The Disability and Community Service Program

By: Natalie Davisonndavison@lhup.edu

Objectives

•My experience•About my major•Job outcomes•My future

Helping individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities was always what I wanted to do.

The Disability and Community Service program combines course work in special education, social work, and communication studies.

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CURRICULUM PREPARES GRADUATES TO WORK AS PROFESSIONALS SERVING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN A WIDE ARRAY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR AGENCIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING

MENTAL HEALTH/MENTAL RETARDATION (MH/MR) PROGRAMS.

• instructional assistants in public or private schools• therapeutic support personnel

• job coaches• MH/MR programs

• community-based employment • living programs

• early intervention programs• residential treatment programs• preschool/daycare programs

• other agency service providers for individuals with disabilities.