HSVC 370 Providing Services for Clients with Disabilities (SS)

This course introduces students to human services practice with people with disabilities. This course will cover a brief review of disabilities and the disability rights movement and will provide an understanding of common issues that those with disabilities face. Students will learn how different perspectives and policies can impact those living with disabilities. The course will cover evidence-based practice in interventions and assessments for clients with disabilities. 

Credits

5

Outcomes

1. This course will prepare students to:
2. Design appropriate interventions to address the needs of persons with disabilities.
3. Analyze disability experience through the life cycle, emphasizing perspectives of people with disabilities and their support systems.
4. Describe different disability groups and the issues they face.
5. Conduct a multidimensional comprehensive assessment relevant to persons with disabilities, their caregivers and support system.
6. Describe specific current disability policies and legislation including education, income support, anti-discrimination, housing, health care, and employment.
7. Identify and describe service settings and the roles performed by human services professionals as it relates to serving persons with disabilities.
8. Compare the strengths and weaknesses of different definitions and of major theoretical perspectives regarding disabilities.