It is also available as a prerequisite or basic course for students interested in the rehabilitation of individuals in our society.
Content includes the philosophy, history, major concepts, and current problems and issues.
Provides an overview of the etiology and pathology of a range of medical disorders which often require rehabilitative services. Emphasis is placed upon the psychosocial and functional effects of these disorders, vocational implications, and rehabilitative needs. A study of the brain and spinal cord with emphasis on cortical and subcortical mechanisms instrumental in normal motion, coordination, and bodily sensation, exclusive of vision and hearing. Discussion and demonstration of conditions of cerebral palsy, poliomyelitis, traumatic paraplegics, cerebrovascular accident, Parkinson s disease, multiple sclerosis, and rehabilitative procedures. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times.