Rehabilitation psychologyLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The aim of the course is acquiring basic competence relating to factors associated with personality and motivation that affect human behaviour and interaction.

Course competences:

Ethics
Rehabilitation counselling and guidance
Assessment of needs and possibilities for rehabilitation

Intended learning outcome:

Ethics: You are able to take responsibility for your actions in case management and reflect on the impacts of your personality, values and motivation on carrying out case management in keeping with the principles and values of professional ethics.

Case management and methods in rehabilitation: You know the basics of psychology relating to personality and motivation. You are able to account for changes in personality and motivation over a person's life cycle and support the rehabilitee and their network in the change taking place during the rehabilitation process.

Assessment of needs and possibilities for rehabilitation: You know how to account for the impacts of personality and motivation on the well-being, resources, and rehabilitation needs and possibilities of the individual and the community.

Content

The core content of the course comprises the basics of psychology relating to personality and motivation. On this course students explore how personality and motivation change over the individual’s life cycle and how they affect the individual's well-being and health.

Qualifications

You know how to act professionally, comprehensibly and dialogically in interactive situations with clients, their networks of family and friends, and other professionals in different operating environments. You are able to justify the significance of person-centered and client-centric work in case management.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You are able to describe and justify the key aspects of psychology relating to personality and motivation. You are able to describe how personality and motivation change over an individual’s life cycle and how they affect the individual's well-being and health. You are able to describe how these issues should be taken into account in the rehabilitation counsellor's work.