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Youth and Action-Based Methods (5 cr)

Code: TH00CA78-3003

General information


Enrollment

02.06.2025 - 28.08.2025

Timing

01.08.2025 - 31.12.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

36 - 45

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Heidi Ristseppä
  • Kaija Penttala

Groups

  • PSOSTS23
  • PSOSTK23

Objective

• you identify developmental tasks related to youth and learn different ways of counselling and tutoring young people
• you obtain knowledge of action-based methods that you can use in your work with young people

Content

• youth as a life phase
• the developmental tasks and challenges of youth, including psychosomatic problems, social media, intoxicants and sexuality
• young people as members of society
• collaboration opportunities: introduction to organisations and other operators that work with young people and to various working methods in different operating environments

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

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