Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Mental Retardation
Course Code
REK_076
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services
ECTS
1.50
Target Audience
Medical Services; Rehabilitation
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Ieva Rugina
Structure Unit Manager
Liāna Deklava
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts
Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk@rsu.lv, +371 20271291
About Study Course
Objective
To gain knowledge about occupational therapy process with clients who have intellectual disabilities.
Preliminary Knowledge
Psychology, psychiatry, pediatrics, occupational therapy.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.On successful course completion student is able to recognise and define mental retardation, is able to name and describe the degree of intellectual development delay.
Skills
1.Student is able to identify and to clarify the occupational therapy tactics in dealing with the target group, is able to apply Gunnar Kylen "Understanding" theory, as well as to use the acquired knowledge in occupational therapy practice.
Competences
1.Student is able to formulate and analyse a person's with mental retardation occupational performance difficulties, is able to develop and explain OT intervention plan.
Assessment
Individual work
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Individual work |
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-
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Group work presentation; clinical case analysis and presentation.
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Examination
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Examination |
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-
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Group work presentation, participation in case study analysis. Final test – written theoretical test including case analysis.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Intellectual disability in adulthood – interpretations of the concept.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Degrees of intellectual development delay, their characteristics, occupational performance difficulties.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Habilitation and rehabilitation strategies. The normalization principle. Group work presentations.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Occupational therapy techniques in working with people with severe intellectual disabilities. Attendance of "Latvian Movement for Independent living" day care centre for people with severe impairment.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
1.50
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Occupational Therapy in Mental Health : a Vision for Participation / editors, Catana Brown, Virginia C. Stoffel ; associate editor, Jaime Phillip Munõz. Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Company, [2019] Section 2, page 117
2.
Jennifer Creek. Occupational therapy and Mental Health. Churchill Livingstone. 6th edition, 2022. Learning Disabilities: 415 – 431.
3.
Dzīvesprasmju apmācība personām ar garīgās attīstības traucējumiem: metodiskais līdzeklis / Līga Kļaviņa, Gita Pavloviča. Rīga: Profesionālās pilnveides un supervīzijas centrs "Aisma", 2016
4.
Skolēnu ar vidēji smagiem un smagiem garīgās attīstības traucējumiem praktiskās darbības pieredzes veidošanās speciālajā internātpamatskolā: monogrāfija / Ilga Prudņikova; Rēzekne, 2012. (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
1.
„Dzīves apstākļu normalizēšana personām ar garīga rakstura un citiem funkciju traucējumiem”. K.Grunevalda red., Velku fonds, 2003.
2.
Cilvēku ar intelektuālās attīstības traucējumiem tiesības, Valsts ziņojums. Latvija, 2005. (elektroniskā versija).
Other Information Sources
1.
K.Goransone. Kā attīstās sapratne par realitāti? Rasa ABC, 2001