This course explores disability in its social context. Persons with disabilities frequently experience a sense of social estrangement, which has multiple implications. This course explores social norms, beliefs, customs, and practices as they relate to the psychological development of persons with disabilities and the therapy process. This course deals with sexual development including the origins of heterosexual behavior and the formation of sexual identity. Concepts of sex, sexual dysfunction, gender, sexual preference, and orientation are discussed.
Students become familiar with leading theoretical approaches and treatment issues.
In this course, students are introduced to the techniques and tools necessary for developing client data and appraising and applying the same. Attention is given to the use and interpretation of standardized test data as well as informal information gathering methods. In this course students are introduced to the medical conditions associated with the work of the rehabilitation counselor. Students are acquainted with the nature of certain disease processes and their implications for counseling. This course introduces students to brief treatment theories, their commonalties, and rationale.