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Disability and Inclusive Society
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:14.03.2024 16:46:40
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_232 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Medical Services; Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ieva Jēkabsone | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Medical ethics, general human rights. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Gain knowledge on the concept of disability and its development, types of disability, and support measures to alleviate the effects of disability, to promote students' personal understanding and attitude towards people with limited functional abilities. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Understanding disability in historical and contemporary perspective. Disability and social attitudes. Stereotypes about persons with disabilities. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Disability determination in Latvia. Support measures for disability prevention and mitigation. Case study. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Role-play – experience of coping with situations while having functional limitations. Comunication and assistance to the person with functional limitations. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Effect of functional limitations on persons' participation in society and achievements. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Literature and information research on a given topic, discussions, situation analysis. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | In order to receive a positive evaluation, the student must do assigned tasks. At the end of the course a student must pass a written test (100%). At the end of the course, students are invited to complete a study course evaluation questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After completing the course students will be able to: • explain the changes in public attitudes to disability from antiquity to the present day; • explain the development of concept of disability using medical and social model; • name types of disability, and characterize the most common barriers caused by disability. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After completing the course students will be able to: • discuss the problems of integration of people with disability in Latvia; • plan necessary support measures to prevent disability and/or diminish its effect on participation for particular person with functional limitations; • briefly describe the main disability mitigation policies in Latvia. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to argue a personal understanding and attitude towards people with limited functional capabilities in order to establish positive therapeutic relations in occupational therapy practice. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | ANO Konvencija par personu ar invaliditāti tiesībām | ||||||||
| 2 | LR Invaliditātes likums (spēkā ar 01.01.2011.). | ||||||||
| 3 | Curtin M., Clarke G. Living with Impairment: Learning from Disabled Young People’s Biographies. BJOT, 2005, 68 (9), pp. 401. – 408. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr.805 "Noteikumi par prognozējamas invaliditātes, invaliditātes un darbspēju zaudējuma noteikšanas kritērijiem, termiņiem un kārtību" | ||||||||
| 5 | Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr. 578 "Noteikumi par sociālās rehabilitācijas pakalpojuma saņemšanu no valsts budžeta līdzekļiem sociālās rehabilitācijas institūcijā" | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | World Report on Disability. WHO, 2011. | ||||||||
| 2 | Starptautiskā funkcionēšanas, nespējas un veselības klasifikācija (SFK), PVO, Rīga, 2003. | ||||||||
| 3 | Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr.9 " Noteikumi par individuālo rehabilitācijas plānu personai ar prognozējamu invaliditāti un personai ar invaliditāti" | ||||||||
| 4 | LR Sociālo pakalpojumu un sociālās palīdzības likums | ||||||||
| 5 | Sabiedrībai par nedzirdību. Latvijas Nedzirdīgo savienība, 2000 | ||||||||
| 6 | Rohwerder, B. (2018). Disability stigma in developing countries. K4D Helpdesk Report. Brighton, UK Institute of Development Studies | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Veselības un darbspēju ekspertīzes ārstu valsts komisijas mājas lapa | ||||||||
| 2 | LR Labklājības ministrijas mājas lapa | ||||||||
| 3 | Erasmus+ Integration Through Learning. Invaliditātes ētikas etiķete. | ||||||||
| 4 | Vujačičs N. Dzīve bez robežām. KALA Raksti, 2017. | ||||||||
