{"id":1047,"date":"2021-01-15T10:08:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T04:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sociology\/cdrep\/?page_id=1047"},"modified":"2022-05-12T21:02:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T15:32:35","slug":"certificate-course-on-disability-awareness-and-sensitization-for-academic-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sociology\/cdrep\/certificate-course-on-disability-awareness-and-sensitization-for-academic-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Certificate Course on Disability Awareness and Sensitization for Academic Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Target Group:<\/b> Academic Staff members<\/p>\n

Duration:<\/b> Notional Hours: 150, Contact Hours: 50 (16 weeks)<\/p>\n

Course Description:\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>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 understandings and assumptions of disability through interactive activities and encounters. It acquaints faculty with the basic tenets of disability etiquette, university procedures and protocols in order to create an in inclusive, respectful and enabling teaching and learning environment. The course will be supplemented with a University Disability Handbook. Faculty members will be well acquainted with the content and provisions of the handbook upon course completion. 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. The course provides faculty with an overview of the disability related services, personnel and programmes available at the university. It will provide a solid understanding of the wider structural and procedural supports available to students with disabilities. Such knowledge would better equip faculty to support students with disabilities and refer them to suitable services if the need arises. Faculty who follow this course may potentially become disability champions at the university by advocating for access, inclusivity and de-stigmatization in the wider university community.<\/p>\n

Learning Outcomes<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Identify and analyze different models and socio-cultural frameworks of disability<\/li>\n
  2. Apply disability etiquette and best practices when interacting with students and staff with disabilities<\/li>\n
  3. Understand key legal and normative frameworks of disability<\/li>\n
  4. Actively foster inclusive and diverse environments and practices in all stages of teaching and learning<\/li>\n
  5. Identify key university procedure, personnel, regulations and frameworks concerning disability<\/li>\n
  6. Gain knowledge and skills to support students with disabilities in a proactive and equitable manner<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Course Content<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Disability: Fact or Myth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Understanding Disability: Models, Concepts and Frameworks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Diversity and Inclusion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Disability Etiquette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \u2018Unfair Advantage\u2019? : Disability Simulation and Q&A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Mental Health and Wellbeing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Equality, Equity and Diversity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Disability Rights: Policy and Legal Frameworks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Reasonable Accommodation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    No Pity: Cultivating Enabling Classroom Practices and Environments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    The role of Personal Assistants and Assistive Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Universal Design of Learning (UDL) 1: Course design, instruction and assessment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Universal Design of Learning (UDL) 2: Standardization of university systems and procedures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Rights and Responsibilities of Faculty, Staff and Students<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Disability Officers: Roles and Functions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Ask Me, Don\u2019t Assume: Human Library Session, Experiential Activities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    Methods of Teaching and Learning<\/b><\/p>\n