Target Group: Academic Staff Members
Duration: 6 hours
Course Description:
This course introduces academic staff members to the basic frameworks, models and socio-cultural discourses of disability. It provides opportunities for faculty to re-think their understanding and assumptions of disability through interactive online sessions. It acquaints faculty with the basic tenets of disability etiquette, learning disabilities and psycho-social disabilities. The course equips faculty with the skills and knowledge to meet the needs of diverse individuals including students with varying impairments through practices like Reasonable Accommodation and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). It enables faculty to introduce the core principles of equality, equity, dignity, rights and responsibilities to their teaching ethos in order to maximize the participation and engagement of students with disabilities.
Course Contents:
Disability- Fact or Myth
Learning Disabilities and Psycho-Social Disabilities
UDL 1: Course Design and Delivery
UDL 2: Assessment and Feedback
Disability Rights and Reasonable Accommodation
Disability Etiquette
Resource Persons:
Ms. Niluka Gunewardena
MA, University of Leeds, UK
Course Coordinator
Ms. Dinusha Wickremesekere
MSc, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Lecturer, Royal Institute of Colombo
Ms. Lasanthi Daskon
Attorney-at-Law; MA, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Deputy Country Director, The International Foundation for Electoral Systems
Ms. Manique Gunarathne
Manager, Specialised Training & Disability Resource Centre, The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon
If you are interested to take part in this course, please register using the link below and we will contact you when we commence the course next.