Positive Approaches and Community Inclusion

Supporting people to share their strengths, gifts and capacities with their community is an important role of staff in developmental services. In this course, students will become familiar with Positive Approaches, the detrimental impact of social isolation and the importance of belonging. Students will learn about fostering independence, building social capital and discussing values and ethics in supporting people to have real lives. Course work will also include a focus on building capacity in advocating for others.