General and specific medicine 4, 4.5 credits

For admission to semester 5, it is required that the student does not lack more than 15 credits from preceding semesters within the Study Programme in Speech and Language Pathology

Neuropediatrics, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 3 credits
On completion of this module, the student is expected to be able to:

• account for a neurological development and psychiatric child and adolescent examination and what such can lead to regarding diagnosis and actions
• describe basic clinical genetics within neuropediatrics at a general level
• account for different diagnoses within the fields, theories of causes, symptoms and treatment
• describe such symptoms and behavioural disorders that are connected to inability to use language or that depend on specific disturbances of speech and language development
• describe briefly such conditions that influence the development and school attendance of children and adolescents where the expertise of the speech pathologist is needed
• describe at a general level the organisation, teamwork, treatment and other interventions within Habilitation and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP)

Orofacial development and function, 1.5 credits
On completion of this module, the student is expected to be able to:

• explain the embryologic development of the head and throat area and deviations
• describe normal occlusal development and the most common deviations
• account for normal oral motor function, eating development and swallowing function of children and adolescents
• account for normal velopharyngeal function and for velopharyngeal insufficiency
• explain the principles of orofacial reconstructive surgery

The course contains two modules:

The module includes knowledge about developmental neurological/neuropaediatric diseases (learning disability, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit, language disorder, cerebral paresis, spina bifida, hydrocephalus, neuromuscular and neurometabolic diseases), child and adolescent psychiatric conditions and specific syndromes and their treatment, working methods and organisation and teamwork. Emphasis is placed particularly on the physical disabilities and deviations that influence communication, language and/or swallowing functions. A background is given from the development and maturity of the brain and pre- and perinatal risks.

The module intends to provide basic knowledge on the orofacial development from an embryonic level and different oral motor functions. General knowledge is also provided on dental treatment and reconstructive plastic surgery of craniofacial abnormalities.

Lectures and seminar (possible compulsory parts are stated in the schedule). In case of absence from a compulsory part, the student is responsible for contacting the course coordinator for complementary assignment.

The course coordinator decides how absence from compulsory course elements can be made up. Study results cannot be reported until the student has participated in compulsory course elements or compensated for any absence in accordance with instructions from the course coordinator. Absence from a compulsory course element could mean that the student can not retake the element until the next time the course is offered.

Neuropediatrics, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 3 credits
Written presentation of distributed assignment that is discussed at a final seminar.

Orofacial development and function, 1.5 credits
Written examination

The written examination is corrected anonymously (using an identification number for each student). Students who do not pass the written examination are entitled to re-sit the examination on five more occasions, the first of which within fourteen days after the notification of the result of the exam. The third re-examination is the following regular examination session in the course. Each occasion the student participates in the same test counts as an examination. Submission of a blank exam paper is regarded as an examination. In case a student is registered for an examination but does not attend, this is not regarded as an examination.

The course has been cancelled and was offered for the last time in the autumn semester of 2017. Examination will be provided until the autumn semester of 2019 for students who have not completed the course.
 

A course evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines that are established by the Board of Education.