Ateneo - UPO

Evaluation and treatment elements of basic cognitive skills, aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria,dysphagia,disorders of executive functions and unilateral neglect

Cognitive Functions
Nicoletta Beschin Il cervello ferito. Giunti Editore 2006
Anna Mazzucchi, La riabilitazione neuropsicologica - Ed. Masson 1999
Emanuela Lavadas, Neuropsicologia. Ed il Mulino 1995

Aphasia
Patrizia Rampone, Afasia. Aggiornamento concettuale e operativo. Ed Minerva Medica 2007
Anna Basso, Conoscere e rieducare l'afasia. ed. il pensiero scientifico 2005
Flosi, Rossetto La riabilitazione della persona con afasia. Ed. Carocci Faber 2013
Lena, Pinton, Trobetti Valutare linguaggio e comunicazione - Carocci Faber 2019

Dysarthria
Silvia Magnani, Introduzione alla disartria. Il mio libro 2015
Antonio Amitrano (a cura di) Disartria: possiamo fare di più? Omega Edizioni 2013

Disphagia
O. Schindler et al. Deglutologia. - Ed Omega 2011
Patrizia Cancialosi Riabilitazione del cerebroleso disfagico - Quaderni di Logopedia
Simona Raimondo et al. (a cura di) Logopedia e disfagia: dalla teoria alla pratica Carocci Faber 2011

To train the physiotherapist in interprofessional collaboration in the approach of communicative disorders and swallowing problems of the adult patient with outcomes of acquired brain injury. Create a common interprofessional language by sharing the specific issues in order to improve interaction in team work. To stimulate the active participation of the physiotherapistfor the benefit of swallowing and communication problems

Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology.
Principles of evaluation and physiotherapy treatment of neurological patient.

Lectures.
Discussion on short videos about clinical cases

Sharing in view of some textual and treatment materials, with subsequent experimentation and joint discussion in the classroom. Activity chosen by the student: possibility of supporting the speech therapist during the II year internship on relevant cases, in the course of physiotherapy treatment

Written test (multiple choice)

Communication, language and organs involved in the phono-articulation; models of interpretation of communicative linguistic functioning: from sensory processing to output; Evaluation, guidelines and rehabilitative strategies related to language disorders resulting from acquired brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases (aphasia, dysarthria and anarthria). Disorders in the realization of the gesture: evaluation in collaboration with the physiotherapist, hypotheses and rehabilitation proposals. Deglutology and dysphagia: definition, evaluation, signs to be detected, objectives, importance and role of posture in functional swallowing. Inter-professional integration: joint work for the patient with acquired brain injury (breathing / phonation-swallowing ..).

Knowledge of the main cognitive and communicative disorders of the adult neurological patient; interference with motor treatment; how to approach the patient. Knowledge of swallowing disorders; postural facilitation method of the patient