Special Support in Early Childhood Education and Care (5 cr)
Code: SO21ESMÅ3-3001
General information
Enrollment
01.09.2021 - 15.12.2023
Timing
01.09.2021 - 31.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Teaching languages
- Svenska
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Lena Storbacka-Järvinen
Teacher in charge
Lena Storbacka-Järvinen
Groups
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USO21FE-ÅSocionom (YH), h21, e-socionom, Åbo
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ÖH21SMPED-ÅÖppna yh; småbarnspedagogik60sp
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USO22FE-ÅSocionom (YH), h22, e-socionom, Åbo
Objective
The student:
- can identify the child's strengths and needs for support and can work to support the child's resources
- is prepared to work in interprofessional networks and can, in collaboration with the child and the family, plan, implement and evaluate the support
- can, based on the child's needs, plan and adapt the Early Childhood Education and Care environment and the activities in order to provide the child with special needs a safe growing and learning environment
- can promote the child's skills in communication, interaction skills and self-regulation
- can promote the child's inclusion and has a resource-enhancing and sensitive approach
Content
- general, intensified and special support in Early Childhood Education and Care
- children with communicative, socio-emotional, motor and cognitive challenges
- problem-creating behavior and attention disorders
- aggression among children and the steps of aggression
- materials to support the child's social skills and interaction and emotional skills
- the importance and structural arrangements of environmental and situational factors
- collaboration with guardians and actors within social and health care
- educational group sensitivity and accessibility
- reflective observation
Evaluation scale
H-5
Qualifications
None