WHY an IP Background concerning current situation

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WHY an IP?Background concerning current situation

• European social policy pay great attention to
  issues on the social inclusion.
• Equal Opportunities for People with
  Disabilities a European Action plan, 2003,
  states that The EU sees disability as social
  construct. The EU social model of disability
  stresses the environment barriers in society
  which prevent the full participation of people
  with disabilities (and marginal groups of people)
  in society. These barriers must be removed
• The report on social inclusion points out that,
  in 2001, more than 55 million people were still
  facing the risk of poverty, i.e. 15 of the
  European population. The groups most at risk were
  the unemployed, single parents, elderly people
  living alone and families with a large number of
  children.

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Background concerning OT education

• WEAKNESSES
• Actually, society needs professionals in social
  care system, but OT study programme prepare
  students for work in health care system
• The existing OT study programme does not give
  opportunities for students to achieve
  professional competencies and skills
• The teachers have not enough resources to
  deliver uptodate knowledge in OT field

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Background concerning OT education

• STRENGTHS
• The knowledge and skills develop simultaneously
  through all the study process
• The study programme is built up based on human
  life span development including development of
  human occupation during the life

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AIM of IP

• Implement OT in social care
• Make this project as a pilot for the student
  centered learning,
• also to develop the intensive course as good
  practice for the tuning methodology
• Indicators of outcome
• Intensive course (including the students and
  teachers handbooks)
• 30 students gain 5 ECTS
• Competences
• Feedback from society (statistical figures about
  project target group from population)

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OBJECTIVES

• To assess societal needs from OT viewpoint
• To define scope of OT service receivers in
  nowdays society
• To inform society (organizations) about OT
  profession and its role (professional identity)
• To select OT intervention methods and implement
  in practice (occupational approach)
• To review OT study programme according to
  societal demands

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INNOVATIVE ASPECTS

• Improving OT study programme according to actual
  societal needs and EU directives
• Turning to biopsychosocial model in service
  delivery in Occupational therapy
• Using the professional competencies as indicators
  of project outcomes

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PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES

• Distance learning (e learning)
• Self studies
• Seminars
• Lectures
• Presentations reflections (diary)
• Group work
• Field work
• Research

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List of subjects

• Knowledge on European and national social policy
• Psychological and occupational features of
  vulnerable societal groups (marginal groups)
• Societal needs assessment -research
• Team work in community versus team work in
  rehabilitation settings
• Project development
• Preparatory programme
• Sharing expertise (organizations)
• Diversity and comparisons
• Group work (partnership)

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DIRECT BENEFICIARIES

• I level members of project group (teachers and
  students)
• II level institutions where these group members
  belong to (OT study programme)
• III level people from target groups of project
• IV level - society

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WORK PLAN3years x1 course (2 weeks)

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