Lecture: 4 hrs per week
This course will employ a number of instructional methods to accomplish its objectives, including all of the following:
1. Online Lectures
2. Online discussions and reflections
3. Group, class, and individual assignments
- Introduction to PSR values, philosophy, and principles
- Introduction to recovery and recovery-oriented services and systems
- Intervention models for success and evaluation
- Assessments for determining strengths, needs, and supports
- Evidence for PSR and recovery-oriented practice
- Strategies for essential dimensions of practice such as equity, inclusion, and social participation
- Advocacy, coordinating services, planning, and supporting systems change
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Identify and describe the principles, values, and philosophy of Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR);
- Explain how PSR relates to recovery;
- Learn about and critique current evidence related to PSR and recovery;
- Apply theory to practice;
- Begin to develop a personal toolbox for recovery practice;
- Identify the strengths and limitations of PSR.
This course has multiple activities such as smaller assignments, group discussions, and opportunities for student-directed learning to help scaffold learning.
Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. Evaluation will be based on the course objectives. The instructor will provide a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. An example of one evaluation scheme is as follows:
Discussions: 25%
Assignments in class, group, and individual submissions: 55%
Self-reflection or journal: 5%
Major Paper: 15%
Total: 100%
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:
Davis, S. (2013). Community mental health in Canada, revised and expanded edition: Theory, policy, and practice. UBC Press.
Krupa et al., (2022). Promoting activity and participation in individuals with serious mental illness: The action over inertia approach. Routledge.