Learning Objectives

Operation House Call Learning Objectives:

1. Model person first behavior, and understand person first thinking and language.
2. Review supportive ways to deliver unexpected or difficult news to parents.
3. Practice building rapport in a home visit to a family who has a family member with intellectual/developmental disability (IDD).
4. Monitor personal or subjective bias that might affect an evaluation or treatment of a person with IDD.
5. Demonstrate sensitivity to sibling and family issues during the family visit or in class discussion.
6. Increase awareness of resources and community systems available to families.