University master's degrees
University Master's Degree in Communication and Language Disorders New

Specialise in research, assessment, and interventions in communication and language disorders and nonverbal oral functions

Official Master's Degree in Communication and Language Disorders

Knowledge

  • Identify the affective states and experiential processes of people affected by communication and language disorders and their families.
  • Decide which research methods, designs, and techniques are most appropriate to respond to an objective or hypothesis in the context of communication and language disorders.
  • Identify the language of information sources in the field of communication and language disorders provided by other professionals.
  • Identify limitations and biases of theories in the context of communication and language disorders.
  • Explain the facilitators and barriers to therapeutic adherence.
  • Acquire more in-depth knowledge of the processes involved in language acquisition and its disorders. 
  • Acquire more in-depth knowledge of the cognitive and social aspects of communication and language.

Skills

  • Use assessment and examination instruments and techniques for intervention in communication and language disorders.
  • Use the relevant elements of the history and initial interview for research on the evaluation process of communication and language disorders.
  • Recognise the results obtained from their application and analyse the need for additional or complementary examinations.
  • Analyse the language of the sources of information from different professionals on communication and language disorders used by other professionals.
  • Write reports adapting them to the standards of the main scientific associations.
  • Intervene in the facilitators and barriers of therapeutic adherence.
  • Use documentary sources to obtain information for the purpose of research, evaluation or intervention in communication and language disorders.
  • Use the most appropriate research methods, designs and techniques in the field of communication and language disorders.
  • Plan environments and actions to facilitate the inclusion of people affected by communication and language disorders.

Competences

  • Design and apply strategies to intervene in communication and language disorders based on the assessment and the concurrent individual and social variables.
  • Design and carry out a research plan on communication and language disorders.
  • Act in the field of communication and language disorders by assessing inequalities based on sex/gender and demonstrating ethical and social commitment.
  • Work in teams and with teams in an interdisciplinary way in the context of organisations and healthcare centres.
  • Communicate conclusions and advanced knowledge to specialist and non-specialist audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.
  • Assess the different theoretical frameworks on the learning and acquisition processes of communicative processes and their application.
  • Work autonomously, solving problems and making decisions.