Advocacy in Contemporary Disability Practice
PostgraduateLTU-DIS5072020
Course information for 2020 intake
Unpack the ways in which the new model of funding put forward by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) prioritises choice and control for people with disability. Learn how to support people and families through the NDIS.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Advocacy in Contemporary Disability Practice
About this subject
Note: This subject is a part of La Trobe University's Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Disability Practice, which will become available for application in Semester 2. Students who complete this subject in Semester 1 will be able to apply for credit towards these programs.
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Critically analyse the different levels at which people with disabilities, with and without cognitive impairment, might exercise choice and control over their life
- Reflect on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD) and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and their impact on the lived experience of people with disabilities and their support network
- Interpret and transmit information about support for decision making frameworks for people with cognitive disabilities
- Demonstrate the ability to advocate for people with a disability and their families
- Critically evaluate specialist disability and mainstream service systems available to people with a disability.
- Self-advocacy
- Individual Advocacy
- Systemic Advocacy
- Family Advocacy
- Future of Advocacy
Choice and control by people with a disability over their own lives is central to the new model of funding for disability support services introduced by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). In parallel, political participation and the inclusion of people with disability in shaping social systems is central to the United National Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). In this subject, students will explore the complexities that exercising choice and control poses for people with cognitive disability, and develop knowledge and skills in new approaches such as supported decision making. It will also explore the challenges and strategies for ensuring the collective voices of people with cognitive disabilities are heard about systemic issues. Finally, this subject will support professionals to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to support people with disabilities and their families to navigate the NDIS and the uncertain interfaces between mainstream support and specialist disability support.
Comparative Report - Students to compare and contrast the individual and systemic challenges to exercising choice and control over their own lives experienced by people with disabilities with and without cognitive disabilities.
Reflective Piece - Reflective piece on how the UNCRPD and NDIS has affected the lived experience of a person in a given situation.
Scenario Response - Students to engage with a complex situation involving a person with a cognitive disability requiring advocacy support.- Comparative Report (2,000-word equivalent) (40%)
- Reflective Piece (1,000-word equivalent) (15%)
- Scenario Response (2,500-word equivalent) (45%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Others
In order to enrol in this subject, students are required to apply to OUA's Postgraduate Single Subjects program (OUA-PSU-GCE).
https://www.open.edu.au/degrees/postgraduate-single-subjects-oua-oua-psu-gce?year=2019
Note: Students wishing to apply for either the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Disability Practice based on the completion of postgraduate single subjects should familiarise themselves with La Trobe's advanced standing policy. A maximum of two (2) or four (4) subjects may be credited to the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma programs, respectively.
https://www.latrobe.edu.au/students/getting-started/new-students/advanced-standing
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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