Course Description
The systematic oppression of people with disabilities and the historic and ongoing need for action and advocacy are explored. Effective methods of advocating for social change will be identified and engaged through service-learning.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
In addition to completing the assessments listed, graduate
students will be required to choose a topic pertaining to
disability and advocacy and create an annotated bibliography of
15 current sources (less than 10 years old). Sources must be
peer-reviewed journal articles. Electronic copies of the
articles cited must be attached to the bibliography upon
submission.
Athena Title
Advocacy Pract in Disability
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in IHDD 5720, IHDD 5720E or IHDD 7720, IHDD 7720E
Non-Traditional Format
Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time.
Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite
IHDD 2001
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1.Define advocacy generally and specifically as it relates to self-advocacy, parent advocacy, citizen advocacy, and legal advocacy. 2.Understand and explain the history of disability advocacy in Georgia and in the U.S. 3.Identify the levels at which advocacy for social change is performed. 4.Apply the phases of advocacy planning in practice (understanding the issue, advocacy mapping, education/negotiation/persuasion, presenting information, evaluation, on-going monitoring for sustainability). 5.Create, coordinate, and present an educational workshop on the importance and purpose of self-advocacy. 6.Evaluate the outcomes of advocacy efforts of a team project. 7.Compare and contrast advocacy phases and techniques. 8.Interact with persons with disabilities through service-learning to develop an advocacy agenda and execute it. 9.Understand persons with disabilities as citizens with the rights to full citizenship afforded all Americans and the need to advocate for that right. 10.Come to see oneself as an advocate for social justice. 11.Develop the values of full participation and full inclusion of people with disabilities in society.
Topical Outline
1.Defining Advocacy 2.Disability Advocacy History: United States and Georgia 3.Disability Rights: Laws and Legislation 4.Types of Disability Advocacy 5.Advocacy in Practice 6.Evaluating Advocacy Efforts and Ongoing Monitoring 7.The Future of Advocacy