The Disability and Health Graduate Certificate provides students with critical disability and health knowledge necessary for healthcare practitioners, researchers, and public health workers to serve their populations. Students will gain knowledge related to disability history, the disability rights movement, family- and person-centered care and honoring lived experience, a range of neurodevelopmental disabilities, disability-related services and supports, and evidence-based practices for access to the range of services from diagnosis to community-based supports and services. Additionally, students will learn self-reflective practices for leadership development with a foundation in Maternal and Child Health leadership competencies.
A minimum of 12 post-bachelor’s degree credit hours are required with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. It requires 12 credit hours that consists of:
Required Courses (12 credit hours):
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| PRVM 829 | Interdisciplinary Approaches to Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Including Autism Spectrum Disorders | 3 |
| PRVM 831 | Interdisc Leadership Approaches to Systems & Services for Indv with Autism, Neuro & Dev Disabilities | 3 |
| PRVM 889 | Disability & Health (LEND) Fieldwork | 1-3 |
| PRVM 893 | Public Health Capstone | 1-3 |
| Total Hours | 8-12 |
Students who complete the Disability and Health Graduate Certificate will:
- Apply knowledge gained regarding the impact of policies and legislation on people with disabilities and develop relationships with legislators and other policymakers.
- Understand interdisciplinary approaches to clinical and related services for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
- Understand family and individual perspectives of the lived experience of developmental disabilities and gain skills to support partnership with families and individuals in the developmental disabilities field.
- Understand the legislative process, including tracking a bill, building relationship with legislators, and creating useful communication tools.
- Gain knowledge of and reflect on their understanding of a wide range of neurodevelopmental disabilities experienced by children and people across the lifespan, including the history of the disability rights movement.
- Gain knowledge of family- and person-centered and culturally competent health care, as well as principles of promoting self-determination.
- Gain knowledge and skills in practicing interdisciplinary leadership and will understand its value.
- Understand health considerations for people with developmental disabilities across the lifespan, including social determinants of health, trauma-informed practices, as well as screening, evaluation, and supports.
- Understand legal and ethical issues pertinent to their work, and disability-specific considerations, as well as strategies to promote the development of others through teaching, mentoring, and technical assistance.
- Gain knowledge of and reflect on their engagement with various disability-related service systems in the community and state.
- Gain perspective into the family and individual lived experience of service systems, the intersection of the disability experience and reflect on their roles as developing advocates and leaders to be guided and informed by such experience.
The University of Kansas Medical Center is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in all programs and activities and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin or ancestry, age, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or creed, disability, veteran status or genetic testing & screening. Academic accommodation requests should be directed to Academic Accommodation Services at KUMC.
The following abilities and expectations required by all students admitted to the Master of Public Health are available on the Technical Standards and Requirement form.
