Special Needs Support in Early Education (5 ECTS)
Code: SX00BO81-3011
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.05.2019 - 15.05.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 21.10.2019 - 31.12.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 ECTS
- Mode of delivery
- On-campus
- Unit
- (2016-2018) Social Well-being
- Campus
- Myllypurontie 1
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Social Services (in English)
- Course
- SX00BO81
Objective
Students will recognize and have the capacity to encounter diversity in society and educational communities. They will understand the importance of appreciative encounters for supporting the development of a child. Students will apply the basic concepts of disability work and special education, key legislation and services. They will identify the most important work practices of special support needs. They will be able to reflect on their professional activity.
Content
Inclusion. Experiencing and encountering special needs. The three-tier model of early education support measures. Disability, chronic illness, and the specific support needs of childhood and family. Disability legislation as a safe-guard for the fundamental rights of the individual. Guiding principles of organising special education and disability services.
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Assessment:
Assessment criteria as the attachment of the curriculum.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Assessment:
Assessment criteria see the attachment.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.