Children and Young People in the Rehabilitation Service System

Structure Type: Course
Code: KG10BP055
Type: Compulsory
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 3.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Svahn, Tarja
Teacher Team: Hautamäki, Minna ; Mäntykivi, Pirkko
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
FYSTER-2015   3 spring   3.0   2018-01-01   2018-07-31  
FYSTER-2016   3 spring   3.0   2019-01-01   2019-07-31  

Learning Outcomes

The students will:
- apply evidence-based knowledge when studying child and youth physiotherapy
- know/recognize common childhood and youth diseases and developmental disorders and understand their effects on the child's/adolescent's mobility and function
- plan, implement and evaluate physiotherapy to promote children's and young people's mobility and function, while taking the family's needs and resources into consideration
- gain further knowledge of rehabilitation by studying the multiprofessional rehabilitation process of disabled children
- be familiar with the special features of adaptive aids for children and young people
-know how to use quantitative research data and analyse it using a statistical programme
-learn to work as project team members

Contents

- Health counselling for families in various life situations
- Supervising play and exercise
- Aids for disabled children

Assessment Criteria

Excellent:
Students are able to justify their choices theoretically, based on evidence. They can find solutions for unexpected situations and they show initiative by evaluating their own actions and by proposing practicable improvements. Students know how to approach children and young people in a natural way and they demonstrate initiative and responsibility when considering/assessing the family's needs and potential to support a child's ability to function. Students are familiar with the system of rehabilitation services in Finland and they know how to refer families to use these services.

Good:
Students use theoretical knowledge to justify their choices. They can find physiotherapy solutions in common work situations with children and young people. They evaluate their own actions and discover development needs. Students know how to approach children and young people in a natural way and they take into consideration the family's needs and potential to support a child's ability to function. Students are familiar with the system of rehabilitation services in Finland and they know how to refer families to use some of these services.

Satisfactory:
Students use limited theoretical knowledge to justify their choices. Under supervision they can find physiotherapy solutions in common work situations with children and young people. They evaluate their own competence from their own perspective/mechanically and discover some development needs. Students mostly know how to approach children and young people in a natural way and they can muster courage to interact with the families. Students are familiar with the main points in the system of rehabilitation services in Finland and they know how to refer families to use some of these services.

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