Joana Rocha

Joana Rocha is a speech-language pathologist, teacher, researcher and clinical educator. Concluded her PhD in Psychology at Aveiro University (Portugal) in 2012, her Master's Degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences at Aveiro University in 2007 and her graduation in Speech-Language Therapy in 2002 in Health School of Polytechnic Institute of Porto. SHe was a professor at Fernando Pessoa University from September 2005 to December 2021. Has published articles in her field on national and international specialized journals. Has book chapters published in co-authorship. She is a member of the Portuguese Speech Therapy Society. A member of the Editorial Board of the Portuguese Journal of Speech Therapy. Reviewer in international scientific journals. She is also a collaborating member of CINTESIS “Research Center for Health Technologies and Services, Research and Development Unit”.

Publications

Developmental Language Disorders: Interprofessional Collaboration Between Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologists/Therapists
Joana Rocha, Ana F. Santos, Bruno Coimbra, Rita Alegria. © 2023. 21 pages.
Developmental language disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by unexplained persistent language difficulties, which affects around 7.5% of school children....