperative model of  the Speech Therapist, engaged in an individualized approach of the patient within an interdisciplinary team

Introduction and aims

Advanced course aiming at developing research, intervention, administration, orientation and supervision skills in the field of Speech-Language Therapy, taking into account its specificity and diversity, and providing also clinical specialized competences when acting with Children or Adults.

Teaching approach

The course is based on a dynamic teaching method, supported by management, research and clinical practices in the Pedagogical Clinic of Speech Therapy of University Fernando Pessoa.

Core Themes

The Master is composed by three semesters of specialized seminars, and completed by one semester of tutorials on research methodology and Master Dissertation work. Seminars include a wide range of subjects on the main aspects of Speech Therapy.

There is however, since the second semester, an integration of students into some specialized research programs providing a differentiation into one of two main areas: Language in Children or Language in Adults.

The curricular organization of the Master program is as follows:

Contacts and Information

Administrative issues and Applications

Gabinete de Ingresso • Universidade Fernando Pessoa • Praça 9 de Abril, 349 • 4249-004 Porto, Portugal • tel. +351 225 071 300/335 • fax: +351 225 508 269 • E-mail: ingresso@ufp.pt

 
Academic and pedagogical issues

Professor Alexandre Frey Pinto de Almeida • Universidade Fernando Pessoa • Praça 9 de Abril, 349 • 4249-004 Porto, Portugal • tel. +351 225 071 300• fax: +351 225 508 269• E-mail: fpinto@ufp.edu.pt