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Assessment in Practice

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:25.03.2022 13:48:24
Study Course Information
Course Code:REK_185LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; Health CareTarget Audience:Rehabilitation
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Jana Duhovska
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Rehabilitation
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rkatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)0Lecture Length (academic hours)0Total Contact Hours of Lectures0
Classes (count)2Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes4
Total Contact Hours4
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Professional activity in arts therapy and its legal fundaments, Individual counselling and psycho-dynamics in arts therapies, Assessment principles and process in arts therapy, Psychology of personality and development, Medical rehabilitation and teamwork.
Objective:
To develop the knowledge, skills and competence of MA students to assess patients' physical and psychological condition as well as social situation, difficulties and resources, as well as suitability or risks or contraindications for arts therapy process. To develop the skill to choose and use the evaluation and assessment instruments, appropriate for the specificity of the group of clients/ patients in rehabilitation, psychiatry and social care, as well as to set therapy goals.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Introductory lesson on the course organization and requirements for the preparation of an internship report.Classes2.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Student, being supervised by a mentor, establishes contact and, using arts based and other relevant assessment instruments, implements assessment of at least two patients of different ages, focusing on their indicative actual physical and psychological condition and social situation, difficulties and course of their development, resources and skills, suitability for arts therapies, implements assessment of risks and contraindications, as well as formulates therapy goals. Provides with written assessment protocols of two patients; provides reflection about one’s resources and difficulties experienced while executing the task.
Assessment Criteria:
Written assessment protocols of two patients; written self-reflection about one’s resources and difficulties experienced while executing the task.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Report (Placement)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Name and characterise the main arts (in specialisation) based and other relevant assessment instruments utilised for assessing the individual patients in psychiatry, rehabilitation and social care. Characterise the basic principles of co-operation and communication with patient/ his or her custodian as well as other specialists of the team.
Skills:Assess the patient and formulate goals and tasks according to the bio-psycho-social approach. Utilise assessment instruments and interventions. Compare and explain differences between artistic expressions of different clients/ patients. Analyse non-verbal communication of the patient within the arts therapy context.
Competencies:Apply arts based and other relevant assessment instruments; register the assessment process and results according to the chosen assessment instruments.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1A comprehensive guide to music therapy: theory, clinical practice, research, and training. (2019). Sast. Lindahl Jacobsen, S., Nygaard Pedersen, I., Bonde, L.O. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
2The Oxford handbook of dance and wellbeing. (2017). Red. Karkou, V., Oliver, S., Lycouris, S. London: Oxford University Press
3Handbook of art therapy (2nd edition). (2012). Malchiodi, C.A. New York; London: Guilford Press. (akceptējams izdevums)
4Acting for real: drama therapy process, technique, and performance (2nd edition). (2019). Emunah, R. London: Routledge
Additional Reading
1Mākslu terapija (otrais izdevums). (2011). Sast. K. Mārtinsone. Rīga: RaKa
2Izvērtēšana mākslas terapijā: principi un metodes. (2016). Sast. Strazdiņa, E., Mārtinsone, K. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte
Other Information Sources
1The arts in psychotherapy
2Drama therapy review
3Nordic journal of music therapy
4Body, movement and dance in psychotherapy
5International journal of art therapy