Memory disorders and group counselling skillsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You know memory disorders and their treatments and rehabilitation.
You are familiar with various memory diseases and their special characters.
You know how to assess memory diseases and how to take care of and rehabilitate people with memory disorders.
You learn how to use rehabilitative work methods.
You know the care path of memory disorder patients.
You know legal recommendations and the processes relating to guardianship.
You know both national and local recommendations for dementia care.
You know the basic task of groups.
You know group dynamics and its effects.
You know group phenomena and their effects.
You know how to guide groups.
You can plan, guide and assess groups.
You can assess the effects of group leader activities.

Content

What are memory diseases and how can one identify and assess them?
How do memory diseases differ?
What kind of care and rehabilitation methods are used?
Where are memory diseases assessed and treated?
What kind of rehabilitative methods are available?
How does one support brain health?
How are service paths developed?
How can one support the legal rights of people who suffer from memory diseases?
Why to use groups and what is their basic task?
What is group dynamics and how does it affect groups?
What are basic group phenomena and their effects?
How to function groups and how to guide them?
How to plan, guide and assess group work?
What is the effect of group leaders in group work?

Accomplishment methods

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. you know how to identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with clients, users and target groups.
e. use the key models, methods and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way and justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.