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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Silva Rupaine
Study type:Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Social Welfare and Social Work
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Pedagogy

Objective

Build an understanding and promote acquisition of basic knowledge on social pedagogy and socio-pedagogical activity.

Prerequisites

Knowledge in communication and developmental psychology, pedagogy, knowledge of social legislation; understanding of children's and family rights and social guarantees.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Students will be able to understand the basics of social pedagogue / social pedagogical activity. To define the competencies and functions of social pedagogical work. To describe the target groups of social pedagogical work. Describe the role of a social pedagogue in team work, the importance of social pedagogical activity in the work of a social worker. To analyze approaches to solving problem situations in social pedagogical practice. Understand the principles of organizing the social pedagogical work environment for effective work with adults, children and youth. Understand the need for inter-institutional cooperation and cooperation with the family. To analyze the need for socio-pedagogical activity in the field of addiction, bullying, violence, etc. solving social problems. To describe the theoretical substantiation and methods of social pedagogical activity for different target groups of children, youth and adults. Understand the importance of resocialization and preventive socio-pedagogical activities. Understand risk assessment techniques. Will be able to analyze the factors influencing social problems. Understand the significance of children's rights protection legislation in social pedagogical work.

Skills

Identify the socialization risks of children and young people and assess them by choosing appropriate risk assessment methods for the socialization process. To determine the level of life skills of a child or young person. Ability to inform, consult on children's rights issues. Develop a resocialization program, activity plan for a specific target group. Ability to develop a socio-pedagogical preventive action plan (program), to create ideas for reducing social problems among young people at the micro, meso level. Improves the ability to conduct an interview with a professional in social pedagogical activities.

Competence

Students improve their competence to critically evaluate the implementation of children's rights protection principles in solving socio-pedagogical cases. Students improve their competence to evaluate the needs and risks of social pedagogical work with children and youth of different ages. Students improve their competence to identify the need for cooperation with the family and the importance of inter-institutional cooperation in solving socio-pedagogical cases. Students improve their ability to analyze child protection legislation. Students develop the competence to discuss and analyze how methods of social pedagogical activity can be applied in solving social problems for different target groups.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Social work, SD6Bachelor’sRequired