Study Guide

Objective

• you understand the importance of early interaction between an infant and its parents and know how to strengthen it
• you understand risk factors related to the lives and well-being of families with children
• you have knowledge of family services
• you have knowledge of family-oriented counselling methods

Content

• early interaction, mentalisation and parent-infant bonding
• children’s development environments, an ecocultural perspective
• the basic services for families with children, social welfare and child protection support measures, third-sector services, service counselling
• the Let’s talk about children method

Materials

Lecture materials
Articles in Itslearning
Minding the Child : Mentalization-Based Interventions with Children, Young People and Their Families, Chapter 1 (pages 11-32). e-book in library

Teaching methods

Individual work, pair work, group work
Literature-based, lecture-based and learning assignment-based work

Exam schedules

Exam 4.11. at 9.30-10.30

International connections

Presence in contact teaching is obligatory. In all cases of absence, a compensative assignment must be completed (instructions in Itslearning). Max. amount absence is 50 % of the contact teaching.

Student workload

Contact teaching and interview assignment 3 ECTS
Exam 2 ECTS

Content scheduling

7.10. 9.00 - 15.00 Mentalization

Niina’s group:
14.10 9.30 -15.00 Let’s talk about children
21.10 9.30-13.30 Let’s talk about children –network
28.10 No lessons - Indipendent assignment
4.11. 9.30 -10.30 Exam and 11.00 - 15.00 Let’s talk about children,

Laura’s and Susanna’s groups:

14.10 No lessons - Indipendent assignment
21.10 9.30-13.30 Let’s talk about children
28.10 9.30-13.30 Let’s talk about children –network
4.11. 9.30– 10.30 Exam 11.00- 15.00 Let’s talk about children

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Student does not achieve the criteria of level 1.
Student has not participated in contact teaching according to the requirements.
Student has not completed all the learning assignments of the course.

Qualifications

Students can start optional customer group-specific studies when they have completed at least 60 credits.

The modules in early childhood education must be completed in order: first the basic studies (Module 1) and then the advanced studies (Module 2). Exceptions can be made if it is justified from the perspective of the student’s personal study plan (HOPS) and the student has at least one year of work experience in early childhood education tasks in Finland or previous higher education studies in early childhood education that have been accredited in their studies at Turku University of Applied Sciences.