Career in Rehabilitation Counseling Psychological and Counseling Services Program Florida State University
What is Rehabilitation Counseling? • Specialization within the field of counseling • Considered both a counseling and allied health profession 2
Rehabilitation Counselors • Assists persons with disabilities to • achieve their personal, career, and independent living goals in the most integrated settings possible • become or remain self-sufficient and productive members of society. • Achieve rehabilitation goals through the counseling process 3
How Rehabilitation Counseling different from others counseling professions? • Focus on disability • Specialized training in the medical, psychological and social aspects of disability 4
What IS “Disability”?
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What is a Disability? • Physical or mental impairment • Substantially limits or restricts the person’s in one or more major life areas • work, education, social, living independently 10
Causes of Disabilities • Congenital • Birth defects • Acquired • Illness and disease • Work-related injuries • Automobile accidents • War • Aging 11
Types of Disability • Physical • Sensory • Cognitive • Psychiatric • Developmental 12
Examples of Job Titles • Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Upwad. EQo. RM 4&feature=related • Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=HM 44 c. LXISi. M • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Ic. Ob. Vsi. AU 14 • Case Manager • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ch. Yc. NQqt. ZG 4&feature=related • Occupational therapist • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=kkw 77 r-KIuc 13
Examples of Job Titles • Physical therapist • • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=1 Z 2 Ib 4 Meul 4 Transition Specialist Family and Marriage Counselor Forensic Rehabilitation Specialist Life Care Planning Specialist Job Placement Specialist • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=9 Asz. ATtl. Rvk Mental Health Counselors Vocational Evaluator • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=HBdm. Tb. Wg 6 L 0 14
Examples of Employment Settings • • • State Rehabilitation Agencies (DVR; DBS) Veteran’s Administration Hospitals (Rehabilitation, VA, Psychiatric) Substance Abuse Treatment programs Schools Independent Living Centers Insurance Companies Community mental health centers Private agencies or practice Industry 15
Scope of Practice • • Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment planning Case Management and service coordination Consultation and access to rehabilitation technology Interventions to remove environmental, employment, and attitudinal barriers • Job development, placement and employment accommodations • Individual and group counseling focused on facilitating psychosocial adjustment to disability • Advocacy for persons with disabilities 16
Growing Demands • Career opportunities expected to increase by 25% between 2006 and 2016. • Expanded opportunities in pediatric and geriatrics • Federal funding for training programs • Aging trend 17
Critical Shortage of Rehabilitation Counselors • Federal funding of graduate training programs in rehabilitation counseling • Increase number of rehabilitation counselors working in or in conjunction with the state/federal vocational rehabilitation program. 18
Earning Potential of Rehabilitation Professionals • Average annual earnings with a Master’s degree: $42, 000 • Range $27, 000 - $67, 000 • Varies across settings 19
Application for Graduate Programs • Preparations • Volunteer experiences • Job shadowing • Informational interview • How to cover the tuition and cost? Scholarship? 20
RSA Scholarship • Students accepting RSA scholarships MUST o work after graduation in a state, non-profit rehabilitation agency, or related communitybased agency for two years per year the scholarship is accepted. • After the “pay back” period then no longer obligated to work in those settings. 21
Summary • Growing profession with excellent occupational outlook • Offers a diversity of work settings, roles, functions, and clientele. • Employment opportunities in public and private sector • Scholarships available for graduate education 22
For More Information Web Sites Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) http: //www. core-rehab. org/ Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) http: //www. crccertification. com/ Rehabilitation Services Administration Scholarships http: //www. ed. gov/students/college/aid/r ehab/scholrsp. html 23
Professional Associations American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA) http: //www. arcaweb. org/ American Counseling Association (ACA) http: //www. counseling. org/ American Psychological Association (APA) – Rehabilitation Psychology http: //www. apa. org/about/division/div 22. html National Rehabilitation Association (NRA) http: //www. nationalrehab. org/ 24
For Further Information Dr. Shengli Dong or Dr. Deborah Ebener Psychological and Counseling Services Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32312 sdong 3@fsu. edu or debener@fsu. edu 25
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