Class Psychosocial Law and Intervention

The aim of this course is to encourage students' need for knowledge and understanding of the main legal concepts, especially with regard to the legal rules that are central to the work of a social educator specializing in the psychosocial area. It also aims to initiate students into analyzing and reflecting on the constructs present in the work of the Social Network, as well as the principles and rules underlying the planning instruments associated with it, promoting extended partnership work focusing on the strategic planning of social intervention.

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1. Constitution of the Portuguese Republic: Fundamental principles. Fundamental rights and duties. 2. Conceptualization of Law: languages and terminology. 3. Normativity and Deviance: psychosocial perspective. 4. Legal norms: definition, structure, content and scope. Relations between sources: pluralism and hierarchy of sources. The application of norms. 5. Types of legal liability. 6. Malice, negligence and guilt: differentiation, types and procedural consequences. 7. Imputability, diminished imputability and unimputability. 8. Mental Health Law 9. Child victims: Law for the protection of children and young people in danger and Commissions for the protection of protection committees 10. Child offenders: Educational Guardianship Law 11. Social Network 12. Legal framework for the Social Educator

The curricular unit is based on theoretical-practical classes. The subjects will be presented using lectures, but with emphasis on student participation. To this end, once the problem has been solved, students will be encouraged to participate in debates, in which references from national and international scientific literature will always be presented. Practical cases will be discussed, preceded by prior preparation, and will be the subject of analysis, discussion and proposals for action of a developed nature. The course focuses on gaining knowledge by using the lecture method to train observation and the application of instruments. Assessment will be based on two stages: two exams (50% + 50%)

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