Supporting children’s development and learning in early childhood education (5cr)
Course unit code: VAR0205A20S
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Objective
Students
• know how to identify growth and development disorders and are familiar with early intervention methods
• are familiar with and know how to apply various support activities to support children’s development and learning
• know how to guide and support children together with the family in the various phases of growth, development and learning while considering and strengthening children’s development level
• are familiar with the basics of children’s socioemotional development and mental health
• know how to use observation and documentation methods
• know how to act in multidisciplinary professional groups within child and family work with key collaboration parties.
Content
• methods of supporting and guiding children’s development and learning
• growth and development disorders and early intervention methods as well as basics of supporting children’s mental health
• observation and documentation methods used in early childhood education
• special early childhood education and multidisciplinary child and family work
Qualifications
Edellyttää varhaiskasvatustyön peruskäsitteiden ja toimintaympäristöjen tuntemusta
Obligatory preceding study units
- Orientation to higher education studies
- Ethics and expertise in the social, health and church sectors
- Human growth and development
- Encounters and professional interaction
- Disabilities
- Old age
- Mental health and intoxicating substances
- Finnish society, social security and service system
- Social security guidance and the prospects of social security
- Creativity and functionality as a resource and expertise
- First aid in social and church sector work
- Disability
- Orientation to higher education studies
- Ethics and expertise in the social and church sectors
- Human growth and development
- Encounters and professional interaction
- Finnish society, social security and service system
- Social security guidance
- Creativity and functionality as a resource and expertise
- First aid in social and church sector work
- Mental health and intoxicating substances
- Old age