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Physiotherapy for Children and Adolescent (5 cr)

Code: AH00CA39-3010

General information


Enrollment

07.05.2025 - 31.08.2025

Timing

29.09.2025 - 12.12.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Health Care and Social Services (LAB)

Campus

  • Lappeenranta Campus
  • Lahti Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in Physiotherapy (in Finnish)

Teachers

  • Sirpa Silaste
  • Eija Viitala
  • Annakaisa Loiri

Scheduling groups

  • Verkkotyöpaja (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Harjoitus R 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Harjoitus R 2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • HLTIFYS24KM
  • HLPRFYS24KM

Small groups

  • Online workshop
  • Practice R 1
  • Practice R 2

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- describe and assess a child's sensorimotor development and recognize the deviance and delay in sensorimotor development
- describe the characteristics of a child as a rehabilitant and the importance of the inner circle and the multi-professional cooperation in the child's rehabilitation
- assess, plan and implement individual and goal-oriented physiotherapy for a child and an adolescent
- describe the physiotherapy path of a child or an adolescent and the aid services, and select aids that support the child's physical ability

Assessment scale

1-5