About the College:

Rehabilitation Counseling Graduate Program Mission

The mission of the Rehabilitation Counseling graduate program is to provide the full array of a sequenced and integrated course of professional study that prepares graduates with the needed knowledge, competencies, values and professional identity to provide individuals with significant disabilities with the assistance and opportunities that they need to achieve high quality employment and independence in their communities.

Students develop professional competencies in all domains that are essential for effective rehabilitation counselor practice as prescribed by the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE).

Graduate Program Learning Objectives:

• To educate students in counseling and rehabilitation principles and practices so that they can use these to assist persons with disabilities maximize their employment and independent living potential.
• To educate students in the following core rehabilitation counselor practice domains: affective counseling, case management, community resource utilization, job development and placement, assessment, rehabilitation planning, vocational counseling, rehabilitation technology, rehabilitation research utilization and ethical rehabilitation counselor practice.
• To provide students with a dynamic learning experience that promotes and reinforces personal and professional values that are reflected in the rehabilitation philosophy, including consumer-centered practice, informed choice, and empowerment.
• To provide a supervised clinical experience that will prepare students to engage in effective rehabilitation counseling practices consistent with the Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors.
• To prepare students to become nationally Certified Rehabilitation Counselors (CRC).