Oral health of infantLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

- are able to describe the developmental stages of a child
- identify the special features of oral health in children
- recognize their cultural background and its significance for health coaching
- analyzes and organizes health coaching to strengthen the literacy of children with different cultural backgrounds
- organize and implement a health promotion project for children
- use the method of play in health coaching

Content

Developmental psychology
Linguistic development of the child
Child abuse and oral health
Pedodontics
Play in health coaching
Invocation, development and production of health promotion material
Health coaching of multi-cultural families and children in health care team
Co-operating with ECEC (early childhood education and care) workers
Planning, implementation and evaluation of a health promotion project

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment criteria: 0–5
Assessment framework, see the appendix.
Assessment criteria for advanced level are applied.