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General Counseling and Casework

Graduate Rehabilitation Counseling Services Program
Rehabilitation Services Department
Minimum 60 S.H. Master of Science or Master of Education in:

General Counseling and Casework
The primary objective of this program is to prepare students to work in counseling with a wide variety of physical, mental, emotional disabilities, illnesses, traumas and other conditions. Emphasis is placed on knowledge and skills needed for diagnostic assessments, evaluation, interviewing and counseling. Students are educated in the use of relevant information and dynamics for casework planning and client services. Typically, graduates of this program work as counselors, consultants and specialists for employers in many different public and private settings. Usual responsibilities require the ability to work with various individuals, groups, families, schools, employees, physicians and other professionals.

Research Course Requirement
RSCH 610: Foundations and Methods of Research

General Course Requirements
RHDS 601: Human Development and Disabling Conditions
RHDS 605: Rehabilitation: History, Principles and Practices
RHDS 606: Casework Management Techniques
RHDS 611: Multi-Cultural Counseling
RHDS 635: Rehabilitation Counseling: Theory
RHDS 642: Employment and Career Development
RHDS 650: Psychosocial Assessment
RHDS 661: Medical Survey
RHDS 680.02 Ethics and Professional Issues
RHDS 692: Group Counseling

Specific Program Course Requirements
RHDS 691: Neurological Rehabilitation
RHDS 692: Group Counseling
RHDS 694: Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Clinical Course Requirements
RHDS 684: Practicum (min. 120 hours of which 40 hrs. must be direct client services)
RHDS 686: Internship (min. 600 hours for CRC)

Degree Options/Course Requirements (Choose one)

• Plan A: Master of Education
  • RSCH 618: Guided Independent Study
• Plan B: Master of Science - Thesis
  • RSCH 620: Educational Statistics
  • RSCH 612: Propoal Design
  • RSCH 635: Thesis
• Plan C: Master of Science - Research Project
  • RSCH 612: Proposal Design
  • RSCH 620: Educational Statistics
  • RSCH 626: Research Project