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Modern Families (Master's level) (5 cr)

Code: SZ00BP94-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.12.2021 - 30.04.2022

Timing

06.06.2022 - 10.06.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 - 5

Mode of delivery

Face-to-face

Unit

Hyvinvointiyksikkö

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

0 - 10

Degree programmes

  • Projektijohtamisen tutkinto-ohjelma (YAMK), sosiaali- ja terveysala
  • Master's Degree Programme in Sport and Exercise Physiotherapy
  • Sosiaali- ja terveysalan kehittäminen ja johtaminen (YAMK)
  • Kliininen asiantuntija (YAMK)
  • Monialainen kuntoutus (YAMK)
  • Verkostojohtaminen, sosiaali- ja terveysala (YAMK)
  • Terveyden edistäminen (YAMK)

Teachers

  • Sari Järvinen
  • Katja Kokkinen
  • Pauliina Soanvaara
  • Mervi Kuustie

Teacher in charge

Pauliina Soanvaara

Objective

The student recognizes the possibilities to work with modern families in her/his field of expertise. She/He understands the diversity of modern families and is capable for multiprofessional collaboration.
The student deepens his/her theoretical thinking on supporting families and parenthood. The student recognizes the importance of empowerment of families and knows how to strengthen and support parenthood.
She/He reflects on the research evidence critically and openly to introduce family centered methods in to her/his field of expertise.

Content

- Diversity of modern families
- Working with modern families in multiprofessional and multidisciplinary collaboration
- Mentalization and reflectivity
- Health-promotion and empowerment of parenthood
- Coparenting

Location and time

Time: 6.-10.6.2022
Place: JAMK Rajakatu campus

Oppimateriaali ja suositeltava kirjallisuus

Carr, D. & Utz, R.L. (2020), Families in Later Life: A Decade in Review. Journal of Marriage and Family, 82, 346-363. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12609.
Kalland, M., Fagerlund, Å, Von Koskull, M., & Pajulo, M. (2016). Families First: The development of a new mentalization-based group intervention for first-time parents to promote child development and family health. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 17(1), 3-17. doi:10.1017/S146342361500016X
Rönkä, A., Malinen, K., Metsäpelto, R.-L., Laakso, M.-L., Sevón, E., & Verhoef-van Dorp, M. (2017). Parental working time patterns and children's socioemotional wellbeing: Comparing working parents in Finland, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. Children and Youth Services Review, 76, 133-141. DOI:10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.036

Teaching methods

Key lectures, workshops, independent learning assignments

International connections

https://www.jamk.fi/en/Education/jamk-summer-school/modern-families/

Vaihtoehtoiset suoritustavat

Learning assignments 100 %

Student workload

For intensive study week participants: intensive study week with learning assignments (total 81 hours).
For DDP students and Finnish degree program students: Intensive study week with post learning assignments (total 135 hours).

Content scheduling

Summer school intensive week 6.-10-6.2022

Further information

Summer School, intensive study week 6.-10.6.2022

Course programme
Please note that some changes may occur.

Monday 6.6. - F208, Rajakatu 35
9.00-9.30
Welcome to Summer School and Introductions

9.30-11.00
Orientation: Themes and assignments of the week

12.00-13.00
Key Lecture: At the borderline of family part 1: Living of elderly people (and younger ones) in self organized communities
Lecturer Mr Ralf Reiche / Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS)

13.00-15.00
Discussion about subject

15.00-15.30
Reflection

Tuesday 7.6. - F208, Rajakatu 35
9.00-10.30
Learning to coparent in transition to parenthood - Highlights from the international longitudal research
Docent Ms Kaisa Malinen, jamk

10.30-11.30
Workshop: How to support first-time parents?

12.30-14.30
Key Lecture: Online game-based parental groups to support first-time parents -
Senior Lecturer Ms Katja Kokkinen, jamk

14.30-16.00
Workshop: How to use gamification to support family services

16.00-16.30
Reflection

Wednesday 8.6. - F208, Rajakatu 35
9.00-11.00
The Transition to Parenthood
1. The birth of the parents
3. The birth of the family (multiple families)
4. The transition to parenthood in the 21st century – The Parent Voice

Ph.D, Lecturer Ms Ronit Roth, School of Behavioral Sciences, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaff

11.00-11.30
Discussion and introduction to workshop

12.30-15.30
“Parenting styles”, Attitudes and Practices
1. Traditional “parenting styles” – are they still relevant?
2. Old vs. modern parenting practices – an ecological view
3. The effect of the media on parenting practices
4. How to work with parents?

Ph.D, Lecturer Ms Ronit Roth, School of Behavioral Sciences, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaff

15.30-16.00
Reflection

Thursday 9.6. - C119, Rajakatu 35
9.00-11.00
Working with parents: An Integrative Model – Theory, research, and therapy
1. Different models for working with parents
2. How developmental science affects intervention with parents
3. Attachment theory as the basis for intervention
4. The basic principles of the Integrative Model

Ph.D, Lecturer Ms Ronit Roth, School of Behavioral Sciences, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaff

11.00-11.30
Discussion and introduction to workshop

12.30-15.30
Working with Parents: An Integrative Model – Practical principles and processes
1. Drawing the individual’s attachment map
2. The caregiving system
3. Intervention tasks
4. Conclusion

Ph.D, Lecturer Ms Ronit Roth, School of Behavioral Sciences, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaff

15.30-16.00
Reflection

Friday 10.6. - C119, Rajakatu 35
9.00-11.00
Field visits in Jyväskylä

11.00-12.00
Key Lecture: At the borderline of family part 2
Living of elderly people with foreigners or in foreign countries

Lecturer Mr Ralf Reiche / Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS)

Closing Ceremony

Notice:
For Master's Degree Program students and Open Studies intensive study week is 3 cr + written learning assignment 2 cr, total 5 cr.

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The general assessment criteria for the skills and knowledge required for a master’s degree can be found from our website (https://studyguide.jamk.fi/en/Study-Guide-Masters-Degrees/). The learning outcomes of the course are assessed in relation to learning objectives based on knowledge, skills and general competencies (National and European Qualifications Framework, level 7).
Pass
The student masters the key concepts related to modern families. She/he recognizes the effects and potentialities of working with modern families in his or her field of expertise and is capable of reflecting them based on evidence in a variety of ways. The student possesses the capabilities for deploying family centered working methods and is able to critically assess their deployment in the social services and health care sector.
Fail
The student does not master the key concepts related to modern families. The student is incapable of considering the potentialities of family centered work in his or her field of expertise. The student does not possess the capabilities/willingness to deploy family centered work methods and is therefore unable to critically assess their deployment in the social services and health care sector.

Qualifications

The student has the basic knowledge of family-orientation and working with families.