Study Programmes 2015-2016
| PSYC5861-1 | ||
| Intervention practices in at-risk or deficient populations | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th, 15h Pr | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Laurence Roussel | ||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| This course aims to introduce students to the main principles of disability-related intervention to optimize the development and well-being of persons with disabilities. The selected angle will consider these people in different periods of their lives (Life-Span Perspective) and try to understand the factors influencing their adaptation to various environmental situations. It will include the analysis of the needs of persons with disabilities and taking into account their evolution.
The practical work includes problem based learning session and field visit. It aims at giving the students the opportunity to think about how to elaborate a global intervention project taking count of the environment and of the specific needs of disabled children, to develop his knowledge of the disability-related network and to develop his ability to interact with the field actors. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course and practical work, students will be able to consider an intervention project adapted to the circumstances and needs of people with disabilities. They will have knowledge of professional networks. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Prerequisite and co-requisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The program provides multiple learning methods to enable students to grasp the main principles of the intervention on people with disability or at risk. It is therefore proposed theoretical contents, experiences illustrations, videos, a working group, observation in real situation (whether opportunities allow) and problem-based learning sequences (PBL) | ||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| face-to-face and Problem-based learning | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The slides will be posted on the e-campus platform | ||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Participation to the PBL
Presentation of the field situation Presentation by groups of students Oral exam |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Attendance to PBL is mandatory and determines the access to the written exam. The student has to success each part of the course to obtain a final mark of success.
If one part is failed, the global rating of the course unit is a failure note of 7/20. This rating can neither exceed the mean of all parts nor being less than the rating of the failed part. |
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Contacts :
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| Prof. L. Rousselle, Lecturer laurence.rousselle@ulg.ac.be Assistants : Magali Ngawa m.ngawa@ulg.ac.be Line Vossius line.vossius@ulg.ac.be | ||