Epilogue: Rehabilitation Counseling Credentialing

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-80
Author(s):  
Michael J. Leahy ◽  
Edna Mora Szymanski
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
Certified Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Empirical Foundation ◽  
And Training

This special joint issue has presented information on the status of credentialing in rehabilitation counseling by providing a review of the certification, accreditation, and counselor licensure efforts, as well as the issues confronting the profession in the continuing process of professionalization. In addition, this issue has focused on the empirical foundation of the credentialing processes in rehabilitation counseling by providing the initial findings of an ongoing research project designed to validate the accreditation and certification processes that support the profession, along with the identification of the reported preparedness and training needs of certified rehabilitation counselors.

Current Knowledge and Training Needs of Certified Rehabilitation Counselors to Work Effectively With Veterans With Disabilities

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-17
Author(s):  
Michael Frain ◽  
Malachy Bishop ◽  
Timothy Tansey ◽  
Jennifer Sanchez ◽  
Frank Wijngaarde
Keyword(s):  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
High Knowledge ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Certified Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
And Training

Veterans with disabilities have gained national attention in recent years because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This study examined certified rehabilitation counselors’ (CRCs ) knowledge and preparation for working with veterans with disabilities on their rehabilitation. Results indicate that CRCs report low levels of preparation in some of the areas deemed important by veterans and professionals. However, CRCs report high knowledge in many important areas to work effectively with veterans with disabilities.

Incorporating Feminism Into Rehabilitation Counselor Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mookyong Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Counselor Educators ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Counselors In Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Diversity Issues ◽  
Gender Power ◽  
And Training

Purpose:The author describes how rehabilitation counselor educators can incorporate the feminist perspective in teaching rehabilitation counselors-in-training by exploring history, core values, and training methods of feminism.Method:Based on a literature review, the author compares philosophy and concepts of rehabilitation counseling and feminism, reviews the models of feminist supervision, and explores its applicability to rehabilitation counseling.Results:Feminism coincides with the philosophy of rehabilitation counseling in that both share similar perspectives that emphasize equity and justice. When incorporating feminism, the philosophical and conceptual tenets of rehabilitation counseling can be effectively trained through the practices of the rehabilitation counselor such as empowerment and advocacy for clients. Specifically, as a method to disseminate the core values of rehabilitation counseling, feminist supervision provides a structured model to train rehabilitation counselors-in-training.Conclusions:The feminist approach can be incorporated as a viable training method for rehabilitation counselor educators in that feminism provides a useful framework in which not only to view gender, power, and diversity issues but also to train philosophy and core values of rehabilitation counseling.

Employee Assistance Programs: An Emerging Vista for Rehabilitation Counseling

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Dickman ◽  
William G. Emener
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employee Assistance Programs ◽  
Employee Assistance ◽  
American Industry ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
And Training

The continuous growth and developemnt of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) in American industry, the basic elements of EAP's, and the effectiveness of EAP's, are presented. Following a discussion of the rehabilitation process, and the knowledges, skills, expertise, and roles and functions of rehabilitation counselors, implications and recommendations offered within the proposition that professionally trained rehabilitation counselors are optimally prepared to provide and coordinate EAP services. Implications for education and training, structural considerations, and professionalism are also included.

A Time for Change Implications of the CRCC Demographic Data for Rehabilitation Curriculum

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Roger H. Livingston
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Education ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Extensive Data ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Professional ◽  
Certified Rehabilitation Counselors

A Time for Change?Since mid-1975, extensive data has been collected on individuals seeking to become Certified Rehabilitation Counselors. Examining the data on “counselors” suggests that performaooe on the Field Review is below average in some situations. Graduates of rehabilitation counseling programs tend to score higher than most other graduate majors, such as counseling psychology or clinical psychology. The results suggest steps should be taken to strengthen training for the rehabilitation professional in terms of graduate education, RCEP, and in-service training.

Certified Rehabilitation Counselors: A New Era

1977 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-232
Author(s):  
Roger H. Livingston ◽  
James R. Engelkes
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
The United States ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
New Era ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Counselor Certification ◽  
Certified Rehabilitation Counselors

The professional status and future of rehabilitation counseling, as a profession, has been enhanced through the certification of rehabilitation counselors. Since July, 1974, the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification has certified more than 8,000 individuals in the profession. These professionals are located throughout the United States, its territories, and three foreign countries. Beginning in July, 1975, extensive demographic information was collected on each applicant resulting in a composite profile on slightly over 50% of the Certified Rehabilitation Counselors (CRC's) certified during the “grandpersoning” period.

