UCT GSB - Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability: Circles of Care and Education
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Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability: Circles of Care and Education at Coursera Overview
Duration | 14 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability: Circles of Care and Education at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
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- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 14 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability: Circles of Care and Education at Coursera Course details
- This course is about caring for and educating children (and youth) with severe to profound intellectual disability. We use the idea of 'circles' to position the child at the center of the many levels of support needed. Around the child are circles of care and education - such as the parents, family, friends, caregivers, educators, health care workers and others such as neighbors, business owners and community members. Each one has an important role to play in the life of a person with an intellectual disability and can be seen as a caregiver and educator. Although this course is aimed particularly at caregivers who work at a special centre or in a private home, each person in the circle of care and education plays a valuable role and will find the course useful.
- During the course you can gain greater understanding about intellectual disability, levels of severity of intellectual disability and the history of intellectual disability. You will also start to understand how you can support children and youth with severe to profound intellectual disability so that they can reach their full potential and become participating members of society. We look at lifelong learning by exploring brain development, the learning process and how to maximise the opportunities for learning.
- With input from a range of experts, we consider how best learning can be facilitated. This includes looking at children?s learning support needs, how to go about planning activities for the learning programme as well as how to empower multiple people who work in a team to care and educate children with severe to profound intellectual disability.
- In the last week, we focus on rights, advocacy and relationships of care. Empowering and caring for caregivers themselves is a key focus of the course.
- For professional development purposes, you can purchase a Verified Certificate if you wish to show evidence of your achievements, but this is optional, and you can apply for Financial Aid if you are unable to pay the certificate fee.
Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability: Circles of Care and Education at Coursera Curriculum
Who is the child with severe to profound intellectual disability?
Introduction to the course
Introduction to week 1
Understanding intellectual disability
Understanding the impact of intellectual disability
Context of intellectual disability
Understanding learning in intellectual disability
Asserting the right to education (Part 1)
Facilitating learning as a caregiver
Week 1 conclusion
Our collaborators
How the course works
Meet the course team
Presenters for week 1
Podcast: Asserting the right to education (Part 2)
Resources
Intellectual Disability Quiz
Education for children with severe to profound intellectual disability
Week 1: Who is the child with severe to profound intellectual disability?
Lifelong learning
Introduction to week 2
Lifelong learning
How learning takes place
Attitudes to learning
Facilitating learning
Communication - why is it so important
Strategies to facilitate communication
Learning context
TEDI Research: Lifelong learning
Week 2 conclusion
Presenters for week 2
Resources
Learning for the child with severe to profound intellectual disability
Factors to consider for learning
Week 2: Lifelong learning
Facilitating learning
Introduction to week 3
Support needs: An overview
Support needs: A caregiver's perspective
Developing a learning programme
Planning daily programmes with structure and routine
Engaging the child in learning
Working with children in groups
Learning opportunities: A caregiver's perspective
Building relationships of care and education
Being part of a team: A mother's perspective
Week 3 conclusion
Presenters for week 3
Daily programme templates
Resources
Week 3 conclusion
Rights, advocacy and relationships of care
Introduction to week 4
Listening to children and developing their voice
Ethics of care: Receiving and giving
Developing an ethics of care: A parent's perspective
Caring for the caregiver
TEDI research: Experience of caregivers
Voice of inclusion
Week 4 conclusion
Presenters for week 4
Resources
Survey and further studies
Thank you
Caregiver care and relationships
Caregiver empowerment
Week 4: Rights, advocacy and relationships of care
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