| CODE | MID4001 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Families with Special Needs | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Midwifery | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Learning Objectives: By the end of the study unit the student will : - Be aware of the economic dimension affecting the family; - Be aware of the needs of the unsupported mother; - Appreciate and respond to the needs of grieving and bereaved families; - Be aware of stressors within family relationships; - Develop appropriate communication skills and helping strategies; - Develop skills in recognizing the needs of ethnic minorities; - Recognize special needs and refer appropriately. Content: Social Welfare: - social benefits; - welfare benefits; - children’s benefits; - special allowance for the vulnerable. Fostering and adoption: - family breakdown; - alternative families; - legal aspects; - women’s groups, voluntary & others; - family law. Unsupported parent: - single parents; - divorced; - widowed. Grieving and bereave: - miscarriage, abortion; - stillbirth; - neonatal death; - disabled child; - cot death; - labour which did not meet expectations (debriefing skills). Family stressors: - alcohol, drugs and violence; - child abuse; - marital disharmony. Helping strategies: - listening skills; - verbal/non verbal communication; - accepting, non judgemental approaches. Ethnic minorities: - groups with specific cultural needs. Helping agencies: - knowledge of appropriate referral. Reading List: Main Text: - Freshwater, D. (2009). Counselling Skills for Nurses and Health Visitors (2nd ed.): Open University Press. Supplementary Readings: - Hunt, S. & Sigmond, A. (1995). The social meaning of midwifery. London: Macmillan. - Mander, R. (2006). Loss and Bereavement in Childbearing (2nd ed.) Routledge. - Mander, R. (2011). Pain in Childbearing and its Control. London: Wiley Blackwell. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Anna Catania Thomas Galea Luana Gauci Melissa Mifsud Kylie Dawn Poppe Elaine Schembri Lia |
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