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    May 31, 2025  
Missouri Baptist University 2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Missouri Baptist University 2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PSHU 343 - Disabilities: Theory and Practice


Term Offered: Fall, Even Years
This course will introduce students to several developmental disabilities, and a few acquired ones, often encountered while working in helping professions. Areas of emphasis will include a review of historical and theoretical perspectives, societal stereotypes, physical and emotional indicators, disability culture, real life experiences shared by individuals with disabilities, disability law, the development of support systems grounded in the strengths perspective, and use of the respectful person-first language.
Semester Hours: Three



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