Graduate Rehabilitation Counseling Curriculum
Distance Education Program
(57 semester hours)
updated Jan 2012

course descriptions


Fall Year I (2011, 2013)
         RSED 6016 Medical Aspects of Disability (3hrs)
       RSED 7326 Individual Counseling Approaches in Rehabilitation (3hrs)
RSED 7016 Rehabilitation Professions, Programs, and Services (3hrs)

Spring Year I  (2012, 2014) 
            RSED 7336 Group Counseling in Rehabilitation Settings (3hrs)
RSED 6026 Psychosocial Aspects of Disability (3 hrs)
 RSED 7136 Advanced Assessment I in Rehabilitation (3hrs)

Summer Year I (2012, 2014) 
RSED 6216 Occupational Information (3hrs)
RSED 6346 Foundations of Substance Abuse Counseling (3hrs)
RSED 7916 Practicum in Rehabilitation Counseling (3hrs)

Fall Year II (2012, 2014) 
RSED 7416 Principles and Practices of Case Management (3hrs)
RSED 7446 Seminar in Research Methodology (3hrs)
RSED 7446 Ethics in Rehabilitation Counseling (3hrs)

Spring Year II (2013, 2015)
RSED 7316 Proprietary Rehabilitation (3hrs)
RSED 7926 Rehabilitation Counseling Internship (9hrs)

Summer Year II (2013, 2015)
RSED 6226 Placement Services in Rehabilitation (3hrs)
RSED 6236 Rehabilitation Assistive Technology (3hrs)

RSED 7446 Counseling Through the Lifespan (3hrs)


Course Descriptions

RSED 6010/6016 MEDICAL ASPECTS OF DISABILITY (3). Medical terminology, basic body systems, common malfunctions, therapeutic services, restorative techniques, and disability evaluation for different disability groups and the vocational implications of each.

RSED 6020/6026 PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF DISABILITY (3). Theoretical constructs and practical issues for various types of physical, mental, psychiatric, and social disabilities with implications for personal, vocational, social and community adjustment.

RSED 6210/6216 OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION (3). Identification, location, and use of data resources for job accommodation and modification strategies, labor market surveys, and job placement of persons with disabilities.

RSED 6220/6226 PLACEMENT SERVICES IN REHABILITATION (3). Theories, strategies, and techniques for job development, accommodation, modification, and placement of people with disabilities with application skills needed to facilitate employment.

RSED 6230/6236 REHABILITATION ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (3). Basic computer literacy; use of commercially available software and assistive technology for use by persons with disabilities. 

RSED 6340/6346 FOUNDATIONS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING (3). Provides knowledge of the nature of substance abuse, drug classification,models of addiction, assessment and diagnosis, treatment, and related issues.

RSED 7010/7016 REHABILITATION PROFESSIONS, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES (3). Comprehensive examination of the evolution, nature and contemporary status of state-federal vocational  rehabilitation system including roles of the professionals within this system.

RSED 7130/7136 ADVANCED ASSESSMENT I IN REHABILITATION (3). Principles, process and techniques used to diagnose vocationally-related assets and disabilities of the individual with disabilities.

RSED 7310/7316 PROPRIETARY REHABILITATION (3). Vocational rehabilitation in private sector including case management and vocational expert fitness for workers compensation, personal injury litigation, and social security.

RSED 7320/7326 INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING APPROACHES IN REHABILITATION (3). Surveys theoretical approaches involved in individual counseling with an emphasis on persons with disabilities using an eclectic point of view and psycho-educational approach.

RSED 7330/7336 - GROUP COUNSELING IN REHABILITATION SETTINGS (3). Nature and function of group dynamics in rehabilitation settings including theories of groups, group structure, and psycho-educational strategies to be used with rehabilitation clients

RSED 7410/7416 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF CASE MANAGEMENT (3). Case Management theory and techniques as they are applied to vocational rehabilitation settings, particularly in the state agency. 

RSED 7440/7446 SEMINAR IN RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (3). Designed to promote an introductory understanding of research methods employed in the social sciences. The course provides an overview of the major modes of inquiry. 

RSED 7440/7446 ETHICS IN REHABILITATION COUNSELING (3). Concerns ethical behavior for human services workers. Provides a foundation regarding major ethical issues related to professional practice in the human services arena, specifically in the area of rehabilitation counseling.

RSED 7440/7446 COUNSELING THROUGH THE LIFESPAN (3). Theories and current research in development across the lifespan with emphasis on applications to rehabilitation counseling.  

RSED 7910/7916 PRACTICUM (3). Practice in rehabilitation or community service setting aligned with degree program option.

RSED 7920/7926 INTERNSHIP (9). Comprehensive supervised on-the-job experience in a school, college or community based setting serving individuals with disabilities.

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