Overview

Learn to provide effective career development support for people with disabilities through this comprehensive 8-hour professional development course. Master essential communication techniques for conducting career consultations with students who have disabilities, ensuring inclusive and supportive interactions. Explore the social model of inclusion and gain thorough understanding of disability discrimination legislation and acts that protect individuals in educational and workplace settings. Develop skills to identify, address, and educate students about various forms of disability discrimination while providing accurate guidance on their rights and protections. Navigate the complex topic of disability disclosure in the workplace by critically evaluating individual circumstances and providing personalized guidance on when, how, and whether to disclose disabilities to employers. Discover and evaluate employment-related programs specifically designed for people with disabilities, building capacity to effectively communicate information about these resources to students. Apply career development theories and frameworks specifically tailored to students with disabilities, learning to implement structured career planning approaches that address unique challenges and opportunities. Integrate universal design for learning principles into program delivery, ensuring that career development services are accessible and effective for all learners regardless of their abilities. Build comprehensive competency in creating inclusive career services that empower people with disabilities to achieve their professional goals while understanding their legal rights and available support systems.

Syllabus

Communicate effectively with students with disabilities during career consultations
Identify and address different forms of disability discrimination and provide accurate information to students with disabilities
Make appropriate recommendations for available employment programs for students with disabilities
Implement career development frameworks in consultation and career planning with students with disabilities
Identify and address if and how to disclose disabilities in the workplace.
Implement universal design for learning into program delivery
Participants will have developed capacity to communicate effectively with students with disabilities during career consultations
Participants will have developed comprehension of social model for inclusion
Participants will have gained knowledge and understanding of various legislations and acts relating to disability discrimination
Participants will be able to identify and address different forms of disability discrimination
Participants have developed agency in providing information on discrimination to students with disabilities
Participants will have gained knowledge and understanding of various legislations and acts relating to disability disclosure
Participants will be able to critically evaluate the circumstances of the individual they are consulting and provide guidance around disclosure.
Participants have increased knowledge of available employment related programs for students with disabilities
Participants have increased capacity to deliver information relating to these programs to students.
Participants have developed understanding of career development theories and how they relate to students with disabilities
Participants have developed capacity to implement career development frameworks in consultation and career planning with students with disabilities
Participants have developed understanding of the importance of program design around the concepts of universal design for learning and how this relates to students with disabilities
Participants have developed capacity to implement universal design for learning into their own program delivery