PSYC 382 Community Services for People with Developmental Disabilities
This independent study encourages students to review the spectrum of community services available to developmental disabilities citizens and their families. Students learn how to locate, use and evaluate a specific recreational, diagnostic, residential, educational and/or family support service.
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective May 5, 2015 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Historical perspectives on the evaluation of this class of disorders will be presented.
- Material regarding the research used to investigate services for developmental disabilities will be covered.
- Student will apply knowledge to the development of community services for developmental disabilities.
- The contemporary social issue of developmental disabilities will be learned.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition.
- Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
- Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
- Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.