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Rehabilitation Science The Arkansas Tech Rehabilitation Program was the first undergraduate rehabilitation program offered by a university in Arkansas, and is the only program in the state admitted to membership in the Undergraduate Registry of the Council on Rehabilitation Education. As a member of the Registry the program is one of only 22 programs in the United States that have been admitted to Registry membership. The Rehabilitation Science major is an interdisciplinary program designed to prepare students as generalists for entry-level caseworker positions in a variety of rehabilitation-human services settings. Examples are: rehabilitation caseworker-counselor I, employment counselor-interviewer, probation-parole officer, juvenile court intake worker, juvenile probation officer, correctional counselor, family services worker, halfway house caseworker, substance abuse caseworker, mental health case manager, elderly services case manager, vocational evaluator I, social security disability determination worker, developmental disabilities case manager, and others. In addition to preparing students for employment at the bachelor's degree level, the Rehabilitation Science curriculum also prepares students for graduate study leading to the Masters degree in fields such as Rehabilitation Counseling, Community Agency Counseling, Social Work, Gerontology, Counseling Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, Vocational Evaluation, and Corrections. As part of their studies Rehabilitation Science majors are required to complete 12 hours of course work in a primary emphasis area and 6 hours in a secondary emphasis. Emphasis areas available to the student include Aging, Child Welfare, Corrections, Social Services, and Vocational Rehabilitation. Related to the Child Welfare emphasis the Rehabilitation Science program is part of a nine university Child Welfare Partnership that works with the Division of Children and Family Services to prepare students for employment as family services workers. For more information on the Child Welfare Partnership, click here. A unique feature of the Rehabilitation Science program is the internship-field placement option. Rehabilitation Science majors complete either a full-time one semester internship or three semesters of part-time field placements in agency settings related to their chosen emphasis areas, giving them hands on experience in the field prior to graduation. Rehabilitation Science Courses Offered at Arkansas Tech Introduction to Rehabilitation Services Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Disability The World of Work Principles and Techniques of Rehabilitation Services Introduction to Vocational Rehabilitation and the Vocational Rehabilitation Process Introduction to Social Services and the Social Services Case Process Rehabilitation Approaches in the Correctional Setting Probation and Parole Organization and Structure in the Rehabilitation-Human Services Setting Supported Employment and Special Populations Rehabilitation Programming and the Elderly Ethics in Human Services Multicultural Issues in Human Services Rehabilitation Science Seminar Social Services for Individuals and Families Internship in Rehabilitation Services Field Placement in Rehabilitation Science Field Placement Related to Vocational Rehabilitation Field Placement Related to Aging Field Placement Related to Corrections Field Placement Related to Social Services Field Placement for Psychology and Sociology Majors Field Placement Related to Child Welfare Services Survey of Counseling Theories Seminar in Severe Disabilities Rehabilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Work Evaluation in Rehabilitation Substance Abuse Family Centered Services Family Services Seminar Special Problems in Rehabilitation Science Rehabilitation Science Faculty Lyman B. Harris, Ph.D., LPC, CRC Professor & Director of Rehabilitation Science Margaret (Marti) Wilkerson, MRC, LPC Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Science & Coordinator Child Welfare Partnership Penny P. Willmering, Ph.D., CRC, Licensed Psychologist (MO), LPC Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Science Child Welfare Partnership Staff Joy Wheeler , B.A., LSW Research Assistant-Field Instructor Pamela Morrow, Research Assistant Beth Morris, MRC, ACADC, LPC Research Assistant-Field Instructor Amanda Paterak, B.A. Research Assistant Kori Toth-Gray, B.A. Research Assistant-Field Instructor |
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