• Reflection on theory-observation relationships in the light of theories of behavior in the developmental age;
• Illustration and exemplary application of some main intervention models in behavioral treatments: ABA: Applied Behavior Analysis;
• Outline of evolutionary treatments: Floor Time (DIR) by Greenspan and Wieder, the TEACCH, INTERACT and the Denver Model.
• Pathological pictures in which it is possible to find "problem" behaviors (Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD-Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder): how and when the professional figure of the Speech therapist can intervene.
• The Cognitive Rehabilitation of the patient with outcomes of GCA - severe acquired brain injury;
• Severe acquired brain injuries, evolution of the cognitive-behavioral profile according to the LCF scale (Hagen, 2000): characteristic disorders of the post-comatose syndrome and rehabilitation practice;
• Executive disorders, clinical pictures, rehabilitation methods and evidence of efficacy;
• The behavioral outcomes of severe brain injury acquired in the post-acute phase and of the outcomes, rehabilitation methods;
• Observation tools and setting up of the therapy project, exercises.