Course Objectives

CS110 - Providing Career Services for Students with Disabilities

Students with disabilities represent a unique minority group within higher education. Despite being the largest minority group in the world, all too often their access to and inclusion in programs and services comes as an afterthought. Career services practitioners pride themselves in their ability to serve diverse populations, yet many remain untrained in working with disabled students. This course helps career services practitioners understand federal legislation basics as they relate to disabled students, the unique challenges they face, and characteristics of the population as well as practical resources and career services strategies to help overcome their unique barriers to employment.

**While the course addresses interaction considerations for those with deafness, blindness, learning disabilities, acquired brain disabilities, and physical disabilities, it shouldn't be expected that the course will cover all possible disabilities you may want to specifically learn about. It provides a broad overview.


Module 1: Compliance Overview

  • Recognize how Section 504 relates to higher education
  • Examine the Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Define disability under Section 504 and the ADA
  • Interpret what is meant by “reasonable accommodation”
  • Identify methods for implementing a reasonable accommodation

Module 2: Disabilities & Interaction Considerations

  • Examine characteristics of hearing impairment & interaction considerations
  • Analyze characteristics of vision impairment & interaction considerations
  • Review characteristics of LD and interaction considerations
  • Explore characteristics of ABD and interaction considerations
  • Examine characteristics of physical disabilities & interaction considerations

Module 3: Understanding the Demographics

  • Compare disabled population characteristics with nondisabled population
  • Recognize disparities in employment for disabled individuals
  • Identify barriers to employment faced by disabled individuals

Module 4: Career Services Strategies

  • Identify resources to help disabled students overcome employment barriers
  • Avoid restrictive advising behaviors
  • Identify strategies to help students overcome negative career thoughts
  • Formulate strategies to help students market their disabilities
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