+ Developmental Disabilities and Habilitation

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This program would prepare students to work with persons with disabilities in a wide range of environments outside of school settings (e.g., business, residential settings, public and private agencies).

Learning outcomes

• The student will demonstrate knowledge of the philosophical, historical, and legal foundations of special education, rehabilitation, and disability services.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of persons with disabilities.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application skills in the assessment, diagnosis, and evaluation of persons with disabilities.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application skills in communication and collaboration in the delivery of services to persons with disabilities.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application skills in professionalism and ethical practice in the delivery of services to persons with disabilities.
• Attain employment in the field of developmental disability and habilitation.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application skills in serving as a liaison between schools and community agencies.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application skills in developing and maintaining appropriate interpersonal skills in order to function as a consultant to agencies serving persons with disabilities.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application skills in providing case management and habilitative services to individuals with disabilities.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application skills in social, cultural, and environmental issues related to counseling and providing case management to persons with disabilities.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application skills in applying the Americans with Disabilities Act to providing counseling, case management, vocational assessment, and advocacy to individuals with disabilities.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application skills in vocational assessment and career development counseling for individuals with disabilities.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application skills in psychosocial and medical aspects of disabilities.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of private and public agencies and facilities that provide assessment and rehabilitative services to individuals with disabilities.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of scope of practice in schools, public and private agencies, and facilities that provide assessment and counseling services to mental health seeking individuals.

Required courses (48 hours):

• EDHD 201
• EDIS 310, 324 or 459, 325 or 460, 421, 423, 424, 425, 427, 432, 446, 482, 483, 485
• REHB 401

Supportive elective courses (select 44-45 hours):

• CDIS 223
• CS 100
• EDFI 302 or 303, 420
• ENG 388
• ENVH 301
• GERO 101, GERO 303 or PSYC 309 or PSYC 240A, GERO 402, GERO 410 or ACCT 221 or BUSE 468
• KNS 433
• PHIL 342
• PSYC 101, 303 or 304, 308, 405, or SOC 304
• RTD 260, 384
• SOC 101, 301, 316, 319, 341, or CRJU 210
• SOWK 110