Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty

Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education

Organization

BGGyK Institute for Disability and Social Participation

Code

F-EN23-2014

Title

Community support, community based services

Usual semester

Both

Published semester

2025/26/2

ECTS

4

Language

en

Learning outcomes

Aims: The course is intended to contribute to the students’ understanding of the concept of communities, community-based services and community support of vulnerable people, eg. people with disability. The course also emphasize the importance of strengthening local communities, community development. Students will be able to connect these two fields, looking at traditional care services from a new, wider perspective.

Course content

Course contents and learning outcome: Topics: 1) Defining communities 2) Community development, community support 3) The structure of community-based services, good examples 4) Recovery in community 5) Community as oasis of resources Teaching and learning methods: The course embraces a variety of teaching and offers range of learning methods. Lectures held by the instructor, class discussions, analyses of textual, visual and audible resources, team works and debates are core methods of the dissemination.

Assessment method

Assessment: Assessment in the course is based primarily on creating a community based project plan and the oral presentation of it. Beyond that it is required to contribute to the class with active co-thinking and regular participation. Creating a community based project plan in group work:  written assignment Oral presentation of the project plan Community based project plan task description: Create a project description about how to mobilize community resources in order to support vulnerable groups. The assignment has three elements: - Project description from the perspective of the target group (show us what your users will experience in your project) - Plan for sustainability (use CANVAS model) - Demonstrate your project communication (create social media entries, phrase a newsletter or a press release, set up a website etc.)

Bibliography

Robert D. Putnam: Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Simon & Schuster 2000 http://bowlingalone.com/ Robert D. Putnam: Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis. Simon & Schuster 2015 Manuel Castells: The Rise of the Network Society: The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture Volume I. Wiley-Blackwell 2009 Manuel Castells and Gustavo Cardoso: The Network Society From Knowledge to Policy Center for Transatlantic Relations, 2005 Slade, M. (2009) Personal Recovery and Mental Illness: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals (Values-Based Practice) Cambridge University Press, 2009

Recommended bibliography

Wilken, J-P. (2010) Recovering Care. A contribution to a theory and practice of good care. SWP Publisher. 2010.

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