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Support Planning with People with Disabilities

Postgraduate | LTU-DIS503 | 2019

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Get to know the types of plans professionals use when supporting people with disabilities, and how they are best used in different situations. Unpack the skills needed to put these plans into place – including verbal and non-verbal communication.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
-

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Support Planning with People with Disabilities

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:

    • Differentiate the elements of an effective individualised support plan;
    • Critically evaluate various individualised support plans for people with cognitive disabilities;
    • Reflect on how to work with a person with cognitive disability to develop a person centred support plan;
    • Work autonomously and as part of a team to develop an individualised support plan for a person with cognitive disability;
    • Communicate effectively and sensitively a support plan to a person with cognitive disability, their family and carers.

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.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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