Speech & Language Therapy (Pre-registration) MSc

This pre-registration course offers a fast-track into a rewarding career as a speech and language therapist helping people to enjoy a greater quality of life. This course will empower you to diagnose communication and swallowing problems in babies, children and adults, and design and deliver life-improving treatment plans for those with autism, cleft palate, hearing impairment, stammering, stroke and a wide variety of other conditions.<br/><br/>While studying on the course you will learn how to build successful therapeutic relationships with your clients/patients, giving them the confidence and empowerment to support their own treatment plans. You will also develop a patient-centred approach to practice and an understanding of the mental health challenges that might also be experienced by the clients/patients you work with.<br/><br/>This pre-registration course aims to develop highly skilled, evidence-based therapists, and graduates are able to register with the HCPC council as practitioner Speech and Language Therapists.<br/><br/>You’ll be taught how to diagnose communication and swallowing problems in babies, children and adults, and design and deliver life-improving treatment plans for those with conditions including autism, cleft palate, hearing impairment, stammering and stroke. You’ll also learn to build successful relationships with patients, understanding the mental health challenges they may be experiencing, and put these skills into practice during placements.<br/><br/>This course aims to develop highly skilled evidence-based speech and language therapists who adopt a patient-centred approach to practice; prepared for the challenges of an advancing profession and evolving patient/client needs.