Rehabilitation Counseling Program
Program Mission/Objectives
The mission of the Rehabilitation Counseling program is to provide a comprehensive educational program to facilitate the development of competent, professionally qualified rehabilitation counselors to meet the needs of individuals who experience the limitations of a disability and discriminatory attitudes in society.
Graduates should be able to effectively provide and coordinate all aspects of the rehabilitation process, including: assessment; individual, group, family and vocational/career counseling, job development and placement; case management; medical services; vocational and educational training; follow-up services; and other rehabilitation services that will help a person with a disability become more fully functioning and/or independent.
The Rehabilitation Counseling program is a CORE accredited 60 hour program. The courses are offered in a distance education format including online and intensive based. Students completing the program are eligible for the following certifications and/or license, with the appropriate electives, upon completion of the program:
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor (CADAC)
The program prepares students to work with individuals with any type of physical, mental, emotional, and/or social disability. The field of rehabilitation takes a holistic approach addressing all aspects of an individual’s life and empowering individual’s to have control over their own lives. These concepts form the philosophical basis for coursework which prepares students to provide vocational guidance, psychological counseling, rehabilitation case management, and job development and placement services for persons with any type of physical, mental, emotional or social disability.
Further Information
To request additional information about our Rehabilitation Counseling graduate program please contact us at 620-341-5220 or cdvorak@emporia.edu