Disability Services (5 cr)
Code: SO20SOS5-3003
General information
Enrollment
15.06.2022 - 31.08.2022
Timing
31.08.2022 - 16.10.2022
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
Daniela Sundell
Groups
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USO21D-ÅSocionom (YH), h21, dagstudier, Åbo
-
ÖH21USOLED-ÅÖppna yh, socionomLed, 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