Rehabilitation Counseling

Practicum Requirements

The Practicum in Rehabilitation Counseling (REHB 236) is designed to prepare graduate student trainees to function in a clinical setting and more easily adapt to the field practice of the rehabilitation counseling internship. Hence, graduate students who have completed the beginning counseling course and 12-15 semester hours of study are eligible to register. Students are assisted in their selection of practicum placements with primary sites being those where CRC supervision is easily available and especially those with RCE graduates. An essential part of this experience is the audio taping of individuals in a counseling setting with supervision and review by the course instructor.

Experiences include: case management, observations, readiness assessment, effective problem solving, goal development and supervision. Legal and ethical issues are discussed, including the Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors.

The course is comprised of the following areas: Counseling approaches and how to integrate them to develop one's own effective counseling style, advanced interviewing skills and techniques, and analysis, assessment and evaluation. Students are required to log 100 hours of practicum experience.

Course requirements include:

• Reading and discussion of texts.
• Completion of logs of practicum exercises.
• Selecting two clients with a disability for long-term counseling (over the course of the semester) and conducting weekly counseling sessions and taping each session. Submitting a tape bi-weekly for case conference including a short one-page summary with a plan for the session and the session's outcome. Also, the completion of progress notes after each session for each client.
• Completion of one in-depth case study (outline will be provided). The client may be one of the clients selected for long-term counseling.
• Completion of one job history (outline provided). The client should be over 40 and have a disability. The client should also have a significant work history.
• Completion of a final assignment to be discussed in class.