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Special Support in Early Childhood Education and Care (5 cr)

Code: SO21ESMÅ3-3002

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2023 - 15.12.2025

Timing

01.01.2024 - 31.12.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Teachers

  • Susanne Davidsson

Teacher in charge

Susanne Davidsson

Groups

  • USO22FE-Å
    Socionom (YH), h22, e-socionom, Åbo
  • USO23FE-Å
    Socionom (YH), h23, e-socionom, Åbo
  • USO24FE-Å
    Socionom (YH), h24, 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