PHM-Exch> Summer school Disability & Development

[Huib Cornielje]

Dear PHM colleagues,

 

See below an announcement for the Summer School on Disability and
Development in Jakarta, Indonesia

 

The Athena Institute, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University
(Amsterdam), Enablement (Alphen aan den Rijn) and the Disability Studies
Centre, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia,
are pleased to announce the introduction of the second module in the
Disability & Development programme, which will be offered in the form of a
Summer School at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta. 

 

Dates: 12 July to 6 August 2010. This Summer School is part of an academic
Master degree programme and is open to external participants as well.

 

The Summer School will cover the following topics:

Project planning and management, monitoring and evaluation of
community-based rehabilitation (CBR) programmes, management information
systems, CBR as a preferred strategy for rehabilitation, organisational and
institutional development, Disabled People's Organisations, educational and
economic empowerment of disabled people, the role of specific rehabilitation
services, and sports and disability.

 

Module I

We are pleased to announce also the dates for the next Module I on
Disability and Development, which will be held from November 22th to
December 17th, 2010 at the VU University, Amsterdam. 

 

Module I will cover the following topics:

Disability models and stereotypes, culture and disability, ICF conceptual
framework, experience of having a disability, frequencies and distribution
of disability, determinants of disability, including stigma and
discrimination, poverty, gender and HIV/AIDS, rights of persons with
disabilities, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
measurement of disability, disability-relevant research methods, survey
methods, examples of disability research and an introduction to
community-based rehabilitation.

 

Students will learn in both courses in a highly participatory environment
built around a problem-based learning approach. Lecturers have extensive
international experience in disability and related fields. 

 

Interested candidates should apply well in advance and contact Huib
Cornielje as soon as possible.

 

TARGET GROUP: rehabilitation professionals and students and professionals
with an interest in disability and development. 

 

REQUIREMENTS: a high level of fluency in both spoken and written English;
Bachelor degree or equivalent (in terms of experience and thinking capacity)

 

COURSE FEES: Euro 1,800 (excluding board & lodging) for 4 weeks

 

FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM:

 

Huib Cornielje

Langenhorst 36

2402PX Alphen aan den Rijn

The Netherlands

Tel: 0031-172-436953

Fax: 0031-172-244976

E-mail: h.cornielje at enablement.nl

 

 

Huib

 

Huib Cornielje

Enablement

Langenhorst 36

2402PX Alphen aan den Rijn

The Netherlands

Tel: 0031-172-436953

Mobile: 0031-6-28485083

Fax: 0031-172-244976

e-mail:  <mailto:h.cornielje at enablement.nl> h.cornielje at enablement.nl

internet:  <http://www.enablement.nl/> www.enablement.nl and
<http://www.cbrtraining.com> www.cbrtraining.com

 

 

 

 

 

If you don't know where you are going you are bound to end up somewehere
else (Mark Twain)

 

 

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