Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook 
    
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PYD877 Counseling Individuals with Disabilities (2 cr.)


This course examines the impact of individual differences in abilities on assessment and intervention.  Variations in physical, intellectual, and learning abilities are considered.  The social, emotional, and spiritual impact of having a disability is explored and incorporated into an understanding of how to work with members of a specific disability population.  In addition, a study of the intersection between culture and disabilities is examined.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Utilize strategies for building rapport and facilitating therapeutic change for clients with disabilities.
  2. Incorporate the individual’s experience of living with disability into case conceptualization and treatment planning.
  3. Critically review and evaluate current research and theory regarding evidence based practices for clinical work with individuals with disabilities.
  4. Critically assess the role that biases and stigmatization may play in work with this population.
  5. Interpret key legal and ethics issues in clinical work with people with disabilities.



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