Overview
Explores and critically analyses the intersection of neurodisabilities like FASD, ADHD, and ASD within health, mental health, welfare and justice systems. Examines concepts of neurodisability and neurodiversity.
About this paper
| Paper title | Exploring Neurodisability in Health, Welfare and Justice Systems |
|---|---|
| Subject | Sociology |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,103.10 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 18 200-level SOCI or CRIM points or 108 points
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Notes
- May not be credited with SOCI 404 taken in 2022 and SOCI 304 taken in 2024
Timetable
Overview
Explores and critically analyses the intersection of neurodisabilities like FASD, ADHD, and ASD within health, mental health, welfare and justice systems. Examines concepts of neurodisability and neurodiversity.
About this paper
| Paper title | Exploring Neurodisability in Health, Welfare and Justice Systems |
|---|---|
| Subject | Sociology |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 1 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 18 200-level SOCI or CRIM points or 108 points
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Notes
- May not be credited with SOCI 404 taken in 2022 and SOCI 304 taken in 2024
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- Textbooks
Textbooks not required for this paper, readings available via Aoroa.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Communication, Critical thinking, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who have successfully completed this paper will have:
- Developed a broad knowledge of key frameworks, perspectives and concepts when studying neurodisability and neurodiversity, in health, welfare and justice systems.
- Identified and understood the definitions and prevalence of neurodisability and neurodiversity, in health, welfare and justice systems.
- Applied critical disability and critical reflective lenses to discourse and texts exploring neurodisability and neurodiversity, in health, welfare and justice systems.
- Demonstrated knowledge of key issues facing individuals, children, young people, families, and whānau, as they manage living with a neurodisability or neurodivergence.
- Awareness of the range of interventions, strategies, and systems-wide practices that lead to successful outcomes for people managing and living with neurodisabilities, and neurodivergence.
- Communicated critical and theoretical ideas through reflection, written skills, and oral presentation.