University of Calgary : Community Rehabilitation CORE

Community Rehabilitation CORE

CORE 205 207 209 321 435 471 473 475 487 510 541 542 547 553 569 573 583 591 594 595 597 598

For more information about these courses, contact the Bachelor of Community Rehabilitation program office: cumming.ucalgary.ca/bcr.

Junior Courses

Community Rehabilitation 205

Introduction to Disability Studies

The social, political, economic, ethics/bioethical, technological and advocacy issues impacting persons with disabilities and their families.

Course Hours: 3 units; (2-1T)

Community Rehabilitation 207

An Introduction to Community Rehabilitation Practice and Professional Conduct

Practical application of the basic principles of assessment, planning and intervention with individuals/groups. Supports professional development tutorials in community practica.
Course Hours: 3 units; (2-1T-4)
Prerequisite(s): Community Rehabilitation 205.

Community Rehabilitation 209

Disability in Theory and Everyday Life

An overview of theories employed in community rehabilitation and disability studies.
Course Hours: 3 units; (2-1T)

Senior Courses

Community Rehabilitation 321

Communication Skills in Rehabilitation

A skills-based introduction to understanding and developing basic communication skills that facilitate helpful dialogue in interpersonal, counselling, guidance and community rehabilitation related contexts.
Course Hours: 3 units; (2-1)

Community Rehabilitation 435

Social Research in Disability, Health and Rehabilitation Disablement

An overview of research methods in community rehabilitation and disability studies. An introduction to the major design, analyses and knowledge transfer strategies in the field.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 24 units including at least one of Community Rehabilitation 205 or 209 or admission to BCR or BCR-C.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Community Rehabilitation 435 and 425 will not be allowed.

Community Rehabilitation 471

Community Rehabilitation Practice for Families and Their Children

Families with children with disabilities in the context of the family relationships, support networks, schools and communities.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 24 units, including at least one of Community Rehabilitation 205 or 209 or admission to BCR or BCR-C.

Community Rehabilitation 473

Social Justice and the Labour Force

Exploring the role of work for youth and adult with disabilities.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 24 units including at least one of Community Rehabilitation 205 and 207 or admission to BCR or BCR-C.

Community Rehabilitation 475

Disability and Aging

Theoretical and practical issues as they relate to rehabilitation and community services for seniors with disabilities.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 24 units including at least one of Community Rehabilitation 205 and 207, or admission to BCR or BCR-C.

Community Rehabilitation 487

Practicum in Rehabilitation Practice

Practical application of the basic principles of assessment, planning and intervention with individuals/groups. Supports professional development tutorials in community practicum.
Course Hours: 3 units; (2T/2-8)
Prerequisite(s): Community Rehabilitation 207.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Community Rehabilitation 510

Critical Disability Theory

An overview of advanced disability theory. Topic will be explored through disability theory, social and political understandings of disability, power relations and the centrality of the experience of people with disabilities in the study and implementation of theory and advocacy.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 54 units and Community Rehabilitation 209, or enrolment in the BCR two-year program.

Community Rehabilitation 541

International Disability Research and Policy

Disability research and policy including human rights policy and law whereby the student learns to understand local, national and global perspectives.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 54 units.

Community Rehabilitation 542

Ethics, Technology, and Disability

An in-depth view of the impact of bioethics on social policy, disability studies, disability research and the lives of disabled people. Furthermore, it links bioethics discussions to professional code of ethics.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 54 units.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Community Rehabilitation 542 and either of 591.26 or 545 will not be allowed.

Community Rehabilitation 547

Health Research, Emerging Technologies and Marginalized Groups

Provides an in-depth global outlook on new, envisioned and emerging sciences and technologies and their global impact on (a) disabled people and disability studies; (b) the concept and field of rehabilitation and identity of rehabilitation professionals; (c) the concept of health professionals. Also provides an understanding of how disability studies scholars and rehabilitation and health policy, systems and care delivery scholars and professionals can enrich the new, envisioned and emerging science and technology and governance of science and technology discourse.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 48 units.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Community Rehabilitation 547 and 591.28 will not be allowed.

Community Rehabilitation 553

Disability and the Body

Disability, impairment and the body in social, cultural and historical contexts. Topics include biomedical understandings of the body, diagnosis, rehabilitation practices and medical treatment. Course uses an intersectional approach with readings of advanced critical disability theory.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 24 units.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Community Rehabilitation 553 and 557 will not be allowed.

Community Rehabilitation 569

Mental Health and Disability

Exploration of a variety of approaches to mental health services, including recovery models, institutional history, and MAD studies.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 48 units.

Community Rehabilitation 573

Disability and the Law

Foundations of Canadian legal principles and practices as they affect community rehabilitation.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 54 units.

Community Rehabilitation 583

Community Development in Community Rehabilitation

A study of management, practice and leadership issues for professionals working in community development and interdisciplinary teams, as well as in private, non-profit and public community-based organizations and businesses. Partnerships and community action are examined as components of rehabilitation practice.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 48 units.

Community Rehabilitation 591

Advanced Study Topics in Community Rehabilitation

Advanced study topics in community rehabilitation.
Course Hours: 3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s): 54 units.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

Community Rehabilitation 594

Practicum I

Senior level leadership, advocacy and reflective practice in partner agencies, associations and systems. Specifics to be negotiated with the student. Content on professional ethics will also be covered.
Course Hours: 3 units; (2T/4-10)
Prerequisite(s): 54 units and admission to BCR, Minor in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, Minor in Adapted and Therapeutic Physical Activity or Concentration in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies for Health and Society Majors in the Bachelor of Health Sciences program.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Community Rehabilitation 594 and 589.01 will not be allowed.
Notes: Course needs to be taken in combination with Community Rehabilitation 595 in the same academic year.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Community Rehabilitation 595

Practicum II

Community Rehabilitation 597

Practicum I in Community Rehabilitation for Distance Learners

Students will complete a project in the area of program or service development (e.g. needs analysis, developing funding proposals, program evaluation). In the seminars, students will be supported in the completion of agency-based program development. Content on professional ethics will also be covered.
Course Hours: 3 units; (2T/4-10)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the BCR-C distance program.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Community Rehabilitation 597 and 589.06 will not be allowed.
Notes: Course is normally taken in combination with Community Rehabilitation 598 in the same academic year.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Community Rehabilitation 598

Practicum II in Community Rehabilitation for Distance Learners

Students will complete a project in the area of program or service development (e.g. needs analysis, developing funding proposals, program evaluation). In the seminars, students will be supported in the completion of agency-based program development. Content on professional ethics will also be covered.
Course Hours: 3 units; (2T/4-10)
Prerequisite(s): Community Rehabilitation 596 or 597 and admission to the BCR-C distance program.
Notes: Course is normally taken in combination with Community Rehabilitation 597 in the same academic year.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Graduate Courses

For more information about these courses, contact Graduate Science Education cumming.ucalgary.ca/gse.

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