Online Continuing Education Courses

The Functionality of Form: The Link Between Design and Rehabilitation

• Explore and review various social construction models
• Compare and contrast key components of the the environmental press model, the PEO, the enabling–disabling process model, and the ICF models
• Outline the classification system of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health model and explain its rating system for identifying a facilitator or barrier to function
• Examine and explain the theoretical implications for universal design as a rehabilitation strategy
• Explain why all of the models fail to provide a mechanism to quantify environmental demands that impact functionality, and what is necessary from a design perspective