Ethics and the Use of Technology in Rehabilitation Counseling

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Barros-Bailey. ◽  
Jodi L. Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Group Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Security Assessment ◽  
Helping Professions ◽  
Technology Ethics ◽  
Distance Counseling ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Supervision And Training ◽  
And Training

Standards for technology ethics were first introduced into the Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors in 2002. Since that time, the proliferation of technology has enhanced practice, changed the American vernacular, and become infused in the delivery of services to and teaching of individuals, families, and groups. The 2010 revision to the Code updates and reinforces standards involving behavior, accessibility, confidentiality, informed consent, security, assessment, records, legal issues, advertising, research and publication, counseling unavailability, disclosure, and distance counseling. However, it introduces new standards that are absent from the literature in the counseling and helping professions specific to technology ethics involving consultative and distance group counseling as well as in teaching, supervision, and training.

Training Needs of Certified Rehabilitation Counselors for Contemporary Practice

2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fong Chan ◽  
Michael J. Leahy ◽  
Jodi L. Saunders ◽  
Vilia M. Tarvydas ◽  
James M. Ferrin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Training Needs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Certified Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Contemporary Practice

Collaborative Efforts to Meet the Experiential Training Needs of Rehabilitation Counselors

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
Manuela Kress-Shull ◽  
Linda L. Leech
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Psychiatric Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Experiential Training ◽  
Counseling Education ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

A series of developmental experiential learning activities designed to give students increasingly more experience working with individuals with psychiatric disabilities is described. The benefits of including these types of activities within a psychiatric rehabilitation specialization in a rehabilitation counseling master's degree program are discussed. Activities that increase students' sensitivity to, experience with, and efficacy working with individuals with long-term mental illnesses can easily be included in other rehabilitation counseling education programs.

Application of the KVI-R to Assess and Compare Training Needs for Private and Public State-Federal Rehabilitation Counselors

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-143
Author(s):  
Scott Beveridge ◽  
Sarah Durant ◽  
John Penrod
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Group Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
The United States ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Philosophical Foundations

BackgroundThe KVI-R was developed by a team of researchers in collaboration with the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) as a measurement instrument to assess training needs of rehabilitation counselors. The KVI-R includes 92 items measured on two dimensions: importance to the rehabilitation counseling field and degree of preparedness to work in that area.ObjectiveThe objective for this study was to assess and compare training needs reported by private sector and public sector rehabilitation counselors via the KVI-R.MethodsParticipant data for this study was compiled from two previous studies examining rehabilitation counselors working the public sector and a second study examining the private sector. A sample of 442 public sector rehabilitation counselors were recruited from the state-federal Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies within the federal Mid-Atlantic Region III (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV). A sample of 423 private sector rehabilitation counselors across the United States were recruited through the George Washington University's Forensic Rehabilitation Counseling Certificate Program marketing email list for a total sample of N = 865 Participants responded to two pre- and post- survey questions along with the Knowledge Validation Inventory–Revised (KVI-R) instrument which is used to measure training needs of rehabilitation professionals.FindingsThere were no statistically significant differences shown between the two groups' overall training need or for any KVI-R domain specific need. Both groups indicated that time spent in training was unnecessarily emphasized in areas of group counseling practices and interventions, group counseling theories, and historical philosophical foundations of rehabilitation counseling. Comparing qualitative responses between rehabilitation counselors in the private and the public sector, there were several areas of differences in reported training needs. Those who worked in the public sector reported significantly higher perceived benefits from further training for persons with disabilities (p = .001). Additionally, demographic differences were found between overall years practicing, with private sector counselors having about twice the clinical experience on average compared to the public sector counselors. In addition, private sector counselors had significantly more professional credentials compared to public sector rehabilitation counselors.

Application of the Knowledge Validation Inventory–Revised to Assess Current Training Needs of State-Federal Rehabilitation Counselors

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Beveridge ◽  
Pamela Leconte ◽  
Megan Doughty Shaine ◽  
Christopher Del Toro ◽  
John Christian Penrod
Keyword(s):  
Survey Design ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Core Knowledge ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Certified Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Knowledge Validation

Purpose:To identify the current training needs of state-federal rehabilitation counselors and determine if the self-perceived training needs differ for participants who are a certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC) to those counselors with out the CRC credential.Method:A mixed-methods internet-based survey design was utilized and included descriptive, qualitative, and ex post facto approaches on a sample of rehabilitation counselors (N= 341) via the Knowledge Validation Inventory-Revised (KVI-R).Results:The participants reported high or moderate self-perceived training needs on 9 of the 10 content areas on the KVI-R; however, no significant differences between certified and non-certified rehabilitation counselors were found. Highest degree earned and numbers of years in practice were significant predictors of training needs.Conclusion:The results from this study indicate a self-reported need for additional training of state-federal rehabilitation counselors in many of the CORE knowledge domains considered essential for rehabilitation counseling. The findings also indicate that as level of education and experience increased among this sample, the need for training decreased.

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