Lecture: 4 hrs per week
This course will employ a number of instructional methods to accomplish its objectives, including all of the following:
1. Online Lectures
2. Online discussions and reflections
3. Group, class, and individual assignments
- Introduction to PSR values, philosophy, and principles
- Introduction to recovery and recovery-oriented services and systems
- Intervention models for success and evaluation
- Assessments for determining strengths, needs, and supports
- Evidence for PSR and recovery-oriented practice
- Strategies for essential dimensions of practice such as equity, inclusion, and social participation
- Advocacy, coordinating services, planning, and supporting systems change
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Identify and describe the principles, values, and philosophy of Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR);
- Explain how PSR relates to recovery;
- Learn about and critique current evidence related to PSR and recovery;
- Apply theory to practice;
- Begin to develop a personal toolbox for recovery practice;
- Identify the strengths and limitations of PSR.
This course has multiple activities such as smaller assignments, group discussions, and opportunities for student-directed learning to help scaffold learning.
Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøÆØÒ»Çø¶þÇø Evaluation Policy. Evaluation will be based on the course objectives. The instructor will provide a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. An example of one evaluation scheme is as follows:
Discussions: 25%
Assignments in class, group, and individual submissions: 55%
Self-reflection or journal: 5%
Major Paper: 15%
Total: 100%
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:
Davis, S. (2013). Community mental health in Canada, revised and expanded edition: Theory, policy, and practice. UBC Press.
Krupa et al., (2022). Promoting activity and participation in individuals with serious mental illness: The action over inertia approach. Routledge.