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The Role of Croatian SLT Study Program in the ERASMUS+ Project: ABC – Assisting Better Communication

The applicant of the project „ABC – Assisting Better Communication“ is Georgian team from the Ilia State Universtity in Tbilsi. During last 10 years the need for Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) services in Georgia has become more and more evident due to the progressive awareness of communication, speech and language related disabilities, both in children and adults. However, in Georgia, in most cases these clients are being served by persons with no qualification in SLT, but from different related disciplines, such as linguistics, education, and/or psychology, which cannot assure the quality of the SLT services. Development of modern European standards-based specialty in SLT will respond to the increased needs of quality services also in the project participating countries: Israel, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. The project „ABC – Assisting Better Communication“ aims to enhance the profession of SLT in participating countries through quality courses and programs offered at different levels of professional education. Besides the universities from Portugal and Netherlands, two departments from the University of Zagreb are involved in the project: Department of Hearing Impairments, and Speech and Language Pathology Department. The role of Croatian team is to support the SLT program in the field of hearing impairments as well as in stuttering. This paper will present details of this three years project with regard to its dynamics, and the specific roles of participating countries, particularly the Croatian team.

speech and language therapy ; study program ; hearing impairments ; stuttering

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