Program Overview

Program Overview

The Enacting Human Rights in the Lives of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities micro-credential is designed for service providers and professionals who support individuals with intellectual disabilities. This program aims to equip learners with the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies to enact rights-oriented service and person-centered support to people with intellectual disabilities in line with the UNCRPD.

Program Details

• ECTS: 5
• Level: 9
• Duration: 8 weeks
• Places: 30
• Intake: January

Admission Requirements

• Completion of a recognized disability/intellectual disability qualification and/or experience of having provided service to people with intellectual disabilities for a minimum of 3 years
• Up-to-date Curriculum Vitae
• Degree certificate/professional registration

Course Fees

The course fees can be found on the postgraduate fees list.

Course Structure

The micro-credential is delivered in a blended format (in-person/online) with 3 in-person workshops (3 hours each) and 10 online days (2 hours per day). The program includes lectures, workshops, tutorials, and online resources.

Assessment

The micro-credential is assessed through a case study assignment (100%).

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this micro-credential, learners will be able to:

• Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the legislative framework associated with providing a rights-oriented service to people with intellectual disabilities
• Critically utilize evidence-based knowledge, skills, and competence in the critical evaluation of current models of service for people with intellectual disabilities
• Explore the role of human engagement in relation to understanding the lives of people with intellectual disability to whom they provide service
• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of self-advocacy/independent advocacy in achieving individually determined lives for people with intellectual disabilities
• Demonstrate knowledge of the role of the service and service personnel in enacting person-centered supports for people with intellectual disabilities

Course Coordinator

Dr. Martin McMahon

Closing Date

1st December 2025

Program Description

The Enacting Human Rights in the Lives of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities micro-credential is designed to empower learners to actively explore techniques for developing their knowledge of the people whom they serve and eliciting understandings of the desires and choices of those people. There is a strong emphasis on human engagement skills. The program aims to equip intellectual disability service providers/professionals with the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies to enact rights-oriented service and person-centered support to people with intellectual disabilities in line with the UNCRPD.