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REHB5931: Disability, Public Policy, and Change
2024 unit information
The unit covers disability policy and its expression in legislation, governance, services, and politics. Students will study the origins and evolution of disability policy to better comprehend the values that drive change and the real world challenges that shape it. Disability inclusion in policy will be explored across sectors as well as disability-specific initiatives. Beyond understanding policy frameworks, students will reflect on the role of advocacy in creating positive change in the public weal on behalf of people with disabilities. Student project will focus on generating student positions on current policy issues.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Participation Sciences
| Code | REHB5931 |
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| Academic unit | Participation Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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REHB5911 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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REHB5079 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Explain the implications of rights-based legislation for people with disabilities, their families, carers and advocates in order to inform advocacy work engaged by rehabilitation counsellors.
- LO2. Describe the developmental history of disability rights policy in order to fully understand the drivers and obligations of disability services and schemes in Australia.
- LO3. Critique the strategy, success and failings of Australian disability schemes from the perspective of disability rights and the rehabilitation counselling profession in order to advocate on behalf of the profession and our clients in the system.
- LO4. Reconcile the emerging international model of rehabilitation counselling with issues of current practice in Australia in order to clarify your position as an advocate for the profession.
- LO5. Interview a person with a disability, their family member, carer, or advocate in order to deepen your understanding of the lived experience of empowerment and advocacy.
- LO6. Collaborate in an advocacy project in order to experience advocacy as a function of the professional rehabilitation counsellor role.
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