Rehabilitation Services - Langston University

Rehabilitation Services from Langston University is a Campus Bachelor Counseling degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Mission: The mission of the undergraduate Rehabilitation Service Program (RSP) is to prepare students for positions in the state-federal Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) and Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRPs) and to place students in master's level Rehabilitation Counseling and related programs. Vision: The RSP will strive to become nationally recognized as a producer of highly qualified practitioners and rehabilitation counseling graduate students who address the demand for qualified practitioners locally and nationally in the human service and mental health professions, thus improving quality of life measures among persons with disabilities. Goals/Objectives The goals and objectives of the Langston University Rehabilitation Program are to address the following: 1. To increase the number of rehabilitation and mental health professionals from traditionally underrepresented populations to work in the state, federal and public sector Rehabilitation Programs, Social Service or Mental Health-related agencies; 2. To provide quality academic training for rehabilitation professionals who wish to enter community or institutional-based rehabilitation programs or into graduate level Rehabilitation Counseling Training programs; 3. To present an academic curriculum which provides the program's participants with the knowledge, skills, and competencies to enter the work force with clear understanding of how disability impacts people's daily lives and the practitioner's role in the rehabilitation process; 4. To place graduates in rehabilitation positions in community mental health agencies as well as for profit and non-profit rehabilitation positions throughout the state and region; 5. To provide academic training in response to the request for education/training of rehabilitation paraprofessionals and other technical and support staff employees from the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services and the eight American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Programs. Description of the Program: The Rehabilitation Services Program (RSP) was established in 2007 as a capacity building program via funding from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), United States Department of Education. The RSP is designed to increase the quality of knowledge in the field of rehabilitation for practitioners and respond to the growing demand for rehabilitation professionals who want to work in public and private rehabilitation agencies and institutions with psychosocial and vocational-needs persons with a variety of disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, alcohol and substance abuse behaviors, and physical and sensory disabilities as well as other acquired disabling conditions. Organizationally, the RSP functions as a program within the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences. Philosophy: The undergraduate program in rehabilitation services is centered on the philosophy that rehabilitation professionals can impact the field of rehabilitation when they are trained to understand the complexity of living with a disability and possess a high degree of professional competency to deliver a variety of services to people with disabilities. To enhance this position, the 124 credit hour curriculum is designed to provide students with the core understanding and awareness of the social, psychological, economic, physical, medical and environmental barriers a person with a disability faces. View more details on Langston University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Counseling courses.