Course Descriptions

Managing Disabilities Services

          Course Number: DIS1013                        Credits: 3               

This course is designed to provide all Head Start disability staff with the skills and knowledge needed to plan and implement integrated services for children with disabilities and their  families.  Students will find the resources in this course useful in understanding their program's children with disability and learning ways to support them.  Students will be given resources to promote interagency collaboration, support staff training and development, and assist programs in establishing recruitment and enrollment plans to reach out to children with disabilities. Participants will learn how to take a critical look at their program's disabilities services and teams that have considerable experiences and develop a broader view of roles and set more collaborative and coordinated way of working with each other, with LEAs and with other community agencies.  Topics covered will be:

• Accessibility

• Disabilities Service Plans

• Health and Safety

• Individualization

• Interagency Collaboration

• Recruitment and Enrollment

• Screening, Evaluation and Assessment

• Staff Support and Supervision

• Supporting Families

• Transitions

• Staff Training

Prerequisite: None

Learning Objectives: Upon completion, you will be able to:

· Recognize the respective and shared roles and responsibilities of team members in managing their Head Start program’s services for children with disabilities and their families

· Identify how their current roles and team collaboration practices can directly affect children with disabilities and their families

· Identify critical points in the disabilities services practices of their program where coordination among members of the management team must take place.

Target Audience: This course is designed for Health, Disabilities, and Mental Health staff.

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