Career in Rehabilitation Career in Rehabilitation CounselingCounseling

Psychological and Counseling Services Psychological and Counseling Services ProgramProgram

Florida State UniversityFlorida State University

What is Rehabilitation What is Rehabilitation Counseling?Counseling?

• Specialization within the field of Specialization within the field of counselingcounseling

• Considered both a Considered both a counselingcounseling and and allied healthallied health profession profession

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Rehabilitation Rehabilitation CounselorsCounselors

• Assists Assists persons withpersons with disabilitiesdisabilities to to • achieve their achieve their personalpersonal, , careercareer, and , and

independent living independent living goals in the most goals in the most integrated settings possibleintegrated settings possible

• become or remain become or remain self-sufficient self-sufficient and and productiveproductive members of society. members of society.

• Achieve rehabilitation goals through the Achieve rehabilitation goals through the counseling processcounseling process

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How Rehabilitation How Rehabilitation Counseling different from Counseling different from

others counseling others counseling professions?professions?

• Focus on disabilityFocus on disability• Specialized training in the medical, Specialized training in the medical,

psychological and social aspects psychological and social aspects of disability of disability

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What IS “Disability”?

This?

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Or This?

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuMHSFPOzpc&feature=player_detailpage#t=0s

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bPSevAmdA8&feature=related (Nick Vujicic)

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What is a Disability?What is a Disability?

• Physical or mental Physical or mental impairmentimpairment

• Substantially Substantially limits or restricts limits or restricts the personthe person’’s in s in one or more one or more major life areasmajor life areas• work, education, work, education,

social, living social, living independentlyindependently

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Causes of DisabilitiesCauses of Disabilities

• Congenital Congenital • Birth defectsBirth defects

• AcquiredAcquired• Illness and diseaseIllness and disease• Work-related injuriesWork-related injuries• Automobile accidentsAutomobile accidents• WarWar• AgingAging

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Types of DisabilityTypes of Disability

• PhysicalPhysical• SensorySensory• CognitiveCognitive• PsychiatricPsychiatric• DevelopmentalDevelopmental

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Examples of Job Titles• Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpwadEQoRM4&feature=related

• Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM44cLXISiM• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcObVsiAU14

• Case Manager• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chYcNQqtZG4&featu

re=related• Occupational therapist

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkw77r-KIuc

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Examples of Job Titles• Physical therapist

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z2Ib4Meul4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z2Ib4Meul4

• Transition SpecialistTransition Specialist• Family and Marriage Counselor Family and Marriage Counselor • Forensic Rehabilitation SpecialistForensic Rehabilitation Specialist• Life Care Planning SpecialistLife Care Planning Specialist• Job Placement SpecialistJob Placement Specialist

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AszATtlRvkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AszATtlRvk• Mental Health CounselorsMental Health Counselors• Vocational EvaluatorVocational Evaluator

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBdmTbWg6L0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBdmTbWg6L0

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Examples of Employment Examples of Employment SettingsSettings

• State Rehabilitation Agencies (DVR; DBS)State Rehabilitation Agencies (DVR; DBS)• VeteranVeteran’’s Administrations Administration• Hospitals (Rehabilitation, VA, Psychiatric)Hospitals (Rehabilitation, VA, Psychiatric)• Substance Abuse Treatment programsSubstance Abuse Treatment programs• SchoolsSchools• Independent Living CentersIndependent Living Centers• Insurance Companies Insurance Companies • Community mental health centersCommunity mental health centers• Private agencies or practicePrivate agencies or practice• Industry Industry

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Scope of PracticeScope of Practice• Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment planningAssessment, Diagnosis and Treatment planning• Case Management and service coordinationCase Management and service coordination• Consultation and access to rehabilitation Consultation and access to rehabilitation

technologytechnology• Interventions to remove environmental, Interventions to remove environmental,

employment, and attitudinal barriersemployment, and attitudinal barriers• Job development, placement and employment Job development, placement and employment

accommodationsaccommodations• Individual and group counseling focused on Individual and group counseling focused on

facilitating psychosocial adjustment to disabilityfacilitating psychosocial adjustment to disability• Advocacy for persons with disabilitiesAdvocacy for persons with disabilities

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Growing Demands• Career opportunities expected to Career opportunities expected to

increase by 25% between 2006 and increase by 25% between 2006 and 2016. 2016.

