DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIAL WORK

Course Description

The concepts of disability, causes, national and international regulations, statistics of handicapped in Turkey, Cyprus and the world, explaining the theories of disability, impacts of disability on individual own, family and community and intended to comprehend the teaching and practice of social work for people with disabilities. The conceptual framework of disability, classification of disability, categorization of social work intervention, contemporary service models for people with disabilities, people with disabilities, and government policy, social attitudes. It identifies the ways in which differently able persons are marginalized and restricted and experience discrimination within an un adaptive society. Via descriptions of the current status of persons with disabilities in the Caribbean context, it examines the interaction of persons with disabilities within the existing political, social and cultural and legal systems

DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIAL WORK

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Course outcomes

1. 01 Awareness of definitions of disability in a cultural context
2. 02 Ability to recall the historical context of social work with disabled people
3. 03 Ability to identify the nature and importance of the stages of planning, implementing and reviewing services
4. 04 Valuation of the relevance of thte social model in assessment and intervention
5. 05 Ability to explain values and value conflicts in social work with disabled people

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Rothman, Juliet (2018). Social Work Practice Across Disability. 2d ed. University of California, Berkeley.

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Explain the relationship between social policy, social welfare, social work and being disadvantaged SOLO 4
2. L01 Describes social services offered to disadvantaged groups SOLO 4
3. L03 Differentiate the properties and needs of diverse disadvantaged groups through fields of social work SOLO 4

Program Outcomes

1. P01 Has knowledge of social service application areas (health, social welfare services, education, social security, civil society, local government).
2. P02 Has knowledge of social work theories (system, ecology, empowerment theory).
3. P03 Has knowledge of human development and social environment.
4. P04 Use knowledge of communication skills (with individuals, families, groups and different social groups).
5. P05 Use knowledge of management and management processes (management of private and public social service institutions and organizations)
6. P06 Apply knowledge of research methods and techniques in social work.
7. P07 Has the ability to perform planned change process (linking, diagnosis and evaluation, planning, implementation, evaluation, termination and monitoring of applications) by considering similarities and differences for all levels of applicants.
8. P08 Social service application areas (Health, education, social security, civil society, local government), social service theories (system, ecology, empowerment theory), human development and social environment, communication (with individuals, families, groups and different social groups) apply management and management processes (management of private and public social service institutions and organizations), research methods and techniques, professional ethics, principles and values, and the ability to practice social work with different client groups.
9. P09 Has the ability to distinguish and collect appropriate information for social investigation, evaluation and report preparation
10. P10 Has the ability to interpret research results and professional literature.
11. P11 Has the ability to develop inter-institutional relations, communication and joint services.
12. P12 Acts in accordance with professional ethics, norms and standards that determine duties and rights related to social work profession.
13. P13 It adopts social justice and rights based approach within the framework of social, scientific, cultural and professional values.
14. P14 Develop an understanding of individual, family, group, institution, community, community and global practices in order to improve social functionality and facilitate social change
15. P15 Becomes a model to the society with knowledge, skills, values ​​and attitudes and adopts the understanding of lifelong learning.

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