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.

The Nature of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Implications for Collaborative Efforts

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Linda L. Leech ◽  
John M. Holcomb
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Psychiatric Disabilities ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Rehabilitation Professionals ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

This article highlights key characteristics of severe, long-term mental illness which present challenges for rehabilitation professionals. The authors discuss recovery, a biopsychosocial understanding of psychiatric disability, a three dimensional model for conceptualizing the course of severe, long-term mental illnesses, the rehabilitation process, and the role of the rehabilitation practitioner. The literature review points to the need for collaborative efforts to improve the quality and availability of rehabilitation services, including employment, for people with psychiatric disabilities. Authors present a call to action on key recommendations presented in literature across two decades.

A Certificate of Graduate Study in Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Responding to a Multi-agency Need

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda L. Leech
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Graduate Study ◽  
University Of South Carolina ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Rehabilitation Professionals ◽  
The University

This article explores key areas for academic emphasis in the training of rehabilitation counselors and other professionals to work with individuals with severe, long-term mental illnesses. The author identifies a set of knowledge areas and skills for psychiatric rehabilitation professionals emerging from an extensive literature review. The rationale and course content of a Certificate of Graduate Study in Psychiatric Rehabilitation from the University of South Carolina is presented.

Multicultural Education and Training in Rehabilitation Counseling Education Programs

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-202
Author(s):  
Chandra M. Donnell ◽  
Stacia L. Robertson ◽  
Cozetta D. Shannon
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Counselor Education ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Counseling Education ◽  
Counseling Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor Education ◽  
Multicultural Practices

Racial-ethnic backgrounds of rehabilitation counseling clientele have become increasingly diverse. Additionally, the current emphasis on globalization and international rehabilitation in diverse communities requires educators to examine teaching methods and strategies to best train rehabilitation counselors working within these complex diverse populations. Rehabilitation counseling training programs have begun to embrace multicultural practices as they are implemented in accreditation standards; however, implementation of multicultural practices in educational programs is still unclear. The purpose of this article is to define multicultural education and its role in rehabilitation counselor education. A multifaceted approach to multicultural education in rehabilitation counseling education is presented. Implications for rehabilitation counselor education programs is discussed.

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.

Rehabilitation Counseling's Phoenix Project: Re-visiting the Call for Unification of the Professional Associations in Rehabilitation Counseling

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Michael J. Leahy ◽  
Vilia M. Tarvydas ◽  
Brian N. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Professional Association ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Current Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

The purpose of this white paper is to re-visit the call for unification of the professional associations representing rehabilitation counseling. The current status and issues associated with the multiple associations representing the discipline will be briefly reviewed. A brief history of collaborative efforts between these organizations, salient issues and trends, and observations about the critical need to unify our national professional associations will be included and discussed. Finally, a set of specific actionable steps will be recommended to move the discipline to unify and establish one professional association that represents all rehabilitation counselors both nationally and internationally.

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.

Strategies to Promote Successful Employment of People with Psychiatric Disabilities

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
George W. Ackerman ◽  
Connie J. McReynolds
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Employment Outcomes ◽  
Psychiatric Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Intervention ◽  
Client Population ◽  
Successful Employment

Achieving successful employment outcomes for people with psychiatric disabilities continues to be one of the greatest challenges for rehabilitation counselors. This is particularly true now that people with psychiatric disabilities constitute the largest client population for vocational rehabilitation agencies. Given the magnitude and complexity of the challenge, rehabilitation counselors need to utilize every strategy available to assist people with psychiatric disabilities in becoming successfully employed Psychiatric rehabilitation intervention methods will be discussed, emphasizing the use of job trainers in working with individuals with psychiatric disabilities.

The Matrix: Suggesting a New Approach to Rehabilitation Assessment

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
Darlene A.G. Groomes
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Clinical Judgments ◽  
Counseling Education ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Treatment Plans ◽  
Rehabilitation Assessment

Clinical judgments made during the assessment process can affect the outcome decisions that rehabilitation counselors construct about consumer performance. The individualized nature of rehabilitation assessment seems to demand a more uniform and consistent way of making sense of the various data resulting from the assessment process. Few suggestions for organizing the assessment data have been presented in rehabilitation counseling literature. Particular difficulties in making clinical judgments are reviewed, and a psychological model for organizing assessment information is suggested for enhancing clinical judgments. The result of using the matrix may assist counselors in making more accurate hypotheses about consumer performance, and in developing treatment plans with consumers. Implications for rehabilitation counseling education, practice, and research are provided.

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