Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description

Forms and Methods of Psychosocial Rehabilitation with Different Target Groups

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
LUSDK_281
Branch of Science
Other Sub-Branches of Sciology and Social Work; Sociology and social work
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Social Welfare and Social Work
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts

Riga, 26a Anniņmuižas boulevard, socdk@rsu.lv, +371 67061575

About Study Course

Objective

To promote the acquisition of basic knowledge about psychosocial rehabilitation.

To develop an understanding of psychosocial rehabilitation as one of the types of rehabilitation.

To develop skills related to the forms and methods of psychosocial rehabilitation and the process of creating a rehabilitation plan.

Preliminary Knowledge

Knowledge of the social assistance and social services system, knowledge of social legislation, social insurance, and social rehabilitation.

Knowledge of social case management; knowledge of social work in crisis situations.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Upon completion of the course, students will have knowledge of: - types of rehabilitation; - psychosocial rehabilitation with different target groups; - the process of establishing a psychosocial rehabilitation team; - principles of professional collaboration and competencies within a psychosocial rehabilitation team; - social work methods and skills in psychosocial rehabilitation.

Skills

1.To develop a psychosocial rehabilitation plan according to the client’s needs. To explain to the client the necessity of the psychosocial service and to motivate the client to participate in the psychosocial rehabilitation program.

Individual work and tests

Individual work

2.Will be able to develop a psychosocial rehabilitation plan based on the analysis of the client’s social problems and social needs; Will be able to understand the process and necessity of creating a psychosocial plan for solving clients’ problems.

Individual work and tests

Examination

Competences

1.Will be able to differentiate the differences of psychosocial rehabilitation compared to social rehabilitation and the specificity of the clients of the psychosocial rehabilitation service.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work

-
10 points

Development of a psychosocial rehabilitation plan (and whether to create a new psychosocial program). Gradually, within the framework of the course, a description of the psychosocial plan should be made, taking into account the conditions for the development of the plan and the problems and needs of the client. The psychosocial rehabilitation plan should be improved independently.

An independent presentation should be prepared, including the main elements of the psychosocial plan, and the opinion should be justified in the presentation. An innovative opinion should be shown in connection with the specifics of psychosocial rehabilitation for the client groups already defined in Latvia, as well as the justification of the need for psychosocial rehabilitation for other target groups.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

-
-
2.

Examination

-
10 points

Development and presentation of a psychosocial rehabilitation plan – 45%. Assessment focuses on the analysis of the client’s problems and needs, the plan’s structure and responsiveness to those needs, the rationale for the proposed interventions, and the clarity of the presentation.

Test – 45%. Assessment focuses on the knowledge acquired during the course and understanding of psychosocial rehabilitation.

Participation in practical classes – 10%. Assessment focuses on engagement in case analyses, role plays and simulations, application of knowledge to practice, collaboration, and reflection on one’s own performance.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation programme for different target groups (children in palliative care and their relatives, adults in palliative and hospice care and their relatives)
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation programs for different target groups (clients with oncological disease and their families)
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Teamwork in psychosocial rehabilitation. Competences of team members. Inter-institutional cooperation in the process of psychosocial rehabilitation. Decision-making.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation with different client groups (children, young people with autistic spectrum disorders and their families)
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation plan. The basic components of the psychosocial rehabilitation plan, the principles of its compilation.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Skills of a social worker in psychosocial rehabilitation. Development of psychosocial rehabilitation programmes and plans for a specific target group.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation programme for different target groups (children in palliative care and their relatives, adults in palliative and hospice care and their relatives)
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Skills of a social worker in psychosocial rehabilitation. Development of psychosocial rehabilitation programmes and plans for a specific target group.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation programs for different target groups (clients with oncological disease and their families)
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation among other types of rehabilitation. Definition of psychosocial rehabilitation. Psychosocial rehabilitation programmes.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Organizing the mobilization of social resources. The network of social services.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation with different client groups (children, young people with autistic spectrum disorders and their families)
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Skills of a social worker in psychosocial rehabilitation. Development of psychosocial rehabilitation programmes and plans for a specific target group.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Organizing the mobilization of social resources. The network of social services.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation among other types of rehabilitation. Definition of psychosocial rehabilitation. Psychosocial rehabilitation programmes.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Teamwork in psychosocial rehabilitation. Competences of team members. Inter-institutional cooperation in the process of psychosocial rehabilitation. Decision-making.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
PART-TIME
Part 1
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation among other types of rehabilitation. Definition of psychosocial rehabilitation. Psychosocial rehabilitation programmes.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation programs for different target groups (clients with oncological disease and their families)
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation programme for different target groups (children in palliative care and their relatives, adults in palliative and hospice care and their relatives)
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation programme for different target groups (children in palliative care and their relatives, adults in palliative and hospice care and their relatives)
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation with different client groups (children, young people with autistic spectrum disorders and their families)
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Skills of a social worker in psychosocial rehabilitation. Development of psychosocial rehabilitation programmes and plans for a specific target group.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Organizing the mobilization of social resources. The network of social services.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation plan. The basic components of the psychosocial rehabilitation plan, the principles of its compilation.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Teamwork in psychosocial rehabilitation. Competences of team members. Inter-institutional cooperation in the process of psychosocial rehabilitation. Decision-making.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Psychosocial rehabilitation programs for different target groups (clients with oncological disease and their families)
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
20 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Noteikumi par psihosociālās rehabilitācijas pakalpojumu personām ar onkoloģisku slimību un viņu ģimenes locekļiem. Pieņemti 2017.gada 19.decembrī

2.

Noteikumi par psihosociālās rehabilitācijas pakalpojumu paliatīvā aprūpē esošiem bērniem un viņu ģimenes locekļiem

3.

Psihosociālās rehabilitācijas pakalpojums bērniem un jauniešiem ar autismu un viņu ģimenēm(Eiropas Sociālā fonda projekta Nr. 9.2.2.2./16/I/001) (2023)

4.

Psihosociālās rehabilitācijas pakalpojuma bērniem ar funkcionāliem traucējumiem un viņu likumiskajiem pārstāvjiem vai audžuģimenei apraksts (neaprobētā versija)

5.

Psihosociālās rehabilitācijas programma "Spēka avots", pieteikšanās forma.

6.

Bērnu paliatīvās aprūpes biedrības mājaslapa

7.

Paliatīvās aprūpes noteikumi. MK Not. Nr.112.

8.

Sociālo pakalpojumu un sociālās palīdzības likums

Additional Reading

1.

Psihosociālā rehabilitācijas programma onkoloģiskajiem slimniekiem “Per aspera ad astra” (“Caur ērkšķiem uz zvaigznēm”). 21.02.2023. (Sociālais Uzņēmums "Dvēseles miers")

2.

Jaunākā informācija par Dignājas pagastā Psihosociālās rehabilitācijas centru (2026) Saruna ar I. Berķi

3.

Montebello centrs Norvēģijā. Mājaslapa.

4.

Dynamo camp - psihosociālas rekreatīvas nometnes bērniem (un vai kopā ar ģimenēm)

5.

Īss ieskats Spēka avots - video 2022.

6.

Pacientu tiesību rokasgrāmata. Onkoloģisko pacientu atbalsta biedrība "Dzīvības koks", 2018.