Speech Therapeutics or Speech Therapy, an intervention addressed to communication, language, speech and swallowing, first appeared in the United States of America (USA), meant for the rehabilitation of soldiers deployed to World War II and the Vietnam War. This therapy was aimed at recovering the lost faculties, particularly speech, in adult patients.
Nowadays, the scope of activity of a Speech Therapist (ST) is substantially larger, comprising all the alterations in Language, Communication and Interaction of patients from all age groups, as well as swallowing alterations and other related pathologies. This enlargement resulted in the extension of the patients clinical picture to other areas. Despite a constant evolution in the rehabilitation field, the speech therapist was called up to promote the integration of children suffering from communication, language and speech disorders. On the other hand, the Speech area was itself subdivided, with professionals specializing in Articulation, Voice or Vocal Loss, according to the departments they work for.
Nowadays we find STs in teams of Early Intervention, educational teams working with children and adolescents, (especially in Deaf nuclei and Multidisabilities Support units), in teams of rehabilitation of children/adults, and in specific areas such as Otolaryngology (hearing and voice disorders, ), Orthotics, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Plastic Surgery meant for the reconstruction of organs involved in speech delivery, Neurology, support centres to junior and senior populations, or in Long-term Care Units
1º Ano | ||
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Unidade curricular | Período | ECTS |
Language Development and Aquisition II | Semester | 6.0 |
Basis for Speech Therapy II | Semester | 6.5 |
Phonology | Semester | 1.5 |
Linguistics and Speech Analysis II | Semester | 3.0 |
Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology | Semester | 5.5 |
Anatomy Of Speech Systems | Semester | 2.5 |
Anatomophysiology | Semester | 6.5 |
Biostatistics | Semester | 4.0 |
Linguistics and Speech Analysis I | Semester | 2.5 |
Developmental Psychology II | Semester | 5.0 |
Acquisition and Development of the Language I | Semester | 4.0 |
Basis for Speech Therapy I | Semester | 4.0 |
Developmental Psychology I | Semester | 4.0 |
Phonetics | Semester | 5.0 |
2º Ano | ||
Unidade curricular | Período | ECTS |
Linguistics Sciences and Speech Phonological Analysis | Semester | 4.5 |
Basis for Speech Therapy III | Semester | 4.0 |
Basis for Speech Therapy IV | Semester | 6.0 |
Voice Disorders in Human Communication II | Semester | 4.5 |
Augmentative and Alternative Communication | Semester | 4.0 |
Voice Disorders in Human Communication I | Semester | 4.0 |
Language Disorders in Children | Semester | 5.5 |
Fluency Disorders in Human Communication | Semester | 5.5 |
Clinical Education I | Semester | 2.0 |
Orofacial Motion And Sensitivity And Swallowing | Semester | 4.0 |
Language Neurology | Semester | 6.0 |
Articulation Disorders In Human Communication | Semester | 4.0 |
General And Respiratory Pathology | Semester | 3.5 |
Psychopedagogy | Semester | 2.5 |
3º Ano | ||
Unidade curricular | Período | ECTS |
Research Project In Speech Therapy I | Annual | 4.0 |
Basis for Speech Therapy V | Semester | 6.0 |
Adult Language Disorders | Semester | 5.0 |
Communication Disorders in Neurological Conditions | Semester | 7.5 |
Organisational Management and Society | Semester | 5.0 |
Case Discussion | Semester | 4.5 |
Clinical Education II | Semester | 4.0 |
Contexts Of Specific Intervention | Semester | 4.5 |
Human Communication Disorders In Deafness | Semester | 7.0 |
Motor Disorders Of Speech | Semester | 2.5 |
Data Analysis And Processing | Semester | 5.0 |
Perceptual Bases For Communication | Semester | 3.0 |
Communication Skills In Interpersonal Relations | Semester | 2.0 |
4º Ano | ||
Unidade curricular | Período | ECTS |
Clinical Education III | Annual | 54.0 |
Research Project In Speech Therapy II | Annual | 6.0 |
Application Grade (minimum)
95 points
Tests for Admission
95 points
02 Biology and Geology
Application Grade (Formula)
High School Average Grade 50%
Tests for Admission 50%
Prerequisites
Medical Certificate
Individual Health Survey
Declaration of absence of language/speech pathologies and fluency in Portuguese
Speech Therapist Survey Template
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