Knowledge and understanding: The student must acquire knowledge suitable for interpreting signs and symptoms concerning the most frequent acute and chronic pathologies in the various stages of the pediatric age. Knowing how to deal with care problems in children with psychomotor retardation.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student must be able to apply knowledge of anatomy, biochemistry and genetics to understand the etiopathogenesis of the most frequent diseases of interest.
Autonomy of judgment: The student must be able to use the knowledge acquired to develop his own autonomy of judgment regarding the main clinical pictures.
Communication skills: At the end of the course, the student will have to know and use appropriate technical and professional terminology and be able to correctly communicate information related to assistance issues. The lessons will be carried out by encouraging students to interact in order to learn scientific vocabulary, know how to structure questions and argue their theses. The questions proposed as an independent work include open questions in which the student will have to demonstrate the ability to re-elaborate the knowledge learned.
Ability to learn: The ability to learn is stimulated by deepening the knowledge acquired during frontal lessons. Learning skills will be verified within the various assessment

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1. Knowledge of the normal stages of the child's neuro-psycho-motor development
2. Pediatric conditions in which language and communication disorders are included within more complex clinical pictures
3. Pediatric conditions in which swallowing disorders are part of more complex clinical pictures
4. Most frequent problems of children with severe disabilities
5. Recognize and treat pain in the child
6. The "non-functioning" child

Learning material will be available as pdf files on Teams

1. Knowledge of the normal stages of the child's neuro-psycho-motor development: in particular knowledge of the percentile curves and the Milani Comparetti Chart
2. Pediatric conditions in which language and communication disorders are included within more complex clinical pictures: intellectual disabilities and congenital and acquired neurological diseases; genetic syndromes; infantile cerebral palsy; deafness; specific learning disorders; neurodevelopmental disorders; recurrent nerve injury
3. Pediatric conditions in which swallowing disorders are part of more complex clinical pictures: cleft lip and palate, dysphagia, gastro-esophageal reflux and gastro-esophageal reflux diseases; Down syndrome; Rett syndrome; Pierre Robin syndrome; congenital and acquired neurological disorders
4. Most frequent problems of children with severe disabilities: constipation, hypovitaminosis D
5. Recognize and treat pain in children: particular attention will be given to children with mental retardation and difficulty in verbalizing pain.
6. The "non-functioning" child: somatic disorders in childhood

Lectures with original PPT/PDF material or movies, interactive lessons with presentation of clinical cases.

Learning material will be available as pdf files on Teams

The student's evaluation includes a written test in which 33 multiple choice questions are proposed. The student must demonstrate to be able to have acquired the basic knowledge of the study course. The score of the exam is attributed by means of a mark expressed out of thirty calculated according to the following scheme: 1 point for each correct question; 0 points for each question left blank; -0.25 points for each wrong question. To pass the exam (18/30) the student must reach at least the score of 18/30. To achieve the maximum score (30/30 cum laude), the student must instead reach a score> 30,5

This course delves into topics closely related to one or more of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goals.