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Nov 22, 2024
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2013-2014 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Specialization
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Program Coordinator/Contact
Dr. Alan Davis, Professor
Department of Counseling and Human Development
alan.davis@sdstate.edu
Program Information
The Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Specialization is dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of counselors and programs of service to people with disabilities. Educational experiences will aim to prepare qualified rehabilitation counselors, increase knowledge in the field of rehabilitation, and to apply knowledge to the growing effectiveness of rehabilitation professionals and service delivery systems. In alliance with students, agencies, consumers, and professional organizations, the specialty area will promote the independence, acceptance, and dignity of all people with significant disabilities.
Students who successfully complete this 48-credit hour specialization will earn a Master of Science in Counseling and Human Resource Development specializing in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling. Upon successful completion of the core requirements, and those of the Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling emphasis, and with successful completion of the comprehensive written and oral examinations, graduates are endorsed as having constructed appropriate entry level knowledge and as having met appropriate skill acquisition to be recognized as professional rehabilitation and mental health counselors. Students in this emphasis are also responsible for having taken supporting area courses which supplement or enhance their chosen specialty.
Accreditation, Certification, and Licensure
Program Objectives
- meet the growing needs and diverse challenges of consumers with physical and psychiatric disabilities; prepare qualified counselors for careers with federal, state, and private agencies;
- meet anticipated work force needs in the growing rehabilitation and mental health counseling field; and
- provide field experience and internships to develop professional counseling skills.
Student Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course requirements for a MS in CHRD specializing in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling, students will:
- acquire a sound, basic education in rehabilitation;
- develop the lifelong habit of updating skills and professionalism;
- develop a commitment to assist individuals with disabilities in using their own resources and opportunities to meet their developmental, vocational, and educational needs;
- nourish a commitment to individual human values;
- exercise skills and competencies on a high ethical level and with personal integrity;
- maintain a critical, questioning, and exploratory attitude; and
- contribute to the profession by offering suggestions to educators and researchers with the overall goal of improving practice in the rehabilitation profession in general and in the specific area of professional application. Students should also be personally committed to the field of rehabilitation who can provide effective services to individuals with disabilities, including individuals with severe disabilities.
- Students are encouraged to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field of rehabilitation through research and the demonstrated application of significant findings.
Requirements for the Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Specialization
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- Credits: 6
- Elective Credits: 4
- (Option A)
- Option B)
- Additional Coursework (Option C)
Total Credits: 48
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