Disability Services (5 cr)
Code: SO22SOS5-3004
General information
Enrollment
02.07.2025 - 25.08.2025
Timing
25.08.2025 - 10.10.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Faculty of Health and Welfare
Teaching languages
- Svenska
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Daniela Sundell
- Janina Dahla
Teacher in charge
Daniela Sundell
Groups
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USO24D-ÅSocionom (YH), h24, dagstudier, Åbo
Objective
The student:
- has knowledge of various disabilities as well as the impact of disabilities on an individual's living conditions.
- can guide people with disabilities in terms of rights and forms of service.
- can promote participation, self-determination and functional ability among people with disabilities.
- is able to consider accessibility aspects in client work and knows about alternatives and supplementary communication.
Content
- diagnoses and living conditions for people with disabilities in different life situations
- the service user perspective, the family- and kinship perspective, legal certainty and participation
- social counselling, service systems, forms of support and processes
- assistive tools and accessibility for people with disabilities
- alternative and supplementary communication
Evaluation scale
H-5
Qualifications
None