Youth mental health promotion and preventive drug and intoxicant workLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You know how to recognize the goals, activities and opportunities of preventive work relating to intoxicant use and mental health.
You are able to describe and search for information about children’s and young people’s mental health and intoxicant use.
You know how to act as a youth worker in the service network relating to children’s and adolescents’ intoxicant use and mental health.
As a community educator, you can meet children and young people from the point of view of preventing substance abuse and mental health problems.

Content

What is children’s and young people’s mental health and intoxicant-free life based on?
What are the most common disorders of children’s and young people’s intoxicant use and mental health and the relating methods of aid?
What kind of methods promote children’s and young people’s mental health and intoxicant free lifestyles and how can they be influenced?
With what kind of work practices can youth workers support the prevention of children’s and young people's intoxicant use and mental harm as well as their need and readiness for change?

Accomplishment methods

You know how to critically use a range of information on the intoxicant use and mental health of children and the youth.
You are able to choose and justify the variety of methods used in the work with intoxicant use and mental health.
You know how to act as a youth worker in different teams and practical activities of intoxicant use and mental health work.

Evaluation scale 0-5