Andrea Gimferrer Juarez

Health Area, Teaching Committee, Teaching Committee Professional, Educational Area STAFF

Head of studies Aspace Special Education School

Graduated in Speech Therapy from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2001-2004) and in Teaching Special Education from the University of Barcelona (2005-2008). Since 2005, he has developed his professional career at the Aspace Catalunya Foundation, starting his career as a speech therapist at the Occupational Therapy Center in Badalona and in 2011 he went on to provide speech therapy services at the Hospital de Dia de the Foundation. He has more than 19 years of experience in direct care with people with neurodevelopmental pathologies, cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities. Currently and since 2019 she is the Referent of the Speech Therapy Area of ​​the Foundation. He has coordinated and tutored trainees of the Speech Therapy Degree at the Blanquerna-Ramon Llull University, University of the UOC, as well as Professional Training Institutes where they teach the Higher Degree in Communicative Mediation. At the same time, he has also given internal training to different services of the Food and Dysphagia Foundation. Recently, he has presented a communication on Augmentative Communication at the International Congress Breaking Barriers (2024). As the organization's speech therapist, he has continued his training in different courses and specialized studies in Eating Disorders and Swallowing at the Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Intervention in eating disorders and swallowing in newborns at the Hospital de Sant Pau, Bárbara Roller's Basal Stimulation Training, among others.