Speech and Language Therapy

The content for this programme, which is offered by the University of Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church University, is applied closely to the practice of speech and language therapy. The programme gives students a detailed understanding of the changes that occur and difficulties that can arise for the individual who seeks the help of a speech and language therapist.

Speech and language therapists work in hospital wards and outpatient departments, mainstream and special schools, day centres and clients' homes, and courtrooms, prisons and young offenders' institutions. Practice placements are organised to give experience of a number of these settings.

The programme aims to develop speech and language therapists who are autonomous, accountable practitioners, competent and confident to contribute their evidence-based profession-specific skills and knowledge in the delivery of health, education and social care for users of speech and language therapy services and their families.

The programme is structured so as to maximise opportunities for learning how to work in an interprofessional and multi-agency context and within a changing workforce. A wide range of assessments are used including written assessments, presentations and assessment of placement education.

Content

• Orientation to Speech and Language Therapy (20 credits)
• Biological Sciences for Speech and Language Therapy (20 credits)
• Speech and Language Therapy: Assessment and Intervention (20 credits)
• Communication and Cognitive Disorders (20 credits)
• Psychological Science and Human Development (20 credits)
• Open Module: Work-Based Learning (20 credits)

Please note

Places on this programme are subject to the following conditions:

• Criminal Records Bureau check
• Residential regulations
• Occupational Health screening