Supervised Project in Rehabilitation. Students will participate in research, community activities, resource development and special projects requiring literature reviews, report preparation, skill demonstration, and public education. Credit will be assigned depending on the amount of time spent on the project per week and this will be determined by a contract between the student and faculty member before registration for the course. Back to Curriculum Back to top of page REHB 5601 . Foundations of Rehabilitation Counseling.
Students learn the legislative, historical, and philosophical roots of rehabilitation.
Topics covered include federal and local mandates for the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities, independent living concepts, and the basic principles of human services and helping techniques. A comprehensive review of the variety of rehabilitation programs across the public, private non-profit, and proprietary settings is provided. Emphasis is placed on ethical decision-making related to working with people who have disabilities and the development of a case management approach to providing services. Students make field site visits to various rehabilitation settings for practical exposure to actual functioning of rehabilitation systems and the disability groups they serve. Back to Curriculum Back to top of page REHB 5602 .