Foster Families and Group Homes (5 cr)
Code: C-02471-7T00DN54-3007
General information
- Enrollment
- 18.08.2025 - 07.09.2025
- Registration for introductions has not started yet. Registration starts :startDate
- Timing
- 09.03.2026 - 08.05.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Institution
- Oulu University of Applied Sciences
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 1 - 5
- Course
- C-02471-7T00DN54
Evaluation scale
0-5
Objective
Students know the services of the child protection and multi-professional working. Students analyze the challenges and possibilities of the foster care. Students know the reasons of the custody. Students can justify the use of restriction measures and recognize the Children Rights and the differences between nurture, punishment ja restriction. Students know how to support parenthood during the foster care. Students know the needs of the attachment.
Methods of completion
CampusOnline
Methods of completion
CampusOnline
Content
The position of the foster care in the services of the child protection. Challenges and possibilities in foster care. Multi-professionality in the child protection. The reasons of the custody. The Children Rights and restriction measures. Supporting parents, foster parents, and parenthood in the foster care. Attachment theory.
Qualifications
Basic knowledge about the child protection.