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.

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

Knowledge

The 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 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

Skills

The student

• can demonstrate skills that promote cooperation in a group

General competence

The student

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

All aids are permitted.

Pass/fail

One external and one internal examiner control the set of questions, the internal examiner checks the answers.

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Grade scale A-F

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

10 credits overlap with VERN1210/VERNL1210/VERN1210