Disability Services (5 cr)
Code: SO20SOS5-3001
General information
Enrollment
11.06.2021 - 30.08.2021
Timing
30.08.2021 - 24.10.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Faculty of Health and Welfare
Campus
Åbo, Henriksgatan 7
Teaching languages
- Svenska
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Daniela Sundell
- Janina Dahla
Teacher in charge
Eva Juslin
Groups
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USO20D-ÅSocionom (YH), h20, 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
No preliminary requirements