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You've Got a Friend: Supporting Family Connections, Friends, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Center:

MN-Institute on Community Integration, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2006

Contact Information:

Bill Tapp
[email protected]
865-934-0221

Product Description:

You've Got a Friend: Supporting Family Connections, Friends, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness is a course offered within the College of Direct Support. This course explores the importance and meaning of human relationships in the lives of all people, including people of all ages with disabilities. In it the learner reflects on the benefits that healthy relationships bring to people's lives and why they are valuable. The learner identifies the common perceptions and prejudices about people with disabilities that create barriers to social relationships. The learner is taught the common challenges that DSPs face when supporting people in developing and maintaining relationships and specific strategies for overcoming these challenges. In addition, the learner explores family relationships and how to effectively support these special long-term relationships that are so important to people with developmental disabilities.

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Product/Publication Type(s):

Electronic Products, Academic Course Development

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Students

Alternative Format:

Captioned, Visual Format or Large Print, Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)

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