NEUROPSYCHIATRY OF THE EVOLUTIONARY AGE
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2018/2019
- Teacher
- CHIARA ZINGALES
- Credits
- 1
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- MED/39
Training objectives
- Acquisition of fundamental elements of developmental Neuropsychiatry with particular attention to disorders involving language and communication.
Prerequisites
- Knowledge of the physiological development of the child in particular as regards the evolutionary stages that are fundamental for interaction and social communication and language.
Course programme
- Areas of competence of Evolutionary Age Neuropsychiatry.
Organization of the pediatric and adolescent neuropsychiatry service of the AUSL of Ferrara.
The main stages of child development: motor, relational, cognitive, linguistic acquisitions.
The main changes in development that may involve communicative-linguistic skills: language delay / disturbance, sensory disability, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders, specific learning disorders.
Clinical assessment and integrated / multi-professional enabling project.
Outline of treatment of disorders of the developmental age involving the figure of the speech therapist. Didactic methods
- Frontal lessons
Learning assessment procedures
- Oral exam: two or three questions on the topics of the course. Lasting on average 20 minutes.
Reference texts
- Lecture notes and material provided in the classroom.
