IDEAS/USC Home Modifications Practitioners
Program
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This set of four courses on home modifications was developed through a National Institutes of Health grant to I.D.E.A.S., Inc. The courses are designed for professionals (e.g., remodelers/contractors, planners, personnel of organizations representing the elderly and people with disabilities, occupational and physical therapists, policymakers) who work directly or indirectly in the field of supportive home environments.
Each course follows a similar format, providing detailed information about the various causes of limitations that can make it difficult to perform everyday activities and the range of enviromental modifications that can be implemented to compensate for these limitations.
The courses are offered in two formats: Interactive and Self Study.
* The Interactive version is offered through the USC website. This format enables the students to interact online with each other and with the professors through a cyber classroom during a 2-week period. The schedule is listed below.
* The Self Study version is offered through the I.D.E.A.S., Inc. website (www.ideasconsultinginc.com). This format allows individual students to have password access to the course anytime during a 30-day period. Please see the I.D.E.A.S., Inc website for signup and pricing details.
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Home Modifications for People with Sensory Impairments
July 1st - July 15th, 2008
Cost: $175USD
This course discusses home modifications that can help individuals with vision and hearing impairments be safer and more independent in their home.
Professors in this class are Jennifer Brush, MA, CCC/SLP and Margaret Calkins, PhD.
Learning Objectives
• Define and discuss three disease that cause low vision
• Identify three difficult visual situations in the home environment
• Appropriately choose at least three home modifications that will help a client with low vision to be safer and more independent
• Define age-related hearing impairment
• Identify three difficult listening situations in the home environment
• Appropriately choose at least three home modifications that will help a client with hearing loss to be safer and more independent.
Home Modifications for People with Motor Impairments
August 1st - August 15th, 2008
Cost: $175USD
In this course, you will learn how functional limitations in upper and lower body movement can impact a person’s ability to function safely, independently, or without difficulty in his/her home. You will also learn about the modifications that can compensate for these limitations. Professors in the class are Jon Sanford, M.Arch and
Carrie Bruce, M.A., CCC-SLP, ATP.
Learning Objectives
• Become familiar with the contributions of impairments and body function to problems with task performance.
• Discuss the performance goals for reducing environmental demands on motor abilities.
• Identify modifications that can be made to ameliorate typical problems that people with upper and lower extremity and trunk impairments have with routine household tasks.
Home Modifications for People with Dementia
September 1st - September 15th, 2008
Cost: $150USD
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This course is about home modification and how it relates to caregivers and people living in the household with dementia. Modifying the home environment to enhance safety, promote independence, and ease caregiving is increasingly recognized as an important strategy for dealing with dementia. Professors in this course are Margaret Calkins, PhD,
Jon Sanford, M.Arch, and Jon Pynoos, PhD.
Learning Objectives
• Gain a better understanding of the role of the physical environment in supporting both the person with dementia and the caregiver
• Learn how the environment needs to change as the disease progresses
• Understand how to help the caregivers develop environmental coping strategies
• Learn practical solutions to real problems Home Modifications for People Who are at Risk for Falls
October 1st - October 15th, 2008
Cost: $150USD
This course discusses home modifications that can help individuals who are at risk for falls be safer and more independent in their home. Professors in this class are Anna Quyen Do Nguyen, OTD, OTR/L and Jon Pynoos, PhD.
Learning Objectives
• Identify the three key components of a well-rounded fall prevention program
• Classify fall risk factors as intrinsic, extrinsic, or behavioral
• Identify five design goals for individuals who fall and explain their relationships to fall prevention
• Identify general HM guidelines for individuals who fall |
Online Executive Certificate in Home Modification Program at USC
This program is designed for professionals (e.g., remodelers/contractors, planners, personnel of organizations representing the elderly and people with disabilities, occupational and physical therapists, policymakers) who work directly or indirectly in the field of supportive home environments. Students can take one course or all five right from the comfort of their computer. By completing all five courses, students will obtain an Executive Certificate in Home Modification from the National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification at USC.
The Executive Certificate in Home Modification Program consists of five courses. Each course is approximately 2-3 weeks long. After completing all five courses, students take a final exam. Registration fee for each course is $150. A discount of $50 is given if all courses are paid for at the beginning of the Series. CEUs are offered for various types of professionals.
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Home Modification: The Basics and Beyond
January 6 - 23, 2009
Cost: $150USD
This course covers what home modifications are and why they are important. It will discuss the important aspects of universal design and assistive devices in maintaining independence. Students will become familiar with home assessment instruments, safety checklists, important legislation that impacts home modifications and the roles of various professionals in this field. Students will learn important communication skills for making suggestions and recommendations for home modifications. Students will learn about common home modifications.
Internet-based. Instructors: Jon Pynoos, Ph.D.; Julie Overton, MSG/MHA. Home Modification: How to Get It Done
February 3 - 20, 2009
Cost: $150USD
This course will equip students with the skills to: identify a qualified contractor; negotiate for contractor services; read architectural drawings and plans; individualize home modification strategies to meet users' needs; locate products; and evaluate a project upon completion.
Instructors: Jon Sanford & Carrie BruceHome Modification: Funding Resources and Financing Mechanisms
March 3 - 24, 2009
Cost: $150USD
This course covers how to fund home modifications and how to tap into community resources. It will discuss finding resources within individual communities as well as at state and federal levels. It will also discuss what opportunities are available in the private sector. Internet-based. Instructor: Diane SpragueHome Modification: Raising Community Awareness and Coalition Building
April 7 - 24, 2009
Cost: $150USD
This course examines the process of raising community awareness about the need for home modifications. It will teach students how to assess the home modification needs of their community and how to build strong, effective community coalitions. It will teach students how to tap into the national home modification network. Students will gain the skills necessary to conduct community outreach events and market their home modification services. Internet-based. Instructors: Julie Overton, MSG/MHA The Ethics of Home Modification
May 5 - 12, 2009
Cost: $150USD
This short course is designed to raise your awareness of ethical issues related to home modification. It will address what ethics are, why they are important and how they apply to special populations including older persons and persons with disabilities. While many professionals are aware that the growing 65+ population in the United States controls much of the country's wealth and spending power, it is just as important to consider how this population might require certain ethical considerations and protections. Internet-based.
Instructors: Maria Henke , M.A.
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Executive Certificate Alumni
Executive Certificate Alumni are encouraged to visit the new discussion board exclusively for past students of the Online Executive Certificate in Home Modification Program at USC. Inform other alumni what you are currently doing in the field of Home Modifications and network with past students.
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