Intoxicant and mental health work (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 to 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 of work with children’s and adolescents’ intoxicant use and mental health.

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 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 affected? 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?

Study forms and methods

Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Opintojakso toteutetaan kahtena lähiopetuspäivänä (8+8) , joiden lisäksi opiskelija tekee itsenäisiä oppimistehtäviä.

Opintoja nopeuttava oppimisväylä:
Opintojakso on mahdollista integroida osittain osaksi työelämässä oppimista. Tarkemmat tiedot vastuuopettajalta.

Työhön integroitu oppimisväylä:
Opintojakso on mahdollista suorittaa itsenäisinä oppimistehtävinä. Tarkemmat tiedot vastuuopettajalta.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, good (3)

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

Assessment methods and criteria

Arviointi tapahtuu asteikolla 1-5. Tarkemmat arviointikriteerit kerrotaan opintojakson alussa.