Cognitive Communication Impairments

Bachelor's degree

In Islington

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Islington

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:Assessment and intervention in dementia and head injuryCognitive processing in acquired language impairments and implications for interventionQuality of life issues in acquired cognitive communication impairmentsCognitive processing and social communication in developmental language impairment and implications for intervention. Course Information Start DateCostCourse CodeApply Friday 27 January 2017 Home / EU - £1,000 HCM003 Apply Now For additional dates please register your interest Home / EU - £1,000 HCM003 Register Interest Eligibility Non EEA students can only apply as part of a programme, not as a stand-alone module.First or second-class honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate subject

ORThe 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 For those students whose first language is not English., the following...

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Islington (London)
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Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Teaching
  • English
  • Dementia
  • Communication Training

Course programme

Cognitive Communication Impairments CPPD
  • Overview

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:

  • Assessment and intervention in dementia and head injury
  • Cognitive processing in acquired language impairments and implications for intervention
  • Quality of life issues in acquired cognitive communication impairments
  • Cognitive processing and social communication in developmental language impairment and implications for intervention.
Course Information Start Date Cost Course Code Apply Friday 27 January 2017 Home / EU - £1,000 HCM003 Apply Now For additional dates please register your interest Home / EU - £1,000 HCM003 Register Interest Eligibility

Non EEA students can only apply as part of a programme, not as a stand-alone module.

  • First or second-class honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate subject
    OR
  • 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

For those students whose first language is not English., the following qualification is also required:

  • IELTS: 7.0

Please note that due to changes in the UKVI's list of SELTs we are no longer able to accept TOEFL as evidence of English language for students who require a CAS as of April 2014.

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Cognitive Communication Impairments

Price on request