VERB1200 The Welfare State and Person Centered Care Course description

The purpose of the course is to acquire basic knowledge of the health and welfare policy framework within which the social educator provides services. The students are also to acquire basic knowledge about health, impairments and disabilities and theories of support that have guided the practice of social educators. The student will be introduced to basic steps of evidence-based practice (EBP) and contributions from natural and social sciences to EBP. The course is taught over six weeks.

The student must have been admitted to the programme.

On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and general competence:

KnowledgeThe student

• can describe the most common causes of intellectual development disorder as well as the most common diagnoses and syndromes of this domain
• can explain overriding explanatory models in psychology
• can explain normal biological, cognitive and psychological development in relation to abnormal development and deviation from normal development
• can explain different theories and explanations of health, impairment and disability
• can explain the living conditions for people with intellectual disabilities and other disabilities
• can explain past and present welfare policy guidelines and their consequences for the practice of social educators
• can explain the legal basis for health, welfare and education services
• can explain key legislation of relevance to welfare services and legislation that regulates services provided to disabled people
• can describe the scientific theories that forms the basis for the subject areas covered by the social education programme
• can explain scientific theories and methods and their importance to the practice of social educators
• can describe the basic features of quantitative and qualitative research methodology
• can explain evidence-based practice and the steps of evidence-based practice

SkillsThe student

• can demonstrate skills that promote cooperation in a group

General competenceThe student

• can discuss political goals, policy instruments and welfare schemes that regulate services for disabled people
• can discuss strategies for including disabled people

Arbeids- og undervisningsformene omfatter forelesninger, selvstudium og prosjektarbeid. Studentene blir delt inn i prosjektgrupper der pensum samt artikler skal benyttes for å belyse en oppgitt case. Prosjektgruppens casearbeid blir diskutert og veiledet i seminarer bestående av flere grupper med samme case. Avslutningsvis skal prosjektgruppen presentere sitt prosjektarbeid for de andre studentene.

For å fremstille seg til eksamen må følgende være godkjent:

• flervalgsoppgave i velferdspolitikk, minimum 80 prosent riktig svar innen en gitt tidsfrist
• flervalgsoppgave i vitenskapsteori og forskningsmetode, minimum 80 % riktig svar innen en gitt tidsfrist
• prosjektarbeid i gruppe på 6 studenter:
  • Minimum 80 prosent tilstedeværelse i prosjektgruppe for utarbeidelse og presentasjon av mini-prosjekt. Prosjektgruppene får case utdelt ved emnets start.
  • 100 prosent tilstedeværelse ved presentasjon av prosjekt for medstudenter

Individual written home examination over 48 hours, up to 2,000 words

All material allowed.

Grade scale A–F

Twenty per cent of the exam papers will be assessed by one external and one internal examiner. The remaining papers will then be graded by two internal examiners. The assessments from the first part are summarised to serve as guidelines for the assessments of the two internal examiners.

10 credits overlap with VERN1210/VERNL1210/VERN1210