Speech and Language Therapy (Primary Education for Children with Speech and Language Disorders)
- Speech and Language Therapy (Primary Education for Children with Speech and Language Disorders)
- 44.03.03
Special Education - Bachelor
4 years - Full-time education
Mode of Study - Russian
Language of Instruction
Our Advantages
- Our students have access to a wide range of assessment tools and learning materials.
- We use a blend of active and interactive classroom and out-of-class activities to help our students build their professional competences.
- We offer comprehensive practical classes and internships, as well as facilities for students’ research activities.
- Our faculty is highly experienced and varied, which means that students can find support for a wide range of research initiatives.
- You will have constant access to a research library.
- You will be able to participate in the annual conference “Student—Researcher—Teacher” and other conferences hosted by Herzen University or other universities.
- You will have an opportunity to develop a project with social significance and to participate in a project contest within the Youth Forum “My Initiative in Education”.
- You will be able to go on to a master’s programme at the Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation, other Herzen University faculty or institute or another university.
Admissions Test(s)
- Biology Test
- The Russian Language Test
- Оne other test (student’s choice): Mathematics Test, Social Studies Test or Foreign Language Test
Key Modules
Module “Speech and Language Therapy”. Disciplines:
- Introduction to Speech and Language Therapy;
- Articulation and Voice Disorders;
- Complex Speech Disorders;
- Speech Speed and Rhythm Abnormalities;
- Disorders of Reading and Writing;
- Speech Disorders in Children with Sensory, Mobility and Intellectual Impairments.
- Frameworks for Education and Moral Development of Children with Speech Disorders;
- Family-based Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Education for Children with Speech Disorders.
- Speech Development;
- Developmental Linguistics.
- Russian Language Teaching Methods;
- Natural Science Teaching Methods;
- Art and Handicraft Teaching Methods;
- Mathematics Teaching Methods;
- Psychological and Educational Assessment of Children with Speech Disorders;
- Speech and Language Psychology.
- Speech and Language Pathology: Assessment Tools;
- Monitoring the Development of Children with Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties.
- Techniques for Treating Children with Phonological Process Disorder;
- Computer Technology in Stuttering Treatment;
- Rhythm in Speech and Language Theory;
- Modern Techniques for Treating Dyscalculia.
- Adaptive Educational Programme Design and Implementation.
Career Opportunities
Our alumni are qualified to work as teachers and speech therapists in various institutions:
- kindergartens and schools for children with speech disorders, but also sensory, intellectually and mobility impaired children;
- educational institutions for orphaned and abandoned children and other public and private facilities;
- primary schools, working both with children with speech disorders and children without such disorders;
- centres providing speech and language therapy to children with disabilities;
- medical, psychological and pedagogical assessment boards.