PSY-8558

 **COURSE INFORMATION **  **CONTACT INFORMATION ** Nina Ghiselli:  ||    This is a required course for the Forensic Track, third year. It is open to other students as space allows, with permission of the instructor.   A primary purpose of this course is the sensitization and development of forensic psychologists. This includes a solid knowledge base about disability issues in forensic contexts. The course provides an overview of key concepts, including prejudice, stigma and discrimination against persons with disabilities, and statutes and case laws on the civil rights of persons with disabilities as they relate to procreation, custody, parenting, and family life. Also covered are specific legal areas such as IDEA, IEPs, early intervention laws, AB 3632 (requirement of mental health services for kids in special education). The course explores the legal and practical remedies available to families with disabilities, and the barriers to these remedies. The effects of multiple barriers (e.g., accessibility, legal, transportation, communication) on family life for families with disabilities are examined.   1. Establish a foundation for understanding the experiences and perspectives of families with disabilities, and the ramifications of disability for families. 2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Develop an understanding of various models of disability. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Understand the key laws that affect families with disabilities. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Gain knowledge of case law related to families with disabilities. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Gain knowledge of effective negotiation/advocacy skills. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Attendance (students may not miss more than one morning or afternoon of the class, anymore than this will put you at risk for not getting full credit for the class and will result the reduction of one letter grade. Missing one day or more will result in an automatic F in the class.). [20 points] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Participation in class activities and discussions. [40 points] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3. Mini homework assignments [40 points] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Course emphasizes diversity of populations. Diversity issues will include gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual preference, disability status, and age, and cross-category identities. Additionally, cognitive diversity will be addressed through multimodal teaching techniques. Please discuss **//any//** learning needs with the instructor. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">If you need disability-related accommodations in this class, please see me privately. All accommodations must be requested in a timely manner (at least 2 weeks ahead of time) with a letter of support from Alliant International University's Disability Coordinator. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **__Required Reading (all books are available on Bookshare.org for students with disabilities):__** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Kalyanpur, M & Harry, B (1999). Culture in Special Education: Building Reciprocal Family-Professional Relationships. Paul H Brookes Publishing. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Olkin, R. (1999). What psychotherapists should know about disability. Guilford Press. (Available in hardback, paperback, and on disk.). RFBD bookshelf number: GC094 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Ury, R. (1991), Getting Past No, Arrow (Available in book, audio tape-Audible.com). RFBD bookshelf number: AB-DR975 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">TOPICS __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Basic facts about people with disabilities (e.g., disability versus handicap, SES, types of and dimensions of disability, employment rates). <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Conceptualizing disability and models of disability. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Laws and social history; pervasive discrimination. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">What are the different disabilities and what do you have to know about them as a psychologist. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Families with disabilities: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">(A) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Parents with disabilities with children __<__18 in the home. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">(B) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Partners with disabilities. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">(C) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Baby and child with disabilities. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">(D) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Children and adults with disabilities and the school system. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">(E) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Older adults with disabilities. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Negotiation skills <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">7. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Implications of the ADA for the training of psychologists. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">8. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Testing and accommodations. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">9. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Assistive technology and the Technology Act of 1988. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; msolist: Ignore;">10. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Responsible research and practice. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Pick-Your-Own-Assignment __** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3 point assignments __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Learn 10 signs from ASL (instructor will assess) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Do accessibility Bingo at your internship/practicum (submit filled out bingo card) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Find and report to class 5 community resources for the resource list **(I encourage you all to do this one!!)** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Do accessibility Bingo in your neighborhood <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(submit filled out bingo card) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Research an article on a disability issue (summarize/reflect on it-1 page) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Find 10 websites on 1 disability topic for the resource list || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Find 10 toys that are accessible for children with disabilities (submit pictures/indicate disability and explain why) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Find 10 books appropriate for children with disabilities (submit titles) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Create your own Assignment || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5 point assignments __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Watch a movie or TV show and analyze it/apply what you have learned (write 1 page reflection). Some videos will be reserved under my name in the library || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Create a poster board of images of disability in the media (chose 1 topic to think about, i.e. Images of Blind people in the media) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Go to a disability organization and collect information. **(I encourage you all to do this one!!)** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Create a tip sheet for your co-workers or parents on advocacy/special ed law/other issues || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Go to your local library and report back disability related services that they offer || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Experiment with assistive technology (1 page reflection) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Write a poem or a song about disability <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Write a one to two page reflection journal of what you are learning in class. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Discuss with someone outside of class about the concepts you read and learn about. Write a one page reflection (5 points) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Create your own assignment (5points) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10 point assignments __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Observe a special education class (write 2 page summary and reflection) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Attend a disability event (write a 2 page reflection) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Apply concept in class (write 2 page summary of concept and how it was applied) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Attend an IEP (write a 2 page reflection) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Do an in-service at your practicum on a disability issue (Submit outline and 1-2 page reflection) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Teach a disability lesson to a group of children, teens, or adults (Submit outline and 1 page reflection) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Present to friends/family on a disability topic. Submit outline and 1 page reflection || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Discuss with your boss or internship director how people with disabilities are currently being served and what else could be implemented to serve them better. Submit notes. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Interview a person with a disability (NOT AN AIU student) and report on their experience. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Interview a lawyer about disability issues. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Create a materials for your clients on the laws and advocacy. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Create your own assignment || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">20 point assignments __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Unless otherwise specified, the following projects could be complete as mini-term papers (3 pages+), powerpoints (approx. 20 slides), or as elaborate poster boards (think science fair). <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Research on a topic in psychology and disability. Write a mini-term paper (3 pages+, power-point or poster board || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Apply the cultural model of disability to a theory in psychology. How might the theory need to change to accommodate the disability experience? || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">How does Disability apply cross-culturally? Investigate how the meaning of disability means different things to different cultures. What are clinical implications? || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Make a film about a topic in disability and psychology. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Write 5 pages of your dissertation with disability in mind. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Write a manual for therapists on how to accommodate a person with a disability in the academic or assessment environment. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Create a website for therapists on disability issues || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Using your own experience as a person with a disability, reflect on this experience and come up with guidelines and information you want other therapists, teachers, or parents to know about. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Do something really groovy and creative. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Create your own assignment || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Keeping Track of Disability Assignments ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Assignment: || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; 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 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">COURSE INFORMATION FORM __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Instructors: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nina Ghiselli, Psy.D.,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Semester: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Fall, 2009
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Course title: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Disability, Law & Families
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Year Level: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> G3 **Units:** 2
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day/Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 4 weekend days: 9/26, 9/27, 10/17, 10/18 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day/Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 4 weekend days: 9/26, 9/27, 10/17, 10/18 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Office: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student Services, 116
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Phone: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">415-955-2164/510-538-4222
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Email: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **drghiselli@yahoo.com** ||
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">PREREQUISITE SKILLS: __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">COURSE DESCRIPTION: __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES: __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">EVALUATION OF STUDENT LEARNING: __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> [100 points needed to pass the class.]
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">CLASS COMPONENT ON DIVERSITY: __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">DISABILITY RELATED ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY: __**
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">READING LIST: __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In order to receive full credit for this class, you are required to do 40 points of mini-homework assignments. You can do any number of homework assignments, as long as they add up to at least 40 points. You will receive credit when you proof that you have accomplished the assignment. If you are unsure what some of the topics mean (such as Accessibility Bingo) you should understand almost everything after the first day of class. You can hand in assignments in class, in my box, or over email. PLEASE BE SURE TO TRACK YOUR ASSIGNMENTS ON THE SHEET ATTACHED. You may choose from the following assignments: **