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Rehabilitation Counseling at UMB |
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Rehabilitation Counseling Program at the UMB has had an average of 40 students annually for many years. Students in our program are from culturally and economically diverse backgrounds. About 10 to 15% of the students have a disability. Many of our students are employed full time while enrolled in the Rehabilitation Counseling Program and some of them have work experience in the field of rehabilitation. All our students, regardless of their backgrounds and experiences, have played a major role in the continuing growth of the Rehabilitation Counseling Program. This page provides information about the Rehabilitation Counseling Student Club, resources (e.g., library and computer lab) for students, the Ross Center for Disability Services, and professional organizations. Rehabilitation Counseling Student Club The Rehabilitation Counseling Student Club is part of the Graduate Student Assembly at UMB. All students in our Rehabilitation Counseling Program are eligible to become the member of this Club. By joining the Club, students have opportunities to participate in all academic and leisure activities organized by the Club and obtain financial support from the Club to attend professional conferences.Please click on the hyperlink for more information:
Handbooks
Library: The Healey Library has a good collection of rehabilitation and disability-related professional journals and books.
Computer Labs: The computer labs are equipped with both PCs and Macs. Adaptive Lab: There is an adaptive lab for students with disabilities. Smart Classroom: The Graduate College of Education has a Smart Classroom where students learn to use technology to deliver services for people with disabilities. Ross Center for Disability Services
The Ross Center assists the university in offering equal access to individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable classroom accommodations and auxiliary aids, individual and peer group counseling, advocacy and coordination of institutional efforts to comply with the broad mandates of access laws, information, resources, referrals and activities. The major professional organizations of rehabilitation
include: American
Rehabilitation Counseling Association National Rehabilitation Counseling Association National
Rehabilitation Associatioin American
Psychological Association-Section 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology) All aforementioned organizations accept student members. By joining these organizations, students will receive professional journals such as the Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, the Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, and Rehabilitation Psychology. They will have opportunities to meet professional counselors at conferences of these organizations to build or expand their professional network. They will also be able to purchase low cost insurance policies that will cover their practice when they start doing the internship.
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