Social rehabilitation in childhood and adolescence (6cr)

Objectives

Social rehabilitation in childhood and adolescence
Objective:
- learn professional skills working with children and families with fewer opportunities or risk
- inclusive group skills in play and other activities
- youth research and disability studies
Contents:
- diversion
- development and rehabilitation
- inclusion and community cohesion

Content

Type of course
Compulsory

Level of course
Professional studies

Objective of course
Students
- learn to face the diversity of children and adolescents and their families and to act with them
- improve their skills in planning and supervising play, activities and non-formal education of diverse children and adolescents of different ages
- improve their skills in planning, carrying out and assessing social rehabilitation in cooperation with families and other related parties
- adopt an enpowering and solution-focused point of view in helping the families
- are familiar with the basic concepts of youth and disability research

Course contents
- facing diversity
- play, activies, learning and rehabilitation
- inclusion and group supervision skills
- rehabilitation practices with children, adolescents and families
- empowering and solution-focused work approach
- postmodern youth research
- socioconstructive model of disability

Teaching methods
Lectures, small groups, exercises, literature

Assessment methods
Exam and participation in group work, report

Prerequisites
S210-6

Required reading
Poikkeava vai erityinen? Erityispedagogiikan monet ulottuvuudet. Toim. Tarja Ladonlahti & Aimo Naukkarinen & Simo Vehmas WSOY Atena kustannus, 1998 (as applicable) OR
Kaisu Viittala: Yhteinen varhaiskasvatus. Tampereen Yliopistopaino Oy Tampere 2006

Current articles on youth research
To be agreed on: a book on solution-focused therapy

Name of lecturer
Ulla-Maija Takkunen

Year of study
2nd year

Period
2

Language of instruction
Finnish