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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Diversity characteristics such as culture, age, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, spirituality and religion will be explored. Effects of environmental and attitudinal barriers in counseling and service provision will be discussed. Awareness of personal attitudes and behaviors toward individuals of varied backgrounds will be examined. Strategies for continued self-development and awareness will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
Provides medical information about disabling conditions and introduces students to medical terminology. Includes knowledge of the etiology, prognosis, methods of treatment, effects of disabling conditions and implications for the rehabilitation professional. Relationships of other health related personnel to medical services and comprehensive rehabilitation are also emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on understanding the psychosocial process involved in adjusting to disability. The major characteristics of disability that impact adjustment will be explored as well as stage theories typically cited when referencing the adjustment to disability. Social, environmental, and political factors that impact how persons with disabilities are viewed in society will be discussed. A developmental approach will be taken as life stages will be explored. The impact that disability has on personality development, sexual functioning, families, and social functioning will also be covered.
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to explore and study the techniques required to be effective in the counseling profession. The content presented in this course is presented in multiple formats and includes the presentation of essential knowledge sets, clinical application of this knowledge to build fundamental counseling skills, evaluation of counseling skill development, and assessment of the knowledge and skills necessary to progress in graduate counseling training.
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1.00 Credits
This special course will explore the use of access and assistive technology in the rehabilitation process. Classroom activities will focus on awareness and decision making in selecting and using technology to assist people with disabilities in the rehabilitation process. Students will explore ways in which people with disabilities use technology, the theory involved in the employment of assistive technology and the role that the rehabilitation counselor plays in the assistive technology process. Students will experiment with the "information highway" and learn how it can be utilized in locating rehabilitation knowledge and information.
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2.00 Credits
This course focuses on the role of management and leadership in various rehabilitation agencies/programs. The course will emphasize examination of management principles from a global perspective to local application of administrative policies and their relation to external influences. Various domains of responsibility will be explored as they pertain to the modern manager's multiple functions in the agency/facility environment. The importance of politics, long-range planning, personnel policies, limited resources, service delivery attitudes, and personnel qualifications will also be examined.
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1.00 Credits
This special seminar/workshop will examine the major components that are usually required in writing and obtaining external grant funding. The essential elements and preparation guidelines that need to be considered in writing a grant application as well as the typical process of grant review or evaluation will be covered. The class will also provide suggestions and handouts that might facilitate success in obtaining external grant funding.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to give human service professionals, counselors, and educators an overview of the principles of conflict resolution as a viable and appropriate clinical intervention. As such, the course focuses upon etiology and nature of conflict, social norms and roles, and conflict resolution. Conflict resolution strategies will also be examined and practiced.
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1.00 Credits
This is an introductory course to psychopharmacology for non-medical, helping professionals. Emphasis is placed on the basic principles of pharmacology, the effects of drugs on the human central and peripheral nervous systems and particularly psychoactive drug effects on human cognitive, behavioral and affective domains. It will provide an overview of pharmacological classification systems and various interventions frequently utilized. Students will become familiar with pharmacological lexicon and the benefits/consequences and side effects of drug use and abuse. The implications for rehabilitation services and counseling will be examined.
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2.00 Credits
This course will provide students with an understanding of various principles of mental health/human services administration and management, and supervision models. Students will explore their own management and supervisory styles as well as principles of effective leadership. Students will gain knowledge in understanding the necessary components for planning and evaluation in human service programming, customer satisfaction, organizational culture, funding resources, and regulations and laws. The impact of funding sources, e.g., Medicaid, Medicare, and JCAHO and accrediting agencies will also be examined.
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