KURSPLAN
Introduktion till Interventioner i barndomen, 15 högskolepoäng
Introduction to Interventions in Childhood, 15 credits
Kursplan för studenter höst 2024
Kurskod: HIBR24
Fastställd av: Utbildningsrådet 2024-03-12
Gäller fr.o.m.: Hösten 2024
Version: 1
Utbildningsnivå: Avancerad nivå
Utbildningsområde: Vård
Ämnesgrupp: BU2
Fördjupning: A1N
Huvudområde: Studier om barn och ungdom

Lärandemål

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

Kunskap och förståelse

Färdighet och förmåga

Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt

Innehåll

- children's functioning and children in need of special support
- systems theory and a bio-psycho-social model for assessment and intervention
- risk, prevention, and resilience
- inclusion and participation
- theoretical and international perspectives on interventions in childhood
- ethical considerations concerning to evaluate interventions in natural environments and children’s right to participate in everyday life situation
- leadership

Undervisningsformer

The course is implemented through lectures, seminars and exercises performed individually or in groups. The students are encouraged to suggest literature from their own country or from parts of the world not provided in the list of literatures.

Undervisningen bedrivs på engelska.

Förkunskapskrav

The applicant must hold the minimum of a bachelor’s degree (i.e. the equivalent of 180 ECTS credits at an accredited university) within health and caring sciences, behavioral science, social work, disability research, or educational sciences, including independent, theoretical based work, i.e. a thesis or equivalent. Proof of English proficiency is required.

Examination och betyg

Kursen bedöms med betygen A, B, C, D, E, FX eller F.

The course is examined through an Individual written assignment with peer review. A written group assignment with oral presentation. A peer review seminar, and an individual written assignment and opposition.

Poängregistrering av examinationen för kursen sker enligt följande system:
ExaminationsmomentOmfattningBetyg
Individuell skriftlig inlämningsuppgift 14 hpA/B/C/D/E/FX/F
Gruppuppgift4 hpU/G
Seminarium1 hpU/G
Individuell skriftlig inlämningsuppgift 26 hpA/B/C/D/E/FX/F

Kurslitteratur

Bartolo Paul, A., Björck-Åkesson, E., Giné, C., & Kyriazopoulou, M. (2016). Ensuring a Strong Start for All Children: Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care. In C Forlin, A Watkins & C Meijer (Eds.) Implementing Inclusive Education: Issues in bridging the policy-practice gap (Vol. 8): Emerald Group Publishing Limited (19-35.). Emerald Group Pub

Björck-Åkesson, E., & Granlund, M. (2004). Early intervention in sweden : a developmental systems perspective. In The developmental systems approach to early intervention (pp. 571-592). Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company.

Bronfenbrenner, U., & Morris, P. A. (2006). The Bioecological Model of Human Development. In R. M. Lerner & W. E. Damon (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology: Vol.1 Theoretical models of human development ( 793-828). N.J. Wiley, cop. .

Gal, T., & Faedi Duramy, B. (2015). International perspectives and empirical findings on child participation : from social exclusion to child-inclusive policies. Oxford University Press.

Granlund, M., Imms, C., King, G., Andersson, A. K., Augustine, L., Brooks, R., .Almqvist, L. (2021). Definitions and operationalization of mental health problems, wellbeing and participation constructs in children with ndd: Distinctions and clarifications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4).

Guralnick, M. J. (2020). Applying the developmental systems approach to inclusive community-based early intervention programs: Process and practice. Infants and Young Children, 33(3), 173-183.

Imms, C., Granlund, M., Wilson, P. H., Steenbergen, B., Rosenbaum, P. L., & Gordon, A. M. (2017). Participation, both a means and an end: a conceptual analysis of processes and outcomes in childhood disability. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 59(1), 16-25. https:onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dmcn.13237.

Lindsay, G., Shah, S., & Kyriazopoulou, M. (2016).
Multicultural diversity and special educational needs. In C. Forlin, A. Watkins, & C. Meijer (Eds.), Implementing inclusive education: Issues in bridging the policy-practice gap (Vol. 8) (137-158.). Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Rosa, E. M., & Tudge, J. (2013). Urie Bronfenbrenner's theory of human development: Its evolution from ecology to bioecology.
Journal of Family Theory & Review, 5(4), 243-258.

Shonkoff, J. P., & Phillips, D. A. (2000).
From neurons to neighborhoods: The science of early childhood development. National Academies Press.

Simeonsson, R.J. & Lee, A. (2018). The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-Children and Youth: a universal resource for education and care of children. In S Castro & O. Palikara (Eds.).
An emerging approach for education and care – Implementing a worldwide Classification of Functioning and Disability (5-22). Routledge .

United Nations. (1989).
Convention on the Rights of the Child, 44/25 CFR. https:ohchr.org/documents/professionalinterest/crc.pdf

United Nations. (2011).
Convention of the rights of persons with disabilities. https:un.org/disabilities/documents/convention/convoptprot-e.pdf

World Health Organization [WHO]. (2007).
International classification of functioning, disability and health// : children and youth version : ICF-CY. Geneva: World Health Organization.
https:apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/43737/9789241547321_eng.pdf;jsessionid=B9D23BAEEFCA4F7B2D4379EAE54F0EB5?sequence=1

Additional articles will be added.

The latest edition of textbooks will be used.