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Study community services & care online with La Trobe University through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

Health and Wellbeing in Social and Cultural Contexts

Creativity for Life

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mental Health and Wellbeing in Older Adults

Mental Health, Dementia and Challenging Behaviours

Health and Community Services in Australia

The Arts and Dementia Care

Introduction to Community Development

Indigenous Community Development

Introduction to Ageing, the Brain and Dementia

This subject will allow you to develop an understanding of professional healthcare delivery in Australia. Areas of professional healthcare delivery that will be examined include; population health and prevention, general practice and community health; emergency health services and hospital care; mental health, rehabilitation and palliative care. You will review and analyse the overall health of Australia&#39;s population and investigate the diverse roles of a range of health professionals in the delivery of healthcare. You will develop critical reasoning skills through relevant case scenarios which introduce enquiry-based learning and teamwork. This subject will support the development of foundation academic skills and information literacy required for successful university study.This subject includes synchronous sessions held during business hours. This means that you will attend sessions each week simultaneously with your facilitator and classmates. This subject is recommended for first-year undergraduate students.

Healthcare In Australia

In this subject, you will explore autism, covering a combination of scientific/research, lived experience, and applied perspectives. You will explore the changing views on autism, from the first proposed accounts to contemporary understandings. You will consider the different presentations of autism, Autistic people&#39;s lived experiences, and the different support needs of Autistic people and their families across the lifespan – from very early infancy, through childhood and adolescence, and into adulthood. You will develop broad knowledge of autism, including the early signs, diagnostic criteria and tools, and a range of supports for different needs and life stages. You will explore attitudes and perspectives on autism, locally and abroad, including community perspectives, media representation, and government policy. You will develop essential skills for critically evaluating the wealth of information on autism and the ability to communicate evidence-based information on autism to varied audiences.

Understanding and Support for Autism

In this subject you will focus on the practical skills used in development work. Guest speakers from various agencies share their experiences of the development field, providing you with an opportunity to draw on professional expertise. The subject is organised around the idea of the &#39;development project&#39;. You are introduced to key development tools, processes and debates surrounding the implementation of development projects. On completion you will be familiar with grant proposal writing, practical tools used in development, and with debates about the best forms of development intervention. In this subject, you will develop and deploy a tool kit of practical techniques and strategies to address sustainability and development challenges that transcend borders, in culturally aware ways that promote community agency and social cohesion. You are encouraged to explore a particular region of interest, for example, Latin America, Africa, Asia or the Pacific.This is a level 3 subject. Please consider the subject pre-requisites before enrolling.

Development in Practice

This subject introduces you to historical and contemporary approaches to and perspectives on sustainable international and community development. Weekly topics will provide an opportunity for you to critically debate evolving contemporary development perspectives on global issues such as poverty, sustainability, justice, social change and community, as well as question the relevance of concepts such as &#39;overseas&#39; development assistance, capacity-building, and participatory development . The subject enables you to understand and question the dynamics of change in the development sector and the generation and effective management of new ideas about &quot;making development matter&quot;. Through collaboration and effective communication you will further development their creativity in resolving complex development challenges and their capacity to apply theory, locate and synthesise knowledge resources, prioritise meaningful action, and manage associated risks.

Making Development Matter

In this subject, you will develop intermediate levels of communicative competence in Auslan in the areas of both receptive and production skills. You will look at differences and similarities in both Auslan and English, and will also discuss current and past medical approaches and challenges had by the deaf community. This is a level 2 subject. Please consider the subject pre-requisites before enrolling. This subject includes live sessions with the expectation of student attendance and participation.

Australian Sign Language 2A

In this subject, you will continue to develop practical abilities in both receptive and production skills in Auslan to a level of basic communicative competence. You will be introduced to key grammatical structures of Auslan and the use of the language in its appropriate cultural, social context and begin to understand the history of Auslan and the deaf community. Culture is embedded throughout language, so learning another language develops your intercultural communication skills, preparing you to be responsive and agile in varied situations.This is a level 1 subject. Please note the prerequisite requirement for enrolling in this subject. This subject includes live sessions with the expectation of student attendance and participation.

Australian Sign Language 1B

In this subject, you will develop practical abilities in both receptive and production skills in Auslan to a level of basic communicative competence. You will be introduced to key grammatical structures of Auslan and the use of the language in its appropriate cultural, social context and begin to understand the history of Auslan and the deaf community. Culture is embedded throughout language, so learning another language develops your intercultural communication skills, preparing you to be responsive and agile in varied situations.This is a level 1 subject. This subject includes live sessions with the expectation of student attendance and participation.

Australian Sign Language 1A

Care is crucial to human existence. Babies cannot survive without care; through our lives we are called to care for others; and we often need to be cared for ourselves. So it is that nurses, social workers, psychologists, teachers and others care in a variety of professional contexts. We can also care in informal and personal ways, such as with our family, congregation, community, and other groups. Indeed, care is central to many contemporary social issues, including ageing populations, healthcare systems, and social justice. But it also takes different forms in different cultures. So what is care? How and why do we care for others? How does caring transform them and us? Anthropologists have provided fascinating insight into these questions. In this subject, you will learn the basics of anthropology and how these can apply to caring in diverse places and circumstances. This Level 1 subject is suitable as an elective for all students.

Transforming Lives Through Care

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