Module Title
Children And Young People, Health And Disability
Keywords
Physical Health, Health Provision, Lifestyle Choices, Learning Disability, Mental Health, Empowerment |
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Prerequisites for Module
Satisfactory completion of all stage 2 modules.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To enable the student to critically evaluate practices within group care relevant to health outcomes and the needs of children and young people with a disability or mental health problem, within respective conceptual frameworks.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Evaluate from a social policy perspective health outcomes for care leavers and issues relevant to children and young people with a disability and/or mental health problem.
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Appraise specific legislation governing the needs and rights of looked after children and young people with a disability and/or mental health problem and those of their carers.
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Comment effectively on health promotion strategies within groupcare.
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Explain the relevance and application of physiological, sociological and psychological concepts as they inform understanding of health, disability and mental health problems.
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Evaluate a range of methods of working with children and young people with a disability and/or mental health problem within inter and multi-disciplinary practices.
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Indicative Module Content
Social policy issues as they underpin key legislation rights, representation and empowerment and provision. Health promotion related to diet, exercise, sexuality, pregnancy and drugs. Aetiology and constitutional factors. Diagnostic classification systems. Application of physiological, sociological and psychological perspectives and their impact. Social and medical models of disablity. Impact of impairment and the Disability Environment. Methods of working with children and young people with a disability and/or mental health problem including groupwork, cognitive therapy and communications, working with challenging behaviour, life space. The role of psychiatry and clinical psychology. Inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working.
| Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Distance Learning | Lectures
| 10 | Workshops
| 0 | Tutorials
| 4 |
Directed Study
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| 0 |
Private Study
| | Private Study
| 136 |
Mode of Delivery
A combination of lectures and workshops underpinned by student centred learning.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 1 | 1,2,3
| | Component 2 | 4,5
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Both components are assessed by an essay.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | Broad, B.,2005.Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Young People Leaving Care. Lyme Regis: Russell house Publishing.
| | 2. | Dogra, N.,Parkin, A.,Gale, F.,and Frake, C., 2008. A Multidisciplinary Handbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Front-Line Professionals. London:JKP.
| | 3. | Kendrick, A., ed. 2008. Residential Child Care Prospects and Challenges. London: JKP.
| | 4. | Robinson, C.,Stalker, K., eds. 1998. Growing up with Disability. London:JKP.
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