• Expanded opportunities in pediatric Expanded opportunities in pediatric and geriatricsand geriatrics

• Federal funding for training Federal funding for training programsprograms

• Aging trendAging trend

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Critical Shortage of Rehabilitation

Counselors• Federal funding of graduate training Federal funding of graduate training

programs in rehabilitation counselingprograms in rehabilitation counseling• Increase number of rehabilitation Increase number of rehabilitation

counselors working in or in conjunction counselors working in or in conjunction with the state/federal vocational with the state/federal vocational rehabilitation program.rehabilitation program.

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Earning Potential of Rehabilitation

Professionals • Average annual earnings with a Average annual earnings with a

MasterMaster’’s degree: $42,000s degree: $42,000• Range $27,000 - $67,000Range $27,000 - $67,000• Varies across settingsVaries across settings

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Application for Application for Graduate Programs Graduate Programs

• PreparationsPreparations• Volunteer experiencesVolunteer experiences• Job shadowingJob shadowing• Informational interviewInformational interview

• How to cover the tuition and cost? How to cover the tuition and cost? Scholarship?Scholarship?

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RSA Scholarship• Students accepting RSA Students accepting RSA

scholarships MUST o work after scholarships MUST o work after graduation in a state, non-profit graduation in a state, non-profit rehabilitation agency, or related rehabilitation agency, or related community-based agency for two community-based agency for two years per year the scholarship is years per year the scholarship is accepted. accepted.

• After the After the ““pay backpay back”” period then no period then no longer obligated to work in those longer obligated to work in those settings.settings.

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SummarySummary

• Growing profession with excellent Growing profession with excellent occupational outlookoccupational outlook

• Offers a diversity of work settings, Offers a diversity of work settings, roles, functions, and clientele.roles, functions, and clientele.

• Employment opportunities in public Employment opportunities in public and private sectorand private sector

• Scholarships available for graduate Scholarships available for graduate educationeducation

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For More InformationWeb Sites

Council on Rehabilitation Education Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) (CORE)

http://www.core-rehab.org/http://www.core-rehab.org/

Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)Certification (CRCC)

http://www.crccertification.com/http://www.crccertification.com/

Rehabilitation Services Administration Rehabilitation Services Administration ScholarshipsScholarships

http://www.ed.gov/students/college/aid/http://www.ed.gov/students/college/aid/rehab/scholrsp.htmlrehab/scholrsp.html

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Professional Professional AssociationsAssociations

American Rehabilitation Counseling American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA) http://www.arcaweb.org/Association (ARCA) http://www.arcaweb.org/

American Counseling Association (ACA)American Counseling Association (ACA)

http://www.counseling.org/http://www.counseling.org/

American Psychological Association (APA) – American Psychological Association (APA) – Rehabilitation PsychologyRehabilitation Psychology

http://www.apa.org/about/division/div22.html http://www.apa.org/about/division/div22.html

National Rehabilitation Association (NRA)National Rehabilitation Association (NRA)

http://www.nationalrehab.org/ http://www.nationalrehab.org/

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For Further InformationFor Further Information

Dr. Shengli Dong or Dr. Deborah EbenerDr. Shengli Dong or Dr. Deborah Ebener

Psychological and Counseling Psychological and Counseling ServicesServices

Florida State UniversityFlorida State University

Tallahassee, FL 32312Tallahassee, FL 32312

sdong3@fsu.edu or debener@fsu.edusdong3@fsu.edu or debener@fsu.edu

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