Youth mental health promotion and preventive drug and intoxicant work (5 cr)
Code: YP00DU29-3004
General information
Enrollment
06.11.2023 - 17.11.2023
Timing
08.01.2024 - 26.04.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
2 op
RDI portion
2 op
Mode of delivery
60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning
Campus
Mikkeli Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 50
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Civic Activities and Youth Work
Teachers
- Mirka Lähdeniemi
Teacher in charge
Mirka Lähdeniemi
Groups
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YPMI21SPCivic Activities and Youth Work, full-time studies
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YPMI22KPCivic Activities and Youth Work, full-time studies
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?
Evaluation scale
1-5