TIROCINIO - I ANNO

1. To know hygiene rules and the behaviour of a speech therapist in their profession
2. For the students to acquire the correct tongue posture both during phonation and when at rest, and the correct use of the voice
3. To develop the ability of observation of communication style, language use, voice and swallowing in adults and subjects of developmental age
4. To acquire the ability of phonetic transcription and administration of observational grids
5. To identify the behaviours and adequate communicational modalities towards patients with hypoacusis or stuttering.

Practice and theory lessons and exercises

• Adequate behaviours in the rehabilitation setting: regulations regarding attire, hygiene, interpersonal skills, communication and language styles of the speech therapist.
• Practical exercises of myofunctional therapy.
• Observation of phases of swallowing in the different ages: developmental, adult and senile.
• Practical exercises with the help of “observational grill” to develop observation skills of postural and structural aspects of the baby and the adult
• Observation and analysis of the relationship and communication with particular attention to pragmatical, semantical and morphosynctaxical aspects.
• Practical exercise of phonetic transcription of statements during conversations or film clips.
• Study and administration of specific tests for the evaluation of language in nonpathological subjects
• Study of the rehabilitation chart, how to set up a therapeutic reasoning
• Observation of expressive and receptive linguistic competence in hypoacusic patients in developmental age, importance and role of gestures in language development
• Behaviours and correct communication modalities in relation to stuttering patients
• Management of emotions of the therapist and the patient, ability to remain centred in the helping relationship