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Bachelor's Degree in Speech Therapy. Department of Speech Therapy. Faculty of Health and Welfare Professions. Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese.

Description

The Speech Therapy Department operates through the application of a modern curriculum that provides background courses from the fields of Linguistics, Medicine, Psychology, and Pedagogy, along with the necessary specialisation courses about the language, speech, voice, and hearing disorders, along with courses about new technologies. The curriculum was prepared by a Work Group which included the latest developments in the field of science, the observations made by professionals in the field, along with the observations by similar departments in Greece and abroad. Apart from the theoretical part, it includes a compulsory clinical practice of 900 hours, which is conducted in hospitals, special schools, institutions and in the Speech-Language Pathology Clinic of the Technical Educational Institution. The clinical practice is supervised by Speech-Language Pathologists / Speech-Language Therapists, professors or associates of the Department, with the purpose of students evaluating diagnosing, and treating patients.

Further Information

The educational opportunity refers to the fields of the science of speech-language pathology, which are the focus of the curriculum. The purpose of the programme is to train properly educated scientists - speech-language therapists, based on the modern studies and procedures of diagnosis, treatment, and therapy. The teaching of the courses includes theoretical teaching, laboratory courses, and clinical exercises (dealing with actual incidents in the 5th, 6th and 7th semester of studies).

Relation To Employment

Holders of qualifications that belong to this type may work either as self-employed or in positions of responsibility in companies and organizations in the private or in the public sector.

Transitions

Access to this type of qualification have those who have completed at least the secondary education (level 4).
Holders of such qualifications gain access to study programmes at the same level or at level 7 or 8.

Ways To Aquire

Qualifications of this type are acquired via formal education.

Awarding Body

Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese

Qualification Type

BACHELOR DEGREE (PTYCHIO/DIPLOMA ANOTATIS EKPAIDEFSIS)

Name

Higher education

Purpose

Basic

Duration

4 years

Thematic Areas

Therapy and rehabilitation