Assessing Infusion of Social Justice in Rehabilitation Counselor Education Curriculum

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 406-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengli Dong ◽  
Glacia Ethridge ◽  
Roe Rodgers-Bonaccorsy ◽  
Spalatin N. Oire
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Counselor Educators ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Academic Rank ◽  
National Council ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

Purpose:To examine the extent to which rehabilitation counselor educators understand and are committed to infusing social justice in the rehabilitation counseling curricula.Method:The authors used a quantitative descriptive research design to examine the level and extent of integrating social justice into rehabilitation counseling curricular. The participants were 59 rehabilitation counselor educators recruited during the eighth Annual Rehabilitation Educators Conference hosted by the National Council on Rehabilitation Education.Results:The study found that most participants perceived it important to integrate social justice into rehabilitation counseling curricula. The level and extent of integration varied by academic rank and years of teaching.Conclusion:To ensure future rehabilitation counselors gain social justice competency, it is of great significance that rehabilitation counseling educators infuse the concepts of social justice into the curricula through knowledge and fieldwork domains.

Impacts of Experiencing Social Injustice on Infusing of Social Justice in Rehabilitation Counselor Education Curriculum

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
ShengLi Dong ◽  
Glacia Ethridge ◽  
Roe Rodgers-Bonaccorsy
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Counselor Educators ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

Purpose:To examine the extent to which rehabilitation counselor educators understand and are committed to infusing social justice in their curricula, and impacts of personal and social injustice experience along with demographic factors on their infusion of social justice into the rehabilitation curricula.Methods:A quantitative descriptive design using multiple regression was applied. The participants included 101 rehabilitation counselor educators who completed an online survey: Social Justice and Rehabilitation Counseling Questionnaire.Results:The study revealed that the majority of participants deemed integrating of social justice as important and used various infusion strategies. In addition, the study found the impacts of social injustice experiences, along with age, significant in predicting the perception of infusing social justice into rehabilitation curricula.Conclusions:Personal experiences of social injustice of rehabilitation counselor educators along with age influenced the level of perception of importance of infusing social justice into the rehabilitation curricula. The field should focus on training on the awareness and impact of social justice for faculty to ensure students receive the education needed to effectively counsel the rehabilitation consumers.

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.

Rehabilitation Counselor Educators' Experiences of Social Injustice and Social Justice Infusion

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-233
Author(s):  
ShengLi Dong ◽  
Glacia Ethridge ◽  
Roe Rodgers-Bonaccorsy
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Counselor Educators ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
National Council ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the types of social injustice experiences rehabilitation counselor educators reported, and the relationship between different levels of social injustice experiences and infusion strategies of social justice into the curricula. The participants in the study included 101 rehabilitation counselor educators recruited from the listserv of the National Council on Rehabilitation Education. A quantitative content analysis method was used. The findings showed that social injustice experiences reported by the participants tend to be multidimensional. Participants who reported a high level of exposure to social injustice experiences were more likely to infuse social justice into their curricula at a higher level than participants who reported a low level of exposure to social injustice experiences. The study revealed that gaining an understanding of social injustice in educators' personal and professional lives may foster their efforts to integrate social justice into the curricula, which in turn, may potentially enhance the social justice competency for trainees. Implications for research and practice were discussed.

Importance of Cross-Cultural Counseling in Rehabilitation Counseling Curricula

1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert L. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Counselor Education ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
National Council ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Cross Cultural Counseling

A current trend in counselor education programs is crosscultural counseling courses designed to develop culturally competent counselors. This study sought to determine the level of importance placed on cross-cultural content in the rehabilitation counselor education (RCE) curricula. A national sample representing 50 per cent of the National Council on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE) professional membership was surveyed. Respondents rated twenty-seven curriculum offerings as important in the preparation of professional rehabilitation counselors.

