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Study postgraduate online with Flinders University through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

The Master of Disability Practice and Leadership aims to enhance leadership skills and provide senior practitioners and managers with the knowledge and skills required to work within a rapidly changing disability field. This course aims to develop skills for students interested in becoming professional leaders in disability. The degree prepares students with advanced skills and specialised knowledge that can be applied to support the inclusion and citizenship of people with disability, generate policy and build workforce capability allied with these goals.The multidisciplinary focus of the program scaffolds student learning from multiple perspectives, including social policy, education, psychology, philosophy, sociology, and health. Work integrated learning provides opportunities for students to apply learning in practice throughout their studies.Students will develop expertise specific to disability, enabling them to work in a variety of Government and non-government organisations in health, education and human service settings.

Prepare for a senior role in the disability field. This short masters degree will give you a holistic view of the industry, so you can work in program management or policy development. Develop new leadership skills that allow you to push for positive change.

Master of Disability Practice and Leadership - 1.5 years

The Master of Disability Practice and Leadership is a postgraduate degree, taught in English and is two years of full-time study or the equivalent part-time.Graduates have enhanced leadership skills required to work within a rapidly changing disability and human services field. This includes specialised knowledge that can be applied to support the inclusion and citizenship of people with disability, generate policy and build workforce capability allied with these goals. Graduates are knowledgeable in perspectives from social policy, education, psychology, philosophy, sociology, and health.

Get ready to lead a team within the disability support sector. Explore disability theory and practice, before specialising in policy, trauma responsiveness or research. Find career opportunities in human services, the government, or the NDIS.

Master of Disability Practice and Leadership - 2 years

The Master of Disability Practice and Leadership (Developmental Education) course provides students with work-relevant skills and knowledge they can apply as Developmental Educators across a wide range of contexts in disability, health and human services fields.Developmental Educators are multi-disciplinary disability specialists. As allied health professionals, Developmental Educators, also known as DEs, occupy roles in a variety of disability, human service, mental health, and educational settings, in the State and Federal Government, and non-government sectors.Grounded in a human rights approach, this course is focused on promoting the rights of people with disability to inclusive lives and to building the capacity of the workforce to lead practice allied with this aim.

Get qualified to practice as a developmental educator. Learn how to deliver people-first disability support programs in a range of settings. Understand the policies that will impact your clients. Complete an essential clinical placement. 

Master of Disability Practice and Leadership (Developmental Education)

Health and Wellbeing in Social and Cultural Contexts

Foundations of Health and Wellbeing

Perspectives of the Arts on Health and Wellbeing

Ageing and Disability Friendly Environments

Understanding and Support for Autism

Australian Sign Language 1A

(Dis)abling Societies: The Sociologies of Ageing and Disability

Contemporary Disability Practice

Arts in the Community

Case Management for Consumer Directed Care in Disability and Aged Care

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