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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Corequisite: This course provides an understanding of individual and family life style, communication patterns, family dynamics, systems theory, and interventions for appropriate use with individuals and families. Focus is given to understanding specialized skills for working with individuals and families of disability and to appreciate the critical issues related to the rehabilitation process. An overview of family therapy theories is presented to add to the knowledge of family dynamics.
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3.00 Credits
This course involves investigation and discussion of major issues currently experienced by families. This advanced course will focus on the implications of these issues on family therapy and intervention approaches. Students will also explore their personal lenses and how they affect services. In addition, students will concentrate on advocacy and the implementation of the course objectives outside of the classroom.
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3.00 Credits
This course will address major issues and trends associated with substance abuse and addiction. Students will study the impact of substance abuse as it relates to individuals, families, groups, communities, and society. Specific areas of concentration will include: the historical development of substance abuse, costs (i.e., personal, familial, societal, economic, etc.), etiological perspectives, considerations with various populations (e.g., people with disabilities, GLBT, etc.), societal trends and responses, concepts of drug regulation, prevention, and education, and social policy. This course will contribute to students’ awareness of substance abuse as a major issue in rehabilitation counseling.
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3.00 Credits
This course will involve an exploration of theoretical approaches to couples therapy and enrichment. Students will learn the theoretical foundations, processes, and practices associated with these models. In addition, students will explore methods of prevention, education, and enrichment, research findings, major issues that impact relationships, and ethical considerations.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the methods of evaluation of the individual is provided including an overview of standardized tests, personality instruments, interest inventories, the use of observation, interviews, rating scales and situational assessments. Cultural difference sensitivity is developed for all evaluation methods. This course discusses the need for a comprehensive assessment of the individual to identify the capacity for rehabilitation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: REHB 662 Career development theories are reviewed with discussion of the implications for vocational evaluation. The student will analyze jobs which exist in the labor market, analyze vocational evaluation work samples and other data, identify appropriate testing instruments and do a labor market survey. This course discusses state-of-the-art practices, such as computerized vocational instruments.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an opportunity to examine personal and theoretical worldviews with an emphasis on the importance of transferring theory into practice. Paralleling the emphasis on the application of theory will be the analysis and evaluation of the multicultural competencies (a. awareness of own assumptions, values, & biases; b. understanding the worldview of culturally different clients; & c. developing appropriate intervention strategies & techniques). In addition, research, ethical concerns, and a disability perspective will be interwoven throughout the course to highlight its connection to theory and multiculturalism.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: REHB 663 This gives students exposure to the principles of job development, placement and supported employment. Students learn to apply the techniques of job seeking and keeping; job club, job analysis, transferable skills analysis, integration analysis, systematic instruction, reasonable accommodation and supported employment to working with people with severe disabilities.
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3.00 Credits
The dynamics of group interaction are examined from both theoretical and practical perspectives with particular emphasis on group counseling with individuals with disabilities. Topics addressed include types of groups; marriage and family concerns, leadership styles, counselor roles and models of problem resolution. The student acquires practical experience as both a member and leader of the groups.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to the field of family therapy. In addition to learning about its history and development, students will explore the philosophical and theoretical foundations upon which family systems therapy is built. Students will be introduced to the modernist (classic) models of family therapy including the concepts and methods associated with those frameworks to the principles of job development, placement and supported employment.
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