Spring 2027

Issues in Developmental Disabilities

Issues in Developmental Disabilities covers definition, incidence, etiology, prevention, life-cycle needs, social-welfare issues, and the social worker's role.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Lauren Bishop

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=42 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.74 GPA, 92.1% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=45 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Understand the historical context of developmental disability

  • Compare models of disability and their implications

  • Differentiate typical development from atypical development

  • Classify different developmental disability diagnoses

  • Describe the ways in which developmental disabilities impact individuals and families

  • Understand the way in which disability intersects with other identities

  • Advance human rights and social and economic justice for people with disabilities.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Junior standing and (SOC WORK 205, 708, or 605 prior to Fall 2024), or declared in Social Work Advanced Standing MSW or the Professional or Personal Enrichment Program

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SOCWORK 644

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      • declared in Social Work Advanced Standing MSW
      • the Professional or Personal Enrichment Program

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.36 GPA, 54.5% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=42 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=45 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

LAUREN BISHOP is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 010Online Only0 / 1200

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=42 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.74 GPA, 92.1% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=45 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Definition, incidence, etiology, and prevention of developmental disabilities
  • Life-cycle needs of the developmental disability population
  • Social-welfare issues, available social services, and the social worker's role
  • Historical context of developmental disability
  • Differentiating typical from atypical development

Skills

  • Comparing models of disability and their implications
  • Classifying different developmental disability diagnoses
  • Describing how developmental disabilities impact individuals and families
  • Understanding how disability intersects with other identities
  • Advancing human rights and social and economic justice for people with disabilities

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.08 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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SOCWORK 644 · Spring 2027

Issues in Developmental Disabilities

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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