Contemporary practices including supported employment, indepdent living, engineering and technology, family matters, client rights, ethical practices, cultural diversity, aging, and present and future trends in the field of rehabilitation. Analysis of legislation, value systems, political and economic fluctuations and research.

Professional preparation of Rehabilitation Counselors or Special Education Teachers, including practice in delivering lectures, conducting class discussions, leading seminars, directing independent studies, guiding student research projects, demonstrating instructional methods and materials, supervising rehabilitation counselors or special education student teachers, and advising. Laboratory, three-nine hours. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.

This course is a doctoral seminar designed to provide advanced knowledge and understanding of personality and counseling theories and techniques and their application in professional rehabilitation counseling practice and education, rehabilitation counseling process and outcome research, and the application of counseling theory across diverse populations and settings.

Rehabilitation Counseling and Special Education college/university professor preparation, including syllabus development, organization of class presentations, instructional alternatives, scheduling, student assessment, professor-student interactions, student advising, resource identification and utilization and program evaluation.

An independent study supervised research course for advanced graduate students in Rehabilitation Counseling, Special Education, or Early Childhood with an interest in a specific research problem. Class hours determined with supervising instructor. Note: for Rehabilitation Counseling doctoral students this course will satisfy CACREP internship requirements in the Research core area. Additional internships in 2 additional core areas are also required.