| Course title | Broader Context of Social Work in Families with Seriously Sick and Hospitalized Children and Young Adults |
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| Course code | KKS/PSSNH |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 2 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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Institutions caring for sick children (with emphasis on children's hospital) in historical perspective - Relationship, power of control and serving attitude in helping professions, "total institution" - Identifying and understanding the needs of sick children and their families from a historical perspective, EACH Charter - Family-centred care, family as part of the multidisciplinary caring team - Play and its role in institutionalized care for children, play-specialism and the hospital play specialist - Children's hospice - it's origins and specifics in comparison with the adult hospice, spirituality and the concept of "extended friendship" - Helping professional as a companion - limits and possibilities - Social work with families of seriously sick children - myths, prejudice and pitfalls (illustrated on selected case stories) - Advancement of social work with families of sick children - practical and ethical limitations
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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give general overview of the institutional care for seriously sick children and young adults - its possibilities and historical development - understand the needs of sick children and their families in broader context - present the concept and principles of "family-centred care" - and its practical implications
student is able to identify and understand various phenomena and conditions having formative impact on institutions caring for sick children and their families; - student is able to identify main areas of needs in children and families confronted with serious illness and prospective end of life; - student is able to critically reflect both possibilities and limits of what heping professionals - including himself - can offer the families of sick children. |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester |
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