VER304 Fieldwork of Habilitation/Rehabilitation

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Bachelor's Programme in Social Education

Teaching language

Norwegian

Prerequisites

 

All courses in the 1st and 2nd year of study must be passed to begin the practical placement course in individual-oriented environmental work VER304 in the 5th semester.

Course contents

Key topics in the course are:

• habilitation work and training

• planning

• goal formulation

• evaluation methods

• environmental work

• networking

• cooperation

• guidance

• power, coercion, stigma, trust, dignity and quality of life

• consent competence and self-determination

Reference to the framework plan's credit distribution:

1A: 0.5 credits State and municipal knowledge, health and social policy

1C: 0.5 cr Law

2A: 2.0 credits General, developmental and social psychology

2B: 1.5 credits General pedagogy and social pedagogy

3A: 1.0 credits Medical and scientific subjects

3B: 1.0 cr Nursing and care

3C: 1.0 cr Mental health work

4A: 1.0 credits The subject's development, ideology, ethics and professional role

4B: 6.0 credits Skills and behavior learning

4C: 2.0 cr Welfare work

4D: 1.0 credits Work with groups, organizations and networks

4E: 2.5 credits Communication, interaction and conflict resolution

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student must:

• be able to apply knowledge in mapping

• be able to analyze, assess and plan relevant measures

• be able to prepare and implement an action plan

• be able to assess and apply various forms of environmental work

• be able to identify ethical dilemmas and reflect on these

• be able to communicate with people who have various disabilities

• be able to communicate with people in the network around the user

• be able to assess the connection between professional practice and organizational framework

• be able to document searches for relevant research-based article in connection with the course

• be able to assess and obtain quantitative / qualitative data

• be able to identify both planned environmental work and innovation during the practical placement period

• be able to apply research and development work aimed at the topics in the action plan

• demonstrate the ability to think critically

• be able to perform research-based work methodology through the social educator's work model

Teaching methods

Teaching methods include field work and related tasks. Field work means working with patients, users and clients and require 90 % attendance rate.

Related tasks include the fieldwork assignment and supervised fieldwork. Please see the course brochure in Canvas for details.

Estimated work load in the course is 540 hours.

Evaluation

The study programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.

Assessment methods and criteria

Passed the practical placement course

Minimum 90% attendance in practice. See the subject booklet for a more detailed description. A shifting in time of the practical placement where the 90% attendance can not be fulfilled, is processed upon application.

Reduction of Credits

This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:

Course	Reduction of Credits
VER304 – Fieldwork of Habilitation/Rehabilitation	20