solved This week: Â You will select research one public social
This week: Â You will select research one public social services agency that serves clients with disabilities and their families.
Skills
The purpose of this assignment is to help you practice the following skills that are essential to your success in this course / in school / in this field / in professional life beyond school:Â
MLO #3.2: Describe the critical service provision needs of a family with a child with disabilities, and the corresponding service providers.
Knowledge
This assignment will also help you to become familiar with the following important content knowledge in this discipline:Â
Course Objective 3: Examine the individual and collective contribution of family, work, independent living and education on the quality of life and life-long outcomes of people with disabilities.
Tasks
Families depend on the internet to find agencies, and web sites are often the first impression of an agency that a family forms. That said, many have limited internet access, and your agency should have a brick-and-mortar facility that provides services, not be web-only.
Research and identify one local public social services agency that serves clients with disabilities and their families. Â The agency must be accessible to families in the greater Los Angeles County area. Â
Explore your agency’s website site fully, and describe the types of information available on the site. Â Who is the client population? What services does the agency provide, and to whom? How readily available are they? (walk-in, referral, appointment, etc.) How expensive are they, and how flexible is their pay schedule? What do you see as the strengths/weaknesses of the agency? Â What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of the site? How helpful to a person or family member of a person with a disability would the site and the agency be?