Rehabilitation Counseling
- Human Growth and Development. Students will understand
the nature and needs of individuals at all developmental levels.
- Social and Cultural Foundations. Students will understand
issues and trends in a multicultural and diverse society.
- Helping Relationships. Students will exhibit effective
counseling and consultation.
- Group Work. Students will understand group development,
dynamics, counseling theories, group counseling methods and skills,
and other group approaches.
- Career and Lifestyle Development. Students will understand career development and related life factors.
- Appraisal. Students will use individual and group approaches
to assessment and evaluation.
- Research and Program Evaluation. Students will apply research
methods, statistics, and ethical and legal issues in research.
- Professional Orientation. Students will understand all aspects of functioning as a professional counselor including history, roles, organizational structures, ethics, standards, and credentials.
The gains each student makes in the eight program common core areas are a function of the degree the student is pursuing. Students enrolled in the doctoral degree programs are expected to have a greater understanding of the issues in each of the program common core areas than candidates for the Masters degree. The understanding students have gained will be assessed by faculty in the classroom through course assignments and examinations and through the comprehensive, qualifying, and preliminary examination processes.
Rehabilitation Counseling Objectives
- Students function effectively as certified rehabilitation counselors.
- Students understand the medical, psychological, and vocational effects of chronic disability as well as accommodations that may be made in the work place and community that promote integration of people with disabilities.
- Students use specialized job placement skills that enhance the probability of successful careers of people with disabilities.
