UNDERSTANDING DISABILITY
SWP3USD
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject you will apply skills and knowledge learnt across the course to disability practice. You will explore and critique the difference between impairment and disability, the prevalence and types of impairment, experience of living with a disability, contemporary debates around disability service delivery and theories of disability across social and medical models. Current approaches to disability policy will be reviewed comparing those of individualized support with broader supports such as anti-discrimination that focus on wider social change. The success with which policies have been implemented will be considered. You will apply evidence based approaches, utilizing theoretical learnings to find solutions to real-world case scenarios in disability practice and reviewing how current research can guide decision-making processes. Broad analysis of problems using multiple perspectives, will assist students to develop potential strategies for working at individual or community levels.
School: Allied Health, Human Services & Sport (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Maureen Long
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: SWP3WPD
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Disability. The Basics.
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Shakespeare, T.
Year: 2018
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: New York: Routledge
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Dandenong (Chisholm Institute), 2020, Semester 2, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Maureen Long
Class requirements
WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
Twelve 2.00 days workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 x 500-word reflective pieceTo be submitted to Turnitin via LMS. | N/A | N/A | No | 15 | SILO1 |
1 x 2,250-word essayTo be submitted to Turnitin via LMS. | N/A | N/A | No | 55 | SILO3, SILO4 |
1 x 30-minute online quiz (500 word equivalency)Open book quiz. | N/A | N/A | No | 15 | SILO2 |
2 x 250-word online forum postsStudents to respond to online videos provided utilizing online forum posts | N/A | N/A | No | 15 | SILO4 |