Master in Clinical Speech Therapy approach in Adult Neurological Damage and Child Neurodevelopment
DURATION
12 up to 16 Months
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance learning, On-Campus
Introduction
Locations: Barcelona - Madrid - Valencia
Hours: Madrid-Barcelona SD / Valencia VS
Qualification: Master in Clinical Speech Therapy approach in Adult Neurological Damage and Child Neurodevelopment issued by ISEP
About
The Master's Degree in Clinical Speech Therapy in adult neurological damage and child neurodevelopment offers specialized and multidisciplinary training in the neurologopedic approach to patients who have suffered acquired brain damage or neurodegenerative pathology. In addition, it allows you to access a double degree within the ISEP Speech Therapy Area.
Eminently practical training based on real cases. We work on research articles, intervention materials and other documents that expand the student's theoretical knowledge.
Curriculum
60 ECTS
Block 1: Theoretical Bases
- Module 1: Functional neuroanatomy applied to speech therapy.
- Module 2: Neuropsychology in acquired brain damage.
- Module 3: Speech therapy and intellectual disability (syndromes).
- Module 4: Geriatric Neurology. Dementia.
Block 2: Multidisciplinary evaluation and intervention
- Module 5: Child neuropsychology. Evaluation and Intervention.
- Module 6: Augmentative and alternative communication systems and new technologies applied to speech therapy intervention.
- Module 7: Autism: speech therapy intervention.
- Module 8: Neurodevelopmental diseases with a neurological component. Neurological evaluation and intervention.
- Module 9: Acquired disorders in neurological damage.
- Module 10: Acquired neurodevelopmental disorders ICD 11 and DSM 5 TR.
- Module 11: Oral language disorders. Evaluation and rehabilitation of aphasias.
- Module 12: Communication disorders. Language Development Disorders.
- Module 13: Acquired speech disorders. Dysarthria, anarthria. Neurological evaluation and intervention.
- Module 14: Speech Sound Disorders: Evaluation and Intervention.
- Module 15: Acquired language disorders: Reading and Writing. Neurological evaluation and intervention.
- Module 16: Reading and Writing Disorders. Neurocognitive differential evaluation and diagnosis.
- Module 17: Acquired swallowing disorders: oropharyngeal dysphagia.
- Module 18: Voice disorders after neurological damage. Evaluation and speech therapy intervention.
Practice 1: Clinical Cases
- ASD and language development disorders.
- Evaluation and diagnosis: Speech sound disorders.
- Neurodegenerative diseases I.
- Neurodegenerative diseases II.
Block 3: Practical Applications
- Module 20: Practicum.
- Module 21: Master's Final Project (TFM).
Program Outcome
With this degree:
- You will identify the possible neurological causes of cognitive disorders, especially those related to language disorders.
- You will develop stimulation and rehabilitation programs focused on speech therapy intervention for brain damage.
- You will carry out specific intervention programs adapted to each patient.
- You will apply theoretical and practical tools for speech therapy intervention through the study of clinical cases and supervised exercises.
- You will determine the morphological, neurophysiological and neuropsychological changes that occur in some neurodevelopmental diseases of a neurological nature and those that occur in different neurodegenerative diseases.
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Ideal Students
This Master's in Speech Therapy is for you if:
- In Spain: you have a Degree or Diploma in Speech Therapy.
To practice Speech Therapy in Spain, it is essential to have a Diploma or Graduate in Speech Therapy, or to be authorised by the corresponding Professional Association of Speech Therapists in accordance with the provisions of article 2.2 b) and article 7.2 f) of Law 44/2003, of 21 November, on the regulation of health professionals (LOPS).
- In Latin America : speech therapists, language, speech and hearing therapists.
Career Opportunities
Después de realizar el Máster podrás trabajar en:
- Unidades de neurología y rehabilitación de hospitales y residencias: Ayudando a pacientes con daño cerebral adquirido o enfermedades neurodegenerativas a recuperar sus habilidades de comunicación y deglución.
- Centros de atención temprana: Trabajando con niños que presentan trastornos del neurodesarrollo, como autismo, dislexia o retrasos en el lenguaje.
- Centros educativos como especialista en trastornos logopédicos: Evaluando, diagnosticando e interviniendo en niños con dificultades de comunicación y aprendizaje.
- Gabinetes o clínicas privadas (de logopedia, psicología, fisioterapia…): Ofreciendo servicios de logopedia a pacientes de todas las edades.
- Equipos de investigación: Colaborando en proyectos de investigación relacionados con la logopedia, la neurología o las enfermedades neurodegenerativas.
- Instituciones como fundaciones o asociaciones donde se traten a personas con afectación neurológica: Brindando apoyo y asesoramiento a pacientes y familiares.
Program delivery
The same Master, 2 modalities. Choose yours!
- In-person mode. You will attend face-to-face sessions, training live with top-level experts. On the Madrid and Valencia campuses.
- ISEP At Home© Method. Exclusive to ISEP. You will attend live sessions with the best teachers, active experts, from wherever you want.
Program Admission Requirements
Show your commitment and readiness for Grad school by taking the GRE - the most broadly accepted exam for graduate programs internationally.