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Therapeutic Use of Occupation (6 cr)

Code: SK10005-3002

General information


Enrollment

01.10.2024 - 31.10.2024

Timing

07.01.2025 - 01.06.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

6 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

25 - 35

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Occupational Theraphy

Teachers

  • Jatta Papunen
  • Tarja Pesonen-Sivonen
  • Johanna Åkerlund
  • Satu Martiskainen
  • Laura Järvinen

Teacher in charge

Sanna Tiainen

Groups

  • SKAS24
    Bachelor of Health Care, Occupational Therapy, Blended Learning, Fall, 2024

Objective

1. You are able to distinguish between the different phases of group therapy and conduct a group therapy session.
2. You are able to utilize knowledge acquired from therapy assessments, databases, and interaction with the client to set the goal for therapy and in
the therapeutic use of occupation.
3. You gain experience of the therapeutic use of occupation, and you are able to provide examples to be used in client work.

Content

• The phases of group therapy, designing and conducting a group therapy session
• Practical examples

• The therapeutic use of occupation
• Play, creative methods, emotional methods, nature, animal- assisted interventions, music, use of technology
• Practical examples

Ergonomics:

Professional growth:
Personality as a method: self-knowledge and emotional skills

Teaching methods

GOALS:
1. You are able to distinguish between the different phases of group therapy and conduct a group therapy session.
2. You are able to utilize knowledge acquired from therapy assessments, databases, and interaction with the client to set the goal for therapy and in the therapeutic use of occupation.
3. You gain experience of the therapeutic use of occupation, and you are able to provide examples to be used in client work.

CONTENT
• The phases of group therapy, designing and conducting a group therapy session
• Practical examples
• The therapeutic use of occupation

Professional growth
• Personality as a method: self-knowledge and emotional skills
• Play, creative methods, emotional methods, nature, animal- assisted interventions, music, use of technology
• Practical examples
• Ergonomics

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

- Attending actively to contact lessons in zoom
- Attending to live contact teaching is an requirement to complete course
- Accepted learning assignments is an requirement to complete course