SP2S6100 Psykososiale vansker i individ- og systemperspektiv Emneplan

I emnet «Psykososiale vansker» vil ulike forståelsesmåter av psykososiale vansker bli synliggjort og problematisert. Studentene skal få kunnskap om teoretiske perspektiver for å forstå utvikling, forebygging og avhjelping av ulike psykososiale vansker i individ- og systemperspektiv. Emnet skal belyse hvordan ulike utfordringer kan forebygges og avhjelpes, og det rettes søkelys mot ulike tilnærmingsmåter for å skape gode betingelser for utvikling og læring. Tidlig innsats og tiltak for å skape inkluderende praksiser i skolen vil være sentralt i emnet.

Ingen

Etter fullført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert som kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

• har bred innsikt i ulike forståelsesmåter og perspektiver knyttet til psykososiale vansker i skolen
• har oppdatert kunnskap om aktuelt regelverk og etiske hensyn i spesialpedagogisk arbeid i et inkluderende læringsmiljø
• har inngående kunnskap om ulike kartleggingsstrategier relatert til psykososiale vansker og skolens læringsmiljø

Ferdigheter

Studenten

• kan kritisk anvende hensiktsmessige kartleggingsstrategier i skolen for å avdekke utfordringer på individ- og systemnivå i skolen
• kan planlegge, gjennomføre og vurdere spesialpedagogiske tiltak basert på relevante kartleggingsmetoder, for å forebygge og/eller avhjelpe psykososiale vansker
• kan kritisk reflektere omkring strategier for samarbeid med eksterne miljøer rundt elever som viser psykososiale utfordringer

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

• har innsikt og forståelse for ulike faktorer som hemmer og fremmer læring og psykisk helse i skolen
• kan formidle kunnskap omkring miljøets betydning for utvikling og opprettholdelse av psykososiale vansker
• kan planlegge og legge til rette for inkluderende praksiser i skolen, alene og som deltaker i en gruppe

Se programplanen

Aesthetics and Special Needs is one of the courses under Nordic Childhoods. It focuses on Nordic culture where nature plays an important role in society, aesthetics and in work with children. Joint events with the other Nordic Childhoods courses are integrated as overnight trips and outdoor excursions. We also visit schools, kindergartens and other institutions. We focus on play, learning by doing, experience and workshops.

Aesthetics has not been a common way of approaching children with special needs. This course tries to change this by focusing on the value of aesthetics for children with special needs. The course is interdisciplinary, and takes a holistic approach to the field.

Aesthetics are important for everybody, including children and young people with special needs. Through literature, storytelling, music, dance, drama and other aesthetic acts, we perceive and understand the world and ourselves. Through aesthetics, we perform and collaborate with others. For some children and young people who lack verbal language; have problems with emotions, communication and interaction or find it hard to take other perspectives; aesthetic communication is particularly important. The aim of this course is:

1) to enhance knowledge about and discuss the relationship between children and young people with special needs and aesthetic expressions,

2) to introduce ways of working in practice with different kinds of aesthetic expressions when targeting various kinds of special needs.

The course is interfaculty and explores different disciplines, and ways of conceptualising and practising aesthetics with respect to a variety of special needs.

Eksamen er en prosjektoppgave i gruppe (3-5 personer) basert på selvvalgt tema og problemstilling. Tema og problemstilling må godkjennes av faglærer. Eksamen gjennomføres som en gruppepresentasjon i videoform. Gruppen lager en presentasjon med varighet på 15-20 minutter, hvor alle medlemmene bidrar og deltar. Eksamenspresentasjonen skal deles med resten av kullet. Et kort skriftlig sammendrag (max. 1500 ord) og litteraturliste leveres i tillegg. Studentene står fritt til å arbeide med prosjektoppgaven gjennom hele semesteret.

Det er anledning til å gjennomføre eksamen i emnet som en individuell eksamen. Begrunnet søknad sendes emneansvarlig ved studiestart. Omfanget på prosjektoppgaven vil ikke variere etter gruppestørrelse.

Ny/utsatt eksamen

Ny og utsatt eksamen gjennomføres som ved ordinær eksamen. Ved første ny og utsatt eksamen kan omarbeidet versjon av prosjektoppgaven leveres. Ved senere forsøk må det utarbeides ny problemstilling og leveres ny eksamen. Dersom det ikke kan gjennomføres gruppeeksamen, arrangeres eksamen individuelt.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

· has knowledge of aesthetics and different aesthetic approaches

· has knowledge of historical changes in the views on children and young people, normality and deviance, inclusion and exclusion

· has knowledge of receiver orientation in communication and collaboration with children with special needs and media

Skills

The student is able to

· accomplish and perform an aesthetic project for children and young people with special needs

· reflect on work with children and young people with special needs

· communicate with children and young people through aesthetics

General competence

The student

· has an understanding of aesthetics and its value to children and young people with special needs

· has an understanding of the value of autobiography as a means of critically reflecting on one’s own learning

· is able to analyse and discuss how to understand and respond to children and young people with special needs

· Literature studies/theories

· Lectures and supervision

· Excursions, workshops and seminars

· Individual and group papers/performances

· Self-study

· Project work

· Digital blog

· Dramatisation

· Stop-motion animation

Radio theatre

· Storytelling

· Visits and practice in school, kindergartens and other institutions

· Interactive learning methods, including digital media

Appendix: progress clarification for internal students

(Applicable to Norwegian students only).

The course is open to internal students from the Department of Early Childhood Education (full-time students) in the sixth semester. The students follow the approved course description for Aesthetics and Special Needs - Nordic Childhoods (30 ECTS).

The following clarification applies to internal students:

• Internal students must complete a five-week supervised and assessed period of practical training.
• The exam consisting of three parts counts as the student’s bachelor’s thesis. The assignments must be written in English.
• Internal students retain bachelor supervision resources while taking the course, and are assigned a supervisor from among the teaching staff involved in the course, as far as possible.

The internal students otherwise follow the same programme and coursework requirements as the external students which, together with the written assignments, makes up the basis for the grade awarded for the course.

Three individual and four group coursework requirements must be passed in order to sit the exam. Aesthetics and/or children and young people with special needs should play an important part in the coursework requirements.

Individual:

1. Storytelling
2. Theory presentation
3. Participation in excursions
4. Participation in International Week

Group:

1. Production of a drama
2. Production of radio theatre
3. Production of stop-motion animation
4. Blog production
5. Practical work in connection with International Week

Coursework requirements must be met by the deadlines. Coursework requirements are evaluated as pass/fail.

Valid absence documented by a medical certificate or similar is not an excuse for not meeting the coursework requirements. Students who, due to illness or other valid and documented reasons, do not meet the coursework requirements by the deadlines, may be given longer deadlines. A new deadline for meeting the coursework requirements is agreed with the relevant teacher in each case.

Students who meet the coursework requirements by the deadline, but are awarded a fail grade, shall be given another attempt to meet the coursework requirements. A new deadline for meeting the coursework requirements is agreed with the relevant teacher in each case.