English
31.10.2022 - 21.12.2022. Contact days will be hold in Jyväskylä.
The course will hold independent studying on Moodle, theory-based webinars, and two practical-based contact sessions. Attendance to contact sessions is demanded. Moreover, there will be individual preparation assignments for upcoming study sessions and group assignment (1,5 ects) where students are planning and implementing a community-based project.
Miia Riihimäki
Learning material will include literature and articles in English.
Scaffa, M,E. 2014. Occupational therapy in community-based practice settings. 2nd ed.
Lautamo T. & Laaksonen V. (2018, 2019); RALLA, Play Skills, and Peer Interaction Skills, The observation-based assessment tool.
Miia Riihimäki, Liisa Mattila
The course assignment, the community-based project is encouraged to apply together with representatives from working life.
The course enables co-operation with exchange students.
The includes two webinars in the evening time with international collaboration with university students abroad. The course is available to exchange students.
31.10.2022 - 21.12.2022
Study contents are including ETCS as following:
- Basement for Community-Based Interventions in OT: 1,5 etcs
- Examples of Community-Based Interventions in OT: 1 etcs
- Ralla: 1 etcs
- Course task: community-based project: 1,5 etcs
The student's time use is thought to be divided as follows:
Independent studying, preparations for webinars and contact days 64,5h
Webinars and contact session 30h
Course task: community-based project 40,5h
A total of 5 ects (135 hours)
01.08.2022 - 26.08.2022
0 - 35
The course is evaluated with a grading scale Pass / Fail.
In order to pass the course, the following items need to be completed:
- Preparation tasks
- Participation in webinars
- Participation in contact days
The criteria to pass the course:
• The student knows different communities and understands the role of communities in facilitating or inhibiting occupational engagement
• The student understands the principles of community-centered work and cultural impact on the occupations, persons, and occupational performance
• The student knows the cultural aspects of communities and how to promote occupational justice
• The student is able to collaborate with communities in order to promote the health and well-being of their members through their participation in occupation
• The student understands how the environment can affect well-being through occupations
• The student can plan and implement a developmental project in a community
• The student will know how to use the Housing Enabler assessment method and use the assessment results in order to make the housing community more accessible for individual
• The student will understand the theoretical background of the Ralla method and is able to use the method. Based on the assessment results, student is able to set goals and plan interventions to support the child's play in natural environments.
Bachelor's Degree Programme in Occupational Therapy
Face-to-face, Online learning
4 cr
School of Health and Social Studies