VER214 Environmental treatment and behavioural learning

Teaching language

This course is taught in Norwegian and an English translation of the course description is not available.

Course contents

Key topics in the course:

• mapping and observation

• environmental therapeutic work

• challenging behaviour

• applied behavioral analysis

• cognitive behavioral therapy

• communication training

• power and coercion

• ethics

• the social educator's working model

• pedagogy and special education

• educational theories

Learning outcomes

The student:

Knowledge

• demonstrates broad knowledge of problem solving at the individual level through observation, assessment, exploration of living conditions, goal design, action design and evaluation

• demonstrates broad knowledge of coordinated, coherent and knowledge-based habilitation and rehabilitation with the aim of achieving the best possible functional and coping ability, independence and participation

• demonstrates broad knowledge of environmental work and environmental therapy as a basis for the social educator's environmental therapeutic work

• demonstrates broad knowledge of tasks and issues that actualize environmental therapeutic work, habilitation and rehabilitation

• demonstrates knowledge of the concepts of development and change, and how the distinction between them is important for environmental therapeutic work, habilitation and rehabilitation

• demonstrates broad knowledge of pedagogical theories, different views of learning and didactic principles

• demonstrates knowledge of research methods and principles and concepts for assessing scientific quality

• demonstrates knowledge of welfare technology and how welfare technology solutions can be used in the services to support the individual's resources and coping opportunities

• is able to update his/her knowledge in line with knowledge-based practice

Skills

• is able to apply professional knowledge to critically discuss his/her own work process and different models in environmental care work

• is able to apply professional knowledge to analyze and assess tasks and issues that actualize environmental therapeutic work, habilitation and rehabilitation

• is able to apply relevant methods in mapping and assessment work to identify users' goals and needs as a basis for measures

• is able to apply professional knowledge, relevant results from research and development work and scientific methods as a basis for illuminating practical and theoretical issues and making informed choices

• is able to master relevant forms of expression to document and disseminate professional knowledge adapted to purpose and target group

• is able to apply professional knowledge in the exercise of decision support

• is able to apply professional knowledge to assess situations that may become threatening to patients and staff and implement measures to prevent such incidents

General competence

• demonstrates insight into relevant professional and ethical issues in the environmental therapeutic practice and is able to identify, reflect on and deal with these

• is able to plan, implement and evaluate guidance of individuals and groups who are in learning, mastering and changing processes

• is able to plan, document and evaluate measures and service design based on users' goals and needs, independently and in collaboration with others, in line with professional guidelines, ethical requirements and guidelines

• demonstrates insight into the theories, processes and methods required to offer coordinated, coherent and knowledge-based environmental therapeutic work, habilitation and rehabilitation

• is able to convey key subject material on environmental therapeutic work, habilitation and rehabilitation in writing and orally to contribute to the development of good practice

• demonstrates insight into research and development work and methods for systematic acquisition of user experience and knowledge

Examination requirements

• participated in compulsory teaching

• approved mandatory written work requirements

See more details in the course brochure on Canvas.

Teaching methods

Teaching and learning methods include simulation, group-based supervision, presentations, multiple-choice tests, seminars, lectures, supervised group work, written work requirements, webcast, skills training and self-study. There is compulsory teaching in the subject. Estimated student workload is 405 hours.See further information in Canvas.

Evaluation

The person responsible for the course, 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

A 5-hour individual written school examination. Graded assessment. See Canvas for a more detailed description.