How do we ensure that the highest quality of support is provided to people with intellectual disabilities and autistic individuals across all types of service provision? What defines high quality support, and what makes a service 'high quality'? Ensuring a meaningful quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities and autistic people should be of the upmost importance to all those involved in their support. This module will provide you with an understanding of how quality is defined and measured, how service provision can be evaluated to ensure best practice is consistently followed, and how research and policy have helped to shape how we think about what constitutes best practice. You will learn from experienced research and clinical staff in the field, who will support you to engage with and critically evaluate the literature, policy and guidance around measurement and evaluation of quality of support and service provision, that you will come across in your studies and beyond your postgraduate award.
Lecture (campus-based students: face to face synchronous lectures; distance learning students: recorded asynchronous lectures) 32
Consolidation Sessions/Seminars (online synchronous) 10
Written -Extended writing -Case Study -2000 words -70% - This Assessment is Pass Compulsory
Written -Test -Online test using the Virtual Learning Environment-1 hour - 30%
Reassessment methods : Single instrument – 100% written assessment (2,000 words)
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1) Demonstrate an advanced critical understanding of the concepts and definitions of quality of support and quality of life.
2) Demonstrate advanced knowledge of how to measure, critically evaluate and improve quality of support and quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities and autistic individuals, their families and support systems.
3) Synthesise complex knowledge and critically interpret the relevant research literature, policy and guidance around quality-of-service provision and quality of life.
4) Demonstrate original thinking regarding the application of academic knowledge to case studies of real-world contexts and systems when measuring and evaluating quality of support and quality of life.
5) Demonstrate advanced knowledge of how to lead on and problem-solve real-world issues during measurement of quality of care and quality of life.
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