Advanced study of issues related to rehabilitation counseling, theory, research and practice including problem identification and assessment, program alternatives, service delivery modes, theoretical and conceptual frameworks, the translation of theory, and research into practice.

This course is a doctoral seminar designed to provide advanced knowledge and understanding of psychosocial aspects of chronic illness and disability (CID), including theoretical, practice, and research approaches to the processes of adaptation to CID, coping, self- management and health decision making, historical and sociological perspectives on disability and cultural and global perspectives, responses, and attitudes and disability, developmental and lifespan issues, and evidence-based practice and interventions in professional rehabilitation counseling practice, policy, and education.

Study of issues and topics affecting the preparation of Rehabilitation Counseling, Special Education, and Early Childhood personnel and of research issues involving persons with disabilities and educational and rehabilitation programs. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits. Lecture, two hours per week.

Education and Rehabilitation professional services including consultation, technical assistance, continuing education programs, professional organization development, committee and advisory board involvement, professional writing and editing, leadership training, and funding proposal development.

This course is intended to provide students with an overview of the clinical rehabilitation counseling and clinical mental health rehabilitation counseling issues, challenges and responses due to crises, disasters, and other trauma-causing events on persons with disabilities across the lifespan. Specific attention is given to major categories of disabilities, their limitations, and psychosocial responses to life-challenging and life-altering consequences of crisis and traumatic events.

This course is intended to provide an overview of the breadth of agencies, programs, and services involved in the provision of rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities, including medical, educational, institutional, and community resources. An overview of the relationships among agencies, staffing patterns, funding sources, and professionals involved in providing services to individuals with disabilities is included.

This is a one-credit hour course. The contents of the course provide the student with the following information: introduction to different models of rehabilitation technology; understanding of the roles of the members of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation technology team; understanding of the various domains of rehabilitation technology across environments; applications of rehabilitation technology at work, home, school and in the community; understanding of funding sources and legal underpinnings for the provision of rehabilitation technology.

This course focuses on the various issues related to counseling service provision in rural areas. The course will also present methods and techniques utilized to meet the specific and unique needs of persons with disabilities living in rural areas.

This is a one-credit hour course designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the professional codes of ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors (CRCC) and mental health counselors (American Counseling Association.) A goal of this course is to acquire knowledge about ethical practice in serving persons with disabilities in a changing professional landscape.