4 Year Nursing Degree Programme (BSc Cur) Intellectual Disability Nursing
NU2D04 -Frameworks for Intellectual Disability Policy and Practice Perspectives (5 ECTS)
Learning Outcomes
Following completion of this module the student should be able to:
- Describe the relevance of appropriate leisure programmes for people with intellectual disability.
- Discuss the applicability of work to the life of the person with intellectual disability.
- Analyse Irish service provision in the context of contemporary trends in disability.
- Describe advanced approaches to non verbal communication with people with intellectual disability.
- Devise a motor movement programme for people with intellectual disability.
- Examine the relevance of Special Olympics to the lives of person’s with intellectual disability.
Module Learning Aims
The aim of this module is to enable the student to gain a broad perspective on the approaches that are
utilised to support service users in Ireland. To achieve this, the module will facilitate the student to
discuss leisure and work provision for the person with intellectual disability; incorporated in this aim is
the operation of certain motor movement and PE strategies that apply to people with all levels of
intellectual disability. Additionally the student will be able to explore how advanced methods of
communication enable people with intellectual disability.
Lastly the student will be able to discuss ethical matters as they apply to people with intellectual disability.
Recommended Reading List
Essential Reading
- Atherton H. & Crickmore D.J. (eds) (2011) Learning Disabilities: towards inclusion. 6th Edition. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
- Walsh, N.P. and Gash, H. (eds) (2004) Lives and Times: Practice, Policy and People with Disabilities. Bray: Rathdown Press.
Recommended Reading
- Barron, S. and Mulvany, F. (2005) The National Intellectual Disability Database. Dublin. Health Research Board.
- Dooley, D. and McCarthy, J. (2005) Nursing Ethics: Irish Cases and Concerns. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.
- Grant, G. et al (2005) Learning Disability: A Life Cycle Approach to Valuing People. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
- Grove, N. et al (2000) See What I Mean: Guidelines to Aid Understanding of Communication by People with Severe and Profound Learning Disabilities. Kidderminster: BILD.
- Inclusion Ireland (2006) A chance to work. A discussion paper on Work and Employment Services and supports available to people with an intellectual disability. Dublin, Inclusion, Ireland.
- Nind, M. and Hewett, D. (2001) A Practical Guide to Intensive Interaction. Kidderminster: BILD.
* Additional readings will be given for each unit of learning.