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Disability Studies (3 cr)

Code: 7S-18-3006

General information


Enrolment period
02.12.2014 - 31.12.2014
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.08.2014 - 31.12.2014
Implementation has ended.
Credits
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Social Services
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Social Services, students who began in 2013 or earlier
Teachers
Ulla-Maija Takkunen
Course
7S-18

Objectives (course unit)

Students
- are able to perceive disabilities from the perspective of medical model, social model, and human right model
- are able to work with disabled people of different ages in different client situations
- are able to promote inclusion and accessibility
- can search for current information on disability studies using Finnish and international sources
- can describe the principles of social rehabilitation and disability studies

Content (course unit)

Different models of disability
- Encountering disabilities
- Inclusion and accessibility
- Expert knowledge in literature and in the organisations of the field
- International perspectives

Further information

Kesätoteutus tarkoitettu ensisijaisesti sosionomiopiskelijoille

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