This course will encourage you to integrate language processing theory with assessment and therapy approaches in aphasia. You will explore specific issues in aphasia, new intervention programmes, and learn about neuroimaging in aphasia.
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Starting date:
- Duration: 11 weeks
- Fees: £1,125 (£1,405 for overseas students)
- Occurs: Tuesday
- Course code: HCM001
- Location: Online
- Application deadline:
Acquired Language Impairments course Course overview
This course aims to update your theoretical understanding of aphasia and, for practitioners, help you apply that knowledge. It will encourage you to integrate language processing theory with assessment and therapy approaches in aphasia. You will explore specific issues in aphasia such as conversation, and specific intervention programmes including innovations and technology in aphasia therapy. You will also learn about neuroimaging and the neural basis of language disorders. It will promote critical and reflective thinking, both with respect to the literature and to clinical practice. This module will deepen your knowledge of current research in the field of Acquired Language Impairments. Throughout the module we will be drawing on current and recent research carried out at City and other centres, and you will be learning from our research leaders.
Who is it for?
For practicing speech and language therapists, and other clinicians who want to update their knowledge of aphasia.
Timetable
Term 2
Jan: Tuesday 30 January 2024
Feb: Tuesday 6, 13, 20 and 27 February 2024
Mar: Tuesday 12, 19 and 26 March 2024
Apr: Tuesday 2 and 9 April 2024
Benefits
The course is worth 15 credits and can be taken as part of a postgraduate diploma or MSc award.
What will I learn?
Content outline
- Lexical impairments: theory, assessment and therapy
- Impairments of sentences and discourses: theory, assessment and therapy
- Outcome measurement
- New approaches in aphasia therapy
- Psychological consequence of aphasia
- Neuroimaging in Aphasia
By the end of the course you will be able to:
Knowledge and understanding:
- Demonstrate an understanding of lexical- and sentence-processing models and their application to the assessment and treatment of aphasia
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to assess and remediate specific language activities in aphasia, such as reading and conversation
- Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the process of therapy and its evaluation
- Demonstrate awareness of therapy innovations, e.g. those involving technology.
Skills:
- Demonstrate self-direction and originality in planning a remediation programme, drawing on the ideas presented in this course.
- Engage confidently in academic and professional communication, reporting on the intended remediation plans clearly and competently.
- Demonstrate an ability to think critically about research literature, synthesise relevant research from a range of sources and apply this to clinical practice.
- Integrate language processing and social model ideas in a clinically useful way.
Values and attitudes:
- Demonstrate sensitivity to issues of human diversity including culture, ethnicity and disability and act accordingly
- Show insight into and respect for the experience of service users and participants in research.
Assessment and certificates
Teaching
The course is delivered in weekly, 3-hour sessions. Classroom activities include lectures, literature-based discussions and group exercises.
Assessment
You will undertake an oral presentation and a linked literature review. These will assess your knowledge and understanding of relevant interventions, their theoretical basis and the related literature. You will also be expected to show knowledge of outcome measurement.
The oral presentation will also assess your self-direction and originality in planning a remediation programme, your ability to apply the taught curriculum and your verbal presentation skills. The literature review will, in addition, assess your skills in literature searching, critical thinking and written communication.
This course is provided by the School of Health & Psychological Sciences.
Eligibility
- First or second-class honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate subject
- The Licentiate Diploma of the Royal college of Speech and Language Therapists is also accepted.
Individuals with less than a second class degree will be considered where they have substantial relevant experience (clinical, teaching or other relevant professional experience).
English requirements
If your first language is not English, one of the following is required:
- A first degree from a UK university
- A first degree from an overseas institution recognised by City, University of London as providing adequate evidence of proficiency in the English language, for example, from institutions from Australia, Canada or the United States of America.
- International English Language Test Service (IELTS) a score of 7.0 is required with no subtest below 7.0
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) score 72 required
- TOEFL 100 overall with 24 in Writing, 20 in Listening, 19 Reading and 20 Speaking
- Other evidence of proficiency in the English language, which satisfies the board of studies concerned, including registration with your professional regulator.
Recommended reading
- Brady MC, Kelly H, Godwin J, Enderby P, Campbell P. (2016) Speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 6. Art. No.: CD000425.
- Chapey, R. (ed) (2008). Language intervention strategies in aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
- Hillis, A. (ed) (2015). The handbook of adult language disorders (Second Edition) Psychology Press.
- Joffe, V., Cruice, M. & Chiat, S. (2008) Language disorders in children and adults: New issues in research and practice. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Papathanasiou, I., & Coppens, P. (eds). (2016). Aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders (Second Edition). Jones and Bartlett Learning.
- Parr, S., Duchan, J., & Pound, C. (2003). Aphasia inside out: Reflections on communication disability. Maidenhead: OUP.
- Pound, C., Parr, S., Lindsay, J., & Woolf, C. (2000). Beyond aphasia: Therapies for living with communication disabilities. Bicester: Speechmark.
- Rapp, B. (ed). (2001). The handbook of cognitive neuropsychology: What deficits reveal about the human mind. Psychology Press.
- Whitworth, A., Webster, J., & Howard, D. (2014). A cognitive neuropsychological approach to assessment and intervention in aphasia, Second Edition. Psychology Press.