Study Guide

Objective

The Student:
- is familiar with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and their right to rehabilitation and/or habilitation
- understands the difference between disability, functional variation, impairment, functional capacity, functional rights, and disability policy
- has knowledge of individuals with physical, psychological, or intellectual disabilities
- can support and interact with individuals with special needs and their relatives
- has basic knowledge of the most common disabilities and the care required for individuals with disabilities
- has knowledge of guiding and supporting individuals in need of special assistance
- has knowledge of rare diseases
- is aware of violence against persons with disabilities
- can perform nursing care planning and documentation according to the Finnish classification system

Content

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ratified by regulation 27/2016.
Law on disability services
Self-determination and participation
Concept explanations
Guidance methods, as well as various aids and support forms
Physical impairment
Visual and hearing impairments
Nursing care and support for neuropsychiatric disabilities such as ADHD, DCD, autism spectrum, Tourette syndrome, OCD, and language disorder
Intellectual disability
Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, and Prader-Willi syndrome
Rare diseases
Violence against persons with disabilities

Qualifications

No prior requisites

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam
The student has a superficial knowledge of the subject.

Assessment criteria for written work
The student has followed the instructions, and their knowledge of the other students' work is inadequate. The student shows limited substance knowledge, it can be essential.

The student shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written work. The student followed the instructions for the written work. They have a deficient knowledge of the substance also touching the essential.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam
The student can account for the literature, reflect and motivate his / her views.

Assessment criteria for written work
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written work. The student master the substance of his work, but the application is limited.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam
The student shows in his answer an in-depth knowledge and maturity beyond the traditional.

Criteria for evaluation of written work individually or in groups
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows that she has mastered the substance. They have read the other participants' written work and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar. The written work and the possible opponentship show something out of the ordinary (technical execution, oral presentation, mature reflections, independent working methods).

The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows that she has mastered the substance. They have read the other participants' work and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar.