Introduction to Employment Supports
Overview
- Review historical approaches to disability/employment models from a variety of contexts.
- Analyze the strengths and weakness of the models and frameworks.
- Examine the points of transition through the lifespan and how they relate to employment.
- Develop a conceptual understanding of the challenges of access to employment for individuals that experience significant barriers.
- Outline the principles of disability management.
- Explore the concept of rehabilitation and disability management.
- Consider the roles of cultural and corporate competence when working with the client, employer and co-worker.
- Overview of the roles and responsibilities of individuals providing supports services and employment support.
- Consider principles of change and leadership and how they affect employment supports.
- Examine social and international policy as it relates to employment and disability.
- Examine the vocational profile process.
- Lecture
- Case study
- Presentations
- Guest speakers
- Video/DVD
This course will conform to Douglas College policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations. Typical means of evaluation would include a combination of:
- Research paper
- Presentation
- Literature reviews
- Case Study/critiques
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of historical and contemporary constructs of employment supports services and supports.
- Evaluate employment and career development models in various contexts.
- Analyze the trends and developments in evidence-based employment supports.
- Assess the vocational and employment process, including disability management framework.
- Describe the values, ethics and philosophy that underpin employment support services.
TBA
Requisites
Prerequisites
With Permission of Instructor
Corequisites
No corequisite courses.
Equivalencies
No equivalent courses.
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers to Other Institutions
Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.
Institution | Transfer details for DACS 5131 |
---|---|
Athabasca University (AU) | AU HSRV 2XX (3) |
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU ARTS 3XXX (3) |
Simon Fraser University (SFU) | No credit |
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | No credit |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | No credit |
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV EPSE_V 4th (3) |
University of Northern BC (UNBC) | No credit |
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV ADED 3XX (3) |
University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC HLTH 3XX (1.5) |