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ATI01MS24HKI Client groups and organisations (5 cr)

Code: ATI0105A19H-3007

General information


Enrollment

01.03.2024 - 18.03.2024

Timing

21.10.2024 - 15.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 100

Degree programmes

  • BA in Humanities, Interpreting in Sign Language and Alternative and Augmentative Communication

Teachers

  • Virpi Thurén
  • tuntiopettaja Tulkkaukset ja kielet
  • Päivi Pässilä

Groups

  • HKI-S24vip

Objective

Students will be able to
- identify different types of client groups in interpreting and their characteristics
- demonstrate knowledge of common causes of hearing and speech impairments
- describe client organisations and their advocacy role
- identify the stages of psychological development and their connections with a client’s communication and functional ability
- take into account the effects of developmental stages in work with clients

Content

- client groups and organisations
- the classification of hearing and speech impairments based on cause or symptoms
- the history of disability
- developmental psychology, the stages of crisis, client age groups
- work with clients

Evaluation scale

0-5