Module Title
Social Work, Society And Disability
Keywords
Mental Health, Mental Illness, Disability, Empowerment, Psychiatry |
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Prerequisites for Module
Satisfactory completion of all level 1 modules.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To provide the student with the ability to evaluate the needs and contexts of individuals with a disability and/or a mental health problem, within relevant conceptual frameworks.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Critically evaluate social policy issues relevant to people with a disability and/or mental health problems.
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Understand and apply key legislation specific to people with a disability and/or mental health problem
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Use psychological and sociological concepts to provide an understanding of disability and/or mental health problems.
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Critically evaluate a range of methods of working with people with a disability and/or mental health problems.
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Indicative Module Content
Definitions of physical disability, learning disability and mental health problems. Mental Illness - diagnostic classification systems. Aetiology - social and constitutional factors. Implications of hospital closure for service delivery. The management of crises - the role of the Mental Health Officer. The role of psychiatry, psychiatric hospitals and drug therapy. An application of sociological and psychological perspectives to the understanding of the impact of disability and/or mental health problems on individuals and families throughout the life-cycle. The development of the concepts of advocacy and empowerment and their impact on services for people with a disability and/or mental health problems. The social policy issues underpinning the development of key legislation and the structure of service provision and models of care. Health care and social care organisational structures and their impact on services. Methods of working with people with a disability and/or mental health problems, for example: working with challenging behaviour, stress management, ordinary life principles, life space, group work, cognitive therapy, and family therapy. Understanding methods of communications with people with a disability and/or mental health problem.
| Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Full Time | Lecture
| 12 | Workshop
| 36 |
Directed Study
| | Directed Study
| 40 |
Private Study
| | Private Study
| 62 |
Mode of Delivery
The module is based on a balance of lectures providing material on core topics, student self-directed seminars and research for presentations on material relating to topics covered.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Coursework | 1,2,3,4
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Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | Brown, H and Smith, H Eds (1992) Normalisation: A Reader for the Nineties, Routledge.
| | 2. | Hellar, T et al (1996) Mental Health Matters, Macmillan/Open University.
| | 3. | Shakespeare, T (1998) The Disability Reader: Social Science Perspectives, Cassell.
| | 4. | Swain, J, Finkelstein, V, French, S and Oliver, M Eds (1993) Disabling Barriers - Enabling Environments, Open University.
| | 5. | Ulas, M and Conner, A Eds (1998) Mental Health and Social Work Research Highlights Jessica Kingsley.
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