Marketing Rehabilitation Counselor Education Programs

1986 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloyd R. Goodwin
Keyword(s):  
Counselor Education ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Counselor Educators ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor Education ◽  
Counseling Faculty ◽  
Career Options

This article offers a practical guide for rehabilitation counselor educators for marketing rehabilitation counselor education programs in order to attract the highest caliber students possible and to further promote the profession of rehabilitation counseling. Six marketing goals for rehabilitation counselor educators are described: (a) student recruitment, (b) quality education, (c) internships in diverse settings, (d) expand career options for rehabilitation counselors, (e) follow-up with graduates, and (f) program visibility. Numerous marketing strategies are described to achieve these six goals. Also, this article is helpful as an orientation (survival) manual for beginning rehabilitation counseling faculty so they better understand some of the typical expectations of their jobs.

Navigating the Unique Landscape of Clients Who Identify as LGBTQ+ in Vocational Rehabilitation: A Social Justice Primer

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-322
Author(s):  
Robert L. Stevens ◽  
Erica L. Wondolowski ◽  
Gregory A. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Allied Health Professions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Intersecting Identities ◽  
The Many

Clients who identify as both a person with a disability and a member of the LGBTQ+ community (LGBTQxPWD) present with their own unique worldviews and subsequent needs when seeking Rehabilitation Counseling. It remains the ethical and professional responsibility of the Rehabilitation Counselor to engage in practices which not only further their understanding of the sociopolitical and individual environments which impact these clients, but also to engage in ongoing personal and professional development to ensure that the ethical principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence, as well as the charge to cultural competence, are upheld. In the fall of 2019, the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association held a symposium on social justice concerns in the field of Rehabilitation Counseling. There, the need for an LGBTQ+ repository was identified. This resource would allow for Rehabilitation Counselors/educators to obtain information pertaining to the needs of the LGBTQ+ community and the many other intersecting identities that may also present by a given client. The aim of this article is to examine existing research pertaining to those who identify as LGBTQxPWD, identify gaps in the literature regarding needs of the LGBTQ+ and Disability communities, respectively, and to propose action steps where those in the field of Rehabilitation Counseling and other allied health professions can aid in furthering the social justice movement of this group.

Factors Contributing to Rehabilitation Counselor Success in the Private Sector in Michigan

1999 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Martha H. Chapin ◽  
Michael J. Leahy
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Major Theme ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Fair And Equitable Treatment ◽  
Equitable Treatment ◽  
Insight Into

This study sought to gain insight into the behaviors and perspectives of exemplary rehabilitation counselors and how they interpret best practices in the private sector. Twenty rehabilitation counselors nominated as exemplary were interviewed using a semi-structured, conversational approach. A qualitative approach for identifying thematic lines was used to analyze the data. Results and findings from this qualitative design are discussed and implications identified for the major theme of professional maturity. Two sub-themes were additionally identified (1) a belief in fair and equitable treatment of clients and (2) understanding the limitations of the roles and responsibilities of a private rehabilitation counselor. The client-counselor relationship was also emphasized as important to rehabilitation counseling practice in the private sector.

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.

Rehabilitation Counselor Education and the New Code of Ethics

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
Harriet L. Glosoff ◽  
R. Rocco Cottone
Keyword(s):  
Counselor Education ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Counselor Educators ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor Education ◽  
Counselor Certification

The purpose of this article is to discuss recent changes in the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors, effective January 1, 2010, that are most relevant to rehabilitation counselor educators. The authors provide a brief overview of these key changes along with implications for ethical practice in rehabilitation counselor education.

Specializations in Rehabilitation Counseling: One Program's Vision

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-192
Author(s):  
Charles Bernacchio ◽  
Eileen J. Burker ◽  
Donna Falvo ◽  
Patricia Porter ◽  
Stacia Carone
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Counselor Education ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Degree Program ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Collaborative Capacity ◽  
Building Process

The option for specialization is explored to address expanding roles for rehabilitation counselors. Several important considerations are identified for Rehabilitation Counselor Education (RCE) program faculty opting for a specialization. Development of specialty tracks in psychiatric and developmental disabilities are offered as viable options for a master's degree program in rehabilitation counseling. Authors discuss a model using a collaborative capacity-building process in response to national and state needs of persons with disabilities relative to rehabilitation counseling specialization.

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