Child and Family Oriented Work (10 cr)
Code: 7S00EX34-3014
General information
Enrolment period
02.11.2024 - 31.12.2024
Timing
01.01.2025 - 10.05.2025
Credits
10 op
Virtual portion
2 op
RDI portion
3 op
Mode of delivery
80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Online learning
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
0 - 35
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Tuija Landström
- Minna Nurminen
Groups
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24AVOSOVAKAVarhaiskasvatuksen opintoja 60 op
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AVOINAMK
Objectives (course unit)
Learning Outcomes:
1. Supporting the child, adolescent and family - is involved in child-centered work, with a central understanding of the child and adolescent's growth and development, the rights of the child and the need for protection - identify challenges and opportunities related to age and different life-cycle transitions - is able to take into account the different cultural backgrounds of the child, adolescent and family - to identify and to broach issues of concern - is able to work constructively with carers of children and young people
2. Work orientations and methods - is able to utilize therapeutic and pedagogical work orientation in everyday life and develop appropriate practices to support the growth of children and adolescents - is aware of the potential for child-centered relationship-based work and the empowerment of children and adolescents - is able to deal with challenging educational situations using positive and appreciative pedagogy - Able to support family activity in family work and understand child-centered protection as the core of family work and parenting support - can take into account the different traumatic backgrounds of children / adolescents in their work - can structure the principles of early support and analyze how they are applied when working with children and families - Phenomena and special issues - identify risks related to child abuse and neglect, domestic violence - can apply research data related to specific issues
3. Family service systems and multi-professional networking - recognizing the responsibilities and opportunities of the kindergarten and school as both preventive and supportive to the protection of children; - knows the system of early support, the central service system for children, young people and family with special needs and is able to guide the client to the services - can guide and support children and families in the support they need in everyday situations - knows and knows the principles of the family center business model
Content (course unit)
- preventive and early support
- Positive and respectful pedagogy
- development challenges and transitions at different stages of life
- cooperation with guardians
- growing and immediate environment (nursery, early childhood education and school), meeting places, family centers, family services
- the best interests of the child, the individuality, participation and expertise of the child and the family
- multifunctionality, Build trust - protect your child online course ?, networking, service management
- children's rights agreement, social welfare law, documentation, confidentiality, disclosure of information
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
-Can identify and define phenomena related to the field and basic concepts and theory.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
- To structure relationships between phenomena and concepts in the field. Can apply concepts and theory in a structured way. Is able to justify one's own views and is able to apply theoretical knowledge to practice. Relation to knowledge: self-contained, problematizing.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
Understand wide-ranging entities and the relationships between them. Analyze theory and practice and the relationships between phenomena. Combines pedagogical competence with professional context. Creative, developing, innovative and / or personal touch. Relation to knowledge: exploratory, argumentative and analytical.
Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)
Rejected Neither recognizes nor can define phenomena and basic concepts in the field, or the identification and definition of key phenomena remains very limited. Relationship to Knowledge: Borrowing.
Assessment scale
0-5