Department of Rehabilitation Services

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Department of Rehabilitation Services
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Faculty

• William Talley, Rh.D., CRC, Chair
• Maryam Rahimi, Ph.D., LCPC, CRC
• Gail Lankford, M.Ed., LCADC
• Lisa Wilson, Ph.D., CRC
• Clayton Faubion, Ph.D., CRC

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The Department offers two degrees

• Bachelors of Science in Rehabilitation Services
• Masters of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling

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What is Rehabilitation??

• Vocational rehabilitation (VR)
• Federal legislation establishing the civilian
  rehabilitation program goes back to 1920 with the
  Smith-Fess Act
• Our raison detre is assisting people with
  disabilities in obtaining employment
• However, like most human service professions, we
  have expanded into many different areas of
  service provision

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Masters of Science program

• 48 hour credit curriculum, including
• 600 clock hour internship experience
• CORE Accreditation in process

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M.S. Curriculum

• Disability/Rehabilitation Policy
• Theories Counseling Techniques
• Cultural and Ethical Dimensions of Counseling
• Psychosocial Aspects of Disability
• Medical Aspects of Disabilities
• Vocational Counseling and Job Placement
• Assessment and Vocational Evaluation
• Case Management of Severe Disabilities

• Research Methods
• Group and Family Counseling
• Legal Aspects of Rehabilitation
• High Tech/Low Tech Rehabilitation Systems
• Program Evaluation and Organizational Development
• Counseling Practicum
• Master Seminar
• Internship
• Thesis Research Option

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Careers in Rehabilitation

• Three sectors of rehabilitation
• Public
• Private not-for-profit
• Private for-profit

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Public Sector

• Referred to as the State/federal system
• Feds kick in most of the funding (80-20 ratio),
  but the program is administered by each state
• All 50 states participate
• In Maryland the agency is the
• Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS)

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Private not-for-profit

• Community agencies whose primary mission is to
  provide services to people with disabilities or
  other social disadvantages
• These agencies may specialize in providing
  services to people with
• Psychiatric disabilities
• Developmental Disabilities
• Vision Impairments
• Hearing Impairments

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Private not-for-profit, cont

• Many of these community agencies have familiar
  names
• Goodwill Industries
• Salvation Army
• Epilepsy Association
• Easter Seals
• Others
• Lower Shore Enterprises
• Go Getters

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Private for-profit

• Primarily workers compensation casework
• Interact with legal and insurance industries
• Rehabilitation companies usually contract with
  insurance providers to try and get injured
  workers back to work as quickly and in as cost
  effective a manner as possible
• Traditional business names
• M. Hayes and Associates
• Crawford and Company

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Salaries

• State/Federal system (with Masters)
• 30,000 to 35,000 starting
• 45,000 to 48,000 after 5 years
• Higher level supervisory and administrative
  positions, of course, will pay more

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Salaries, cont

• Private not-for-profit
• Starting 28,000 to 35,000
• Wide variation
• With 5 years of experience and increased
  responsibility 45,000
• Program Supervisor
• Agency Department Head

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Salaries, cont

• Private for-profit
• Starting salaries comparable with State/Federal
  system (30 to 35K)
• Plus bonuses, based upon productivity
• Thus, annual compensation can be over 50,000

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• Prerequisite Undergraduate Coursework
• A wide range of undergraduate degrees may provide
  appropriate preparation for graduate study in
  Rehabilitation Counseling. Prerequisite
  undergraduate coursework should include
• Rehabilitation or Human Services
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Algebra
• Anatomy and
• Statistics

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Application Procedures

• Telephone, email, fax, or mail a request for
  graduate information to the Department of
  Rehabilitation Services Graduate Program
• Send application materials, official college
  transcripts and letters of recommendation to the
  Graduate School
• A notice of the applicants status will be mailed
  within 30 days of receipt of all information

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Departmental website at http//umesde.umes.edu/re
hab
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