Teaching disability : practical activities for in class and homework / Rhoda Olkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olkin, Rhoda, author.

Series:

Academy of Rehabilitation Psychology series.

Academy of Rehabilitation Psychology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disabilities--Study and teaching (Higher).

Disabilities.

People with disabilities--Study and teaching (Higher).

People with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This book takes a nonpathological approach to disability as part of diversity rather than as a deficiency, offering 34 activities to help instructors working with this community. The activities are designed to be used in or out of the classroom, in independent or group dynamics, and can be modified for individual need.

Contents:

cover

Series

Teaching Disability

Copyright

Contents

PART A BACKGROUND AND BASICS

1. Introduction for Instructors

2. Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behavior: What We Already Know

PART B | BEGINNING-​LEVEL EXERCISES

3. Exploring the Basics

Activity 3.1: Exploration of Language

Activity 3.2: Exploring Your New Diagnosis

Activity 3.3: Movies Versus Real Life

Activity 3.4: News Media Depictions

Activity 3.5: The Economics of Disability

Activity 3.6: Intersectionality (Part I

See Chapter 9 for Parts II and III)

4. Hearing from Insiders

Activity 4.1: King Gimp: Academy Award-​Winning Documentary

Activity 4.2: Interviewing a Person with a Disability

Activity 4.3: Disability in the Family System

5. Laws and How They Affect the Everyday Lives of People with Disabilities

Activity 5.1: How Laws Affect Everyday Life

Activity 5.2: About Segregation: Is Separate Ever Equal?

Activity 5.3: Distributive Justice

Activity 5.4: EYE SPY: Application of Laws

6. Models of and Beliefs About Disability

Activity 6.1: Health, Illness, and Disability Beliefs

Activity 6.2: Disability Belief Models in Real Life

Activity 6.3: Assessing Models of Disability

Activity 6.4: You Are Newly Diagnosed

7. Everyday Issues

Activity 7.1: The Time and Financial Costs of Disability

Activity 7.2: The Pain Experience

Activity 7.3: What Does the Media Talk About When They Talk About Disability?

8. Watching Films

Activity 8.1: Disability in Storytelling

Activity 8.2: Film Immersion

PART C MORE ADVANCED EXERCISES

9. Disability in the Context of Family, Friends, and Community

Activity 9.1: Evaluate Your Dwelling for Accessibility

Activity 9.2: Check Accessibility Everywhere Before You Go

Activity 9.3: A Map to Your Community.

Activity 9.4: Intersectionality (Part II)-​Religion

Activity 9.5: Intersectionality (Part III): Multiple Marginalized Identities

10. Immersion and Activism

Activity 10.1: Pennies to Spend-​Understanding Fatigue

Activity 10.2: Making Choices-​Managing Fatigue

Activity 10.3: Outside in: Attending a Disability Event

Activity 10.4: Asking About Microaggressions

Activity 10.5: What Deaf People Miss: Accessing Media Without Sound

Activity 10.6: Taking Action

Activity 10.7: Strengthening Clinical Skills: Responding to Vignettes

PART D CONCLUSIONS

11. Assessing Outcomes

Table 11.1 Social Distance Scale for Specific Disabilities

Table 11.2 Possible Emotional Responses to Contact with a Disabled Person

Table 11.3 Olkin Brief Quality-​of-​Life Measure

Table 11.4 Able-​Bodied Privilege

Box 11.1 Brief Knowledge Quiz

Table 11.5 Olkin Self-​Rating of Attitudes and Skills

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780190850685

019085068X

9780197584231

0197584233

OCLC:

1242022744