Study Guide

Objective

Students
• know general social alignments, strategies, essential legislation and service system related to domestic violence
• know the prevalence, manifestation and consequences of domestic violence and understand the dynamics related to the phenomena
• can identify, face and act in domestic violence work within the limits of their profession
• understand the relevance of multi-professional cooperation in domestic violence work and can act as a representative of his/her profession in multi-professional work
• can utilise the current research results related to domestic violence for development of professional work.

Content

• general social alignments and strategies related to domestic violence
• essential legislation and service system related to domestic violence
• the dynamics of the phenomenon of domestic violence
• the prevalence and consequences
• identifying, facing and supporting victims and perpetrators
• looking after the safety of victims
• the importance of multi-professional cooperation
• professional and critical reflection

Teaching methods

Oppimistehtävät voi tehdä suomen- tai englanninkielellä.

Learning assignments can be done either in English or in Finnish.

The elective study module is held as an online course. Course info and orientation lecture are in the beginning of the course and are compulsory. There are two webinars and two supervision sessions during the course. They are voluntary, but participation is strongly recommended.

Learning assignments formulate a consecutive entity in terms of their contents and pedagogicy. Each learning assignment has relevant learning material attached.

Student workload

The workload is approximately 26 h 40 min per credit.

Assessment methods and criteria

Diak´s general evaluation criteria is being applied (middle stage).

https://www.diak.fi/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Diak_assessment_principles_2020_BA.pdf

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty