Play and physical activity to support the well-being and learning of a child with disability (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Content scheduling

Webinaarit ja lähiopetus toteutetaan viikoilla 21-23 (19.5.-6.6.2025)
Opintojaksoon sisältyvät tehtävän voit tehdä nopeassa aikataulussa (palautus 12.6. mennessä) tai hitaammassa aikataulussa (palautus 31.7. mennessä)

Objective

Purpose of the course

The purpose of the course is to learn how play and physical activity can support the well-being and learning of children with different support needs.

Competences

Professional and inter-professional activities in physiotherapy (Physiotherapist)
Client work skills (Bachelor of Social Services)
Theoretical expertise in rehabilitation and occupational therapy (Occupational Therapist)
Rehabilitation counselling and guidance (Rehabilitation counselling)

Learning objective

You understand the importance of play in supporting child development and the possibilities of physical activity to support the child's participation in play. You know the means of supporting play in multidisciplinary cooperation. Recognise the diversity and underlying factors of children's learning difficulties and their relation to the child's ability to play. You know how to use play observation methods to observe children's play skills.

Content

The main content of the course includes theories, developmental stages and types of play, support for play in multidisciplinary cooperation and the importance of play. Methods of play observation. Motor, language and social interaction difficulties and perceptual and attentional difficulties underlying various learning difficulties

Location and time

Webinars with Zoom connection
Face to face learning lessons at the Rajakatu campus

Materials

Will be announced at the beginning of the course and in Moodle

Teaching methods

n the webinars, you will learn the theory of play, methods of observing play, the complexity of learning difficulties and ways to support a child's play. You prepare for the webinars by reading the preliminary material and doing the preliminary tasks.

In contact lessons on campus, you will learn through practical activities and theory about the possibilities of physical play to support a child's participation in play.

In the task of observing a child's play, you deepen your knowledge of observing play skills by making a observation situation of one child and a written report on the observation situation.

In the final webinar, you present your learning experiences and share your know-how.

In webinars and face-to-face teaching classes, you expand your own professional knowledge in multi-professional discussions.

Exam schedules

Opintojaksolla ei ole tenttiä

Completion alternatives

The course has no alternative methods of completion

Student workload

Webinars and preparation 44 h
Face to face teaching on campus 10 h
Preparation, implementation and reporting of the observation task 81 h

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

By the end of the course, you will understand the importance of play in supporting child development and how physical activity can support a child's participation in play. You will know how to support play in multidisciplinary collaboration. You will recognise the diversity and underlying factors of children's learning difficulties and their relationship to their ability to play. You will be able to use at least one method of play observation to observe children's play skills.

Further information

Arviointi on hyväksytty-hylätty. Hyväksytyn suorituksen saavuttaminen arvioidaan kirjallisen tehtävän pohjalta sekä loppuwebinaarissa esitetyn osaamisen perusteella.