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Module Title
Module Code
School
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NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

To enable students to discuss the ways in which psychology can contribute to their understanding of disability and illness.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critique differing explanations and models of illness and disability
2. Examine the role of personal and social issues on the impact and experience of illness and disability
3. Discuss the role of the body in illness and disability
4. Appraise the insider perspective on illness and disability as discussed in first person narratives and autobiographies
5. Critically evaluate the role of interventions in improving well being in relation to illness and disability

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	12	Indicative syllabus
Seminars	6	Student led seminars of first person narrative
Assignment Completion	45	Preparation of assignment addressing first person narrative presentation and essay
Independent Study	62	Self-directed reading
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Definitions, models and frameworks of disability (e.g. biomedical model, social model of disability, International Classification of Functioning and Health)

Psychological adjustment to and coping with illness and disability

Quality of life and the personal impact of Illness and disability

Embodiment and disability

Sexuality, illness and disability

The emotional effects of living in a disabling world

Family Issues in Illness and Disability (family functioning, parental illness, child illness)

Interventions (peer counselling, psychotherapeutic approaches, technology)

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	%	Examination Weight	%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
Unavailable

Indicative Reading List

Martz, E. & Livneh, H. (Eds.): 2007, Coping with Chronic Illness and Disability, Springer, New York, 978-0387486680
Bauby, J. D.: 2004, The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly, Harper Perennial, London, 978-0007139842
Byrne, J.: 2006, If It Were Just Cancer: A Battle for Dignity and Life, Veritas, Dublin, 978-1853909795
Cole, J.: 2004, Still Lives: Narratives of Spinal Cord Injury, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachussetts, 978-0262532846
Dell Orto, A. E. & Power, P. W. (Eds): 2007, The Psychological and Social Impact of Illness and Disability, Springer, New York, 978-0826102447
Goodley, D. & Lawthom, R. (Eds): 2006, Disability and Psychology: Critical Introductions and Reflections, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hampshire, 978-1403936011
Kennedy, P. (Ed.): 2007, Psychological Management of Physical Disabilities: A Practitioner's Guide, Routledge, Hove, 978-1583917138
MacLachlan, M.: 2004, Embodiment: Clinical, Critical and Cultural Perspectives, Open University Press, Milton Keynes, 978-0335209590
MacLachlan, M. & Gallagher, P. (Eds.): 2004, Enabling Technologies: Body Image and Body Function, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, 978-0443072475
Pollock, M: 2005, Making It Happen, Mercier Press, Dublin, 978-1451525601
Swain, J. & French, S. (Eds.): 2008, Disability on Equal Terms, Sage, London, 978-1412919883
Swain, J., French S., Barnes, C., & Thomas, C. (Eds.): 2013, Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments, Sage, London,
Twigg, J.: 2006, The Body in Health and Social Care, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, 978-0333776209
Fitzmaurice, S.: 2014, It's not yet dark, Hodder Headline, Dublin, Ireland,
Watermeyer, B.: 2012, Towards a contextual psychology of disablism., Routledge, Hove,

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