Contemporary currents is correctional treatment 3401-PR1-SP-WR-WNWd

Prerquisites: basic information knowledge in pedagogy, correctional pedagogy and institutional correctional system.

The goal of the subject is to describe contemporary depiction of correctional education, its origin and evolution and some theoretical issues and practical solutions, including

- basic aspects of correctional education (the notion, tasks, principles, strategies and procedures, methods)
- changes in the approach towards correctional education
- penal code evolution and the notion of a criminal punishment
- contemporary correctional systems development origin and factors
- selected theoretical approaches in the contemporary correctional education and some diagnosis models and correctional process
- contemporary models of dealing with juveniles in Poland
- using punctual economy in correctional process
- diverse interaction theory and its implementing in the contemporary correctional process
- creative correction
- art-therapy and its implications in correctional practice
- correctional psychology

In the introduction part, after the recapitulation of the correctional education notion and its basic aspects, there is going to be presented evolution in the approach towards correctional education and a few models in the matter will be discussed. Next, there are going to be presented: origin, changes and penal code and punishment development factors as well as correctional process in the institutional conditions and contemporary correctional systems. There will also be presented selected theoretical approaches towards correctional process and relevant organizational forms both in Poland and in the world. To understand the idea of contemporary correctional process depiction more profoundly, there will be presented latest tendencies such as art-therapy, creative rehabilitation and correctional psychology.

There will be introduced group work as well as development of computer and multimedia skills, within the above, skills in creating multimedia presentations. During the process of looking for information about European solutions language skills, especially English and German, will be developed.

Estimated number of hours that students should devote to achieve desired effects of learning
seminar - 12 hours
self study work – 8 hours
preparations for exams - 5 hours
TOTAL approx.- 25 hours

A list of topics:
1.Basic aspects of correctional treatment
notion, tasks, principles, strategies and procedures, methods
2.Changes in the attitudes towards correctional treatment
adaptation model, modern model, postmodern model
3.Evolution of criminal law and the notion of criminal punishment
(theories and schools of criminal law as well as models of treatment of perpetrators)
4.Evolution in the attitude towards correction in institution conditions
systems: disciplinary-isolating, progressive, sociopedagogical, individual, homogenic, complementary
5.Creating complementary systems of correctional treatment (origin and the factors of development as well as general characteristics)
systems: common serving a sentence, cell, progressive, family, children’s republics and villages
6.Chosen theoretical attitudes used in contemporary correctional treatment
hormistic, psychoanalitical, behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, interactive, multidimension, resilence
7.Chosen theories of social disadaptation vs. models of diagnosis and social rehabilitation
behavioral, interactive, multidimensional
8.Contemporary models of the treatment of juveniles in Poland
legal regulations
institutions of correctional treatment in Poland
execution of imprisonment
9.Psychodynamic methods of correctional activities
individual and group forms, contemporary solutions based on the European and American institutions, treatment of sexual offenders, therapeutic communities
10.Application of point economy in social rehabilitation
Assumptions, organizational forms, training of skills, programs
11.The theory of diverse impact and its application in contemporary social rehabilitation
Methods of correctional treatment vs. individual characteristics of the detainees and the level of interpersonal maturity and H. Quay typology
12.Creative correction
an outline of the concept, recommendations, strategies and methodological procedures, creating alternative identity of juveniles
13.Art therapy and its implications for practice of social rehabilitation
theoretical basis of treatment by art
a theory of transaction experiences and its application in art therapy for persons socially disadapted
affirmation in art therapy for socially disadapted persons
14.Correctional psychology
definition, aim, object and methods