- Docente: Elisa Filanti
- Credits: 4
- SSD: MED/50
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Elisa Filanti (Modulo 1) Valentina Genovese (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Speech and Language Therapy (cod. 8478)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will acquire the necessary knowledge to assess learning disorder during the developmental age. Understand the instruments and procedures required. Notice the differences between the finality of the tests’ procedures and their adequacy in relation to specific cases. Additionally, the student will be able to underline the importance and the necessity of taking into consideration the specificity of each case, by creating an emphatic welcoming situation.
Course contents
Definition and classification criteria of learning disabilities
Neuropsychology of learning disabilities
Reading disability, dyslexia: speech therapeutic assessment and rehabilitation
Writing disability, dysorthography/dysgraphia: speech therapeutic assessment and rehabilitation
Math learning disability, dyscalculia: speech therapeutic assessment and rehabilitation
Non-verbal (visuospatial) learning disability
Text comprehension disability
Problem solving disability
Relationship between specific language impairment and learning disability
From Consensus Conference towards guiding lines on learning disabilities
Law 170/2010 “New norms regarding specific learning disabilities in scholastic environment”
Children with learning disabilities at school: compensative and dispensatory instruments.
Readings/Bibliography
CORNOLDI, Cesare (ed.). Difficoltà e disturbi dell'apprendimento. Il mulino, 2007.
VICARI, Stefano; CASELLI, Maria Cristina (ed.). Neuropsicologia dello sviluppo. Il Mulino, 2010.
VIO, Claudio; TRESSOLDI, Patrizio E.; PRESTI, Gianluca Lo. Diagnosi dei disturbi specifici dell'apprendimento scolastico. Edizioni Erickson, 2012.
TRESSOLDI, Patrizio E.; VIO, Claudio. Il trattamento dei disturbi specifici dell'apprendimento scolastico. Edizioni Erickson, 2012.Teaching methods
Lectures
Real case simulations through tests and corrections
Seminar discussion on clinical studies
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Teaching tools
Power Point
PC
Office hours
See the website of Elisa Filanti
See the website of Valentina Genovese