Advanced physiotherapy for children and adolescentsLaajuus (5 cr)
Code: FT00DW24
Credits
5 op
Teaching language
- Finnish
Responsible person
- Elina Päykkönen
Objective
You can identify and assess motor development and common impairments of children and young people.
You can take into account disease-specific features in the planning, implementation and guidance of physiotherapy for children and adolescents.
You can apply therapeutic exercise individually for promoting the functional ability of children and adolescents.
You can design and implement different therapeutic exercises and applied exercises for children and adolescents with special needs, both individually and in groups.
You can work in multi-professional teams and with families and take into account their psychosocial resources and environmental possibilities.
Content
How do you assess and support motor development and functional ability of children and adolescents in different age groups?
How do you take into account the specific features of diseases in physiotherapy?
How do you take into account the families and living environments of children and adolescents in physiotherapy?
How do you apply therapeutic exercises and applied group exercises in a client-centered way with children and adolescents needing special support?
How do you show your expertise of physiotherapy in multi-professional teams?
Qualifications
Attending the course requires that the learning outcomes of the 1st and 2nd academic year studies have been achieved.
Enrollment
08.04.2024 - 21.04.2024
Timing
02.09.2024 - 02.12.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
4 op
Mode of delivery
20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Sports and Rehabilitation
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
Teachers
- Miia Kierikki
- Elina Päykkönen
Groups
-
FTSA22KPPhysiotherapy, full-time studies
-
FTSA22SMPhysiotherapy, part-time studies
Objective
You can identify and assess motor development and common impairments of children and young people.
You can take into account disease-specific features in the planning, implementation and guidance of physiotherapy for children and adolescents.
You can apply therapeutic exercise individually for promoting the functional ability of children and adolescents.
You can design and implement different therapeutic exercises and applied exercises for children and adolescents with special needs, both individually and in groups.
You can work in multi-professional teams and with families and take into account their psychosocial resources and environmental possibilities.
Content
How do you assess and support motor development and functional ability of children and adolescents in different age groups?
How do you take into account the specific features of diseases in physiotherapy?
How do you take into account the families and living environments of children and adolescents in physiotherapy?
How do you apply therapeutic exercises and applied group exercises in a client-centered way with children and adolescents needing special support?
How do you show your expertise of physiotherapy in multi-professional teams?
Evaluation scale
Approved/Failed
Qualifications
Attending the course requires that the learning outcomes of the 1st and 2nd academic year studies have been achieved.
Enrollment
06.04.2023 - 21.04.2023
Timing
05.09.2023 - 08.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
4 op
Mode of delivery
20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Sports and Rehabilitation
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
Teachers
- Miia Kierikki
- Elina Päykkönen
Groups
-
FTSA21KPPhysiotherapy, full-time studies
-
FTSA21SMPhysiotherapy, part-time studies
Objective
You can identify and assess motor development and common impairments of children and young people.
You can take into account disease-specific features in the planning, implementation and guidance of physiotherapy for children and adolescents.
You can apply therapeutic exercise individually for promoting the functional ability of children and adolescents.
You can design and implement different therapeutic exercises and applied exercises for children and adolescents with special needs, both individually and in groups.
You can work in multi-professional teams and with families and take into account their psychosocial resources and environmental possibilities.
Content
How do you assess and support motor development and functional ability of children and adolescents in different age groups?
How do you take into account the specific features of diseases in physiotherapy?
How do you take into account the families and living environments of children and adolescents in physiotherapy?
How do you apply therapeutic exercises and applied group exercises in a client-centered way with children and adolescents needing special support?
How do you show your expertise of physiotherapy in multi-professional teams?
Evaluation scale
Approved/Failed
Qualifications
Attending the course requires that the learning outcomes of the 1st and 2nd academic year studies have been achieved.
Enrollment
06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022
Timing
06.09.2022 - 09.12.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
3 op
Mode of delivery
40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Sports and Rehabilitation
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
Teachers
- Miia Kierikki
- Elina Päykkönen
Teacher in charge
Elina Päykkönen
Groups
-
FTSA20KPPhysiotherapy, full-time studies
-
FTSA20SMPhysiotherapy, part-time studies
Objective
You can identify and assess motor development and common impairments of children and young people.
You can take into account disease-specific features in the planning, implementation and guidance of physiotherapy for children and adolescents.
You can apply therapeutic exercise individually for promoting the functional ability of children and adolescents.
You can design and implement different therapeutic exercises and applied exercises for children and adolescents with special needs, both individually and in groups.
You can work in multi-professional teams and with families and take into account their psychosocial resources and environmental possibilities.
Content
How do you assess and support motor development and functional ability of children and adolescents in different age groups?
How do you take into account the specific features of diseases in physiotherapy?
How do you take into account the families and living environments of children and adolescents in physiotherapy?
How do you apply therapeutic exercises and applied group exercises in a client-centered way with children and adolescents needing special support?
How do you show your expertise of physiotherapy in multi-professional teams?
Evaluation scale
Approved/Failed
Qualifications
Attending the course requires that the learning outcomes of the 1st and 2nd academic year studies have been achieved.