Healthcare

Outdoor Education/Green Milieu Therapy, 10 YH credits.

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Part of a YH programme at TUC Yrkeshögskola. This course cannot be applied for on its own. Programme code: BEP19LID.

The course gives you insight into how culture, nature and urban outdoor environments can help create comprehensibility, belonging, health and coherence for clients with varied backgrounds. You gain knowledge of the potential of combining traditional milieu therapy with green elements, grounded in relevant research. The course is part of TUC's higher vocational education programmes in health and social care. The goal is for you to be able to use outdoor education as a complement in treatment and support work.

Duration: 2 weeks
Language: Swedish
Level: Intermediate
CSN-eligible

Time commitment: Equivalent to about 2 weeks of full-time study

About the course.

The purpose of the course is to give the student insight into how culture, nature and also urban outdoor environments can help create comprehensibility, belonging, health and coherence for clients with varied backgrounds. The goal of the course is for the student to have insight into the potential of combining traditional milieu therapy with 'green elements', and to be able to support this knowledge with relevant research.

The purpose of the course is to give the student insight into how culture, nature and also urban outdoor environments can help create comprehensibility, belonging, health and coherence for clients with varied backgrounds. The goal of the course is for the student to have insight into the potential of combining traditional milieu therapy with 'green elements', and to be able to support this knowledge with relevant research.

What you will learn

What you learn.

  • You understand how natural and outdoor environments can contribute to health and coherence for clients
  • You know the basics of green milieu therapy
  • You can link outdoor education to relevant research
  • You can reason about how green elements complement traditional milieu therapy
Curriculum

How the course is built.

  1. Basics of outdoor education

    How cultural and natural environments can be used educationally and therapeutically.

  2. Green milieu therapy

    Combining traditional milieu therapy with green, nature-based elements.

  3. Grounding in research

    Relevant research that supports green milieu therapy and outdoor education.

  4. Application in client work

    How the methods can be used in work with clients with varied backgrounds.

Target audience

Who is this for?

Students on TUC's YH programmes focused on health care, social care and treatment work.

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