THE UNIVERSITY REHABILITATION CLINIC – SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPY: GENERAL INFORMATION

 (Ι) Beneficiaries

The services provided are for children and adults of any sex, age, religion and nationality who present with any of the following disorders or combinations thereof:

• Developmental language disorders (e.g. developmental language disorder/delay)
• Acquired language disorders (e.g. aphasia)
• Developmental speech disorders (e.g. developmental speech and/or phonological disorder, developmental apraxia, cleft palate speech)
• Motor speech disorders (e.g. apraxia of speech, dysarthria, cerebral palsy dysarthria)
• Speech and language development delay due to hearing loss/ deafness
• Complex communication difficulties that benefit from augmentative and alternative communication systems
• Voice disorders (e.g. vocal nodules, polyp, vocal paralysis)
• Fluency disorders (e.g. childhood onset fluency disorder, stuttering, cluttering)
• Cognitive disorders (e.g. dementia, brain tumors, neoplasm, brain Injuries)
• Mental, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. disorders of psychological development, global developmental delay)
• Feeding, eating and Swallowing disorders (e.g. dysphagia)
• Intellectual Disabilities (e.g. genetic syndromes, profound intellectual disabilities)
• Social pragmatic communication disorder (e.g. Asperger’s syndrome, autistic spectrum disorder)
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders
• Disorders of social functioning with onset specific to childhood and adolescence (e.g. selective mutism)

Priority will be given to:

1. Individuals that belong to vulnerable social groups with certified low income (e.g. people who receive the GMI benefit - Guaranteed minimum income, have an unemployment card)
2. Individuals who do not systematically receive speech-language therapy services from any other public entity (e.g., Ministry of Education- public school SLT services, Ministry of Health- health center SLT interventions).
3. Individuals who required specialized speech-language therapy services and provision (e.g. users of Augmentative Alternative Communication systems or assistive technology).
4. Individuals with severe conditions e.g. premature babies with eating/swallowing disorders.
5. Individuals who consent to take part in funded research activities (e.g.  multilingualism/bilingualism, developmental speech disorders, aphasia).
6. Individuals with rare conditions that may affect communication and/ or swallowing skills.          

(ΙΙ) Type and frequency of services

The following services are provided:

• individual and/or group weekly therapy sessions
• direct or indirect therapy interventions

Duration

• Each client may receive SLT services for three consecutive academic semesters.
• Clients that are involved in the research activities of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences can have access to services for a longer period.
• Clients that take part in social inclusion programs have no restriction to services access.

(ΙΙΙ) Criteria for the termination of the provision of services

1. Upon completion of the intervention program (e.g. the client shows a satisfactory improvement).
2. The client does not attend regularly (two or more unjustifiable absences from programmed sessions).
3. The client receives speech-language therapy services from a public entity.
4. The parent and/or the legal guardian of the client decides to terminate the services at any time.
5. When the clinical staff document that the client has reached plateau.

(ΙV) Arrangement of evaluation

All referrals to the university rehabilitation clinic will receive an initial assessment based on clinical staff availability.

(V) Referrals

Anyone person can contact the University Rehabilitation Clinic via telephone, letter, email or by completing a referral document found on the website

(VI) Donations

The University Rehabilitation Clinic accepts donations from clients who receive services, and their families, and by citizens who wish to financially support the clinic activities.