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Special education (5 cr)

Code: SO00DT48-3001

General information


Enrollment

12.04.2021 - 25.04.2021

Timing

06.09.2021 - 30.11.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Leila Pekonen
  • Riitta-Liisa Jukarainen

Teacher in charge

Leila Pekonen

Groups

  • SOMI20SP
    Social Services, full-time studies

Objective

You are aware of the individual and special needs of children and the youth.
You can support individual growth and learning abilities of each child.
You know the service system of special education from early childhood education up to comprehensive school.
You can define basic concepts and describe professional practices related to special education.
You can account for family-centred orientation as part of supporting children.
You know essential methods of special education.

Content

What kind of special needs can children and young people have?
How can we support growth and learning abilities of children and young people?
What is the service system of special education like and how do laws and norms regulate special education?
What are the basic concepts of special education?
How is family-centered orientation taken into account within the practices of special education?
What kind of methods are used in special education?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Human development and learning