COUN 7361 - Medical Aspects of Disability

Three credit hours.

This is a course that covers the medical aspects of disability. Managing the medical aspects and functional assessment of frequently occurring medical diseases and disorders of older adolescents and adults are stressed. Topics include the medical aspects and functional assessment of neurological/ cognitive/neuromuscular disorders, psychiatric/developmental disabilities, sensory losses, and various acute and chronic physical diseases and disorders. Case management activities and a process for determining the educational/rehabilitation implications of the effects of each disability will be presented.

Prerequisites: COUN 7360 or the consent of the instructor.