This module is for speech and language therapists working with people who have communication disorders and others with a special interest and some background in this area.
Through a mixture of lectures, in-depth reading, and interactive discussion, the module will lead you through current research on the nature of cognitively based communication impairments such as dementia, right hemisphere damage, head injury and cognitive deficits in communication impairments such as acquired aphasia and developmental language impairment.
You will learn about current theories of relations between cognition and language in different clinical populations, and current approaches to intervention.
The module will cover:
JAN: Thursday 21 and 28 January 2021
FEB: Thursday 4, 11 and 18 February 2021
MAR: Thursday 4, 11, 18 and 25 March 2021
APR: Thursday 1 April 2021
Module Submission Date: Friday 3 May 2021
Non EEA students can only apply as part of a programme, not as a stand-alone module.
Individuals with less than a second class degree will be considered where they have substantial relevant experience (Clinical, teaching or other relevant professional experience).
For those students whose first language is not English., the following qualification is also required:
Rachel is a cognitive neuroscientist specialising in acquired disorders of language who joined City University London in 2013. She previously worked at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, as a Career Development Fellow and the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London as a senior postdoctoral research fellow.
Rachel ...
