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2015-2017 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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REH 6308 - Cultural Diversity Issues in Rehabilitation Counseling & Health Care Credits: 3
This course prepares professionals to provide multiculturally competent counseling and health related services. Special emphasis will be placed on addressing cultural diversity characteristics that may affect the rehabilitation process when serving individuals from racially/ethnically and linguistically different groups and populations.
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REH 6310 - Project/Rehabilitation Counseling Credits: 3 hrs
Students have the option of completing a thesis or project. The project encompasses research projects and clinical case studies, OR completion of the national CRC exam. Most of the project is completed independently, per Rehabilitation Program and Graduate School specifications for formatting and completion deadlines. Research projects or clinical case studies are written in American Psychological Association 5th Edition format. Completion of the project may exceed the two years of required coursework for the MRC degree. Prerequisite(s): REH 6306
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REH 6311 - Thesis/Rehabilitation Counseling Credits: 3 hrs
Students have the option of completing a thesis or project. Students have the option of completing a project or a thesis on a rehabilitation or rehabilitation-related topic. The thesis includes an introduction, literature review, method, results, and discussion section. Most of the thesis is completed independently, per Rehabilitation Program and Graduate School specifications for formatting and completion deadlines. Completion of the project may exceed the two years of required coursework for the MRC degree. Prerequisite(s): REH 6306
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REH 6312 - Job Placement in Transition Credits: 3 hrs
This course combines classroom instruction, library research and field experiences to provide students with information and skills for transition placement, job analysis, job-seeking skills training, job development, determination of job readiness, and job reengineering. The combination of the three types of learning experiences is designed to give students comprehensive exposure to the major facets of vocational placement.
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REH 6313 - Vocational Evaluation/Transition Credits: 3 hrs
This course outlines the selection, administration, and interpretation of various psychological, achievement, adaptive behavior, and interest measurement instruments used with transition population. Job placement, job analysis, and case management issues, as well as demonstration and practice are included. Prerequisite(s): REH 5304 Vocational Assessment or similar graduate level course
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REH 6314 - Family Collaboration/Intervention Credits: 3 hrs
This is a field-based course devoted to the study of the major principles upon which effective home, school-community relations are based. Students will learn how to identify and plan appropriate interventions for students with disabilities and provide information, skills, and strategies to work with diverse families. The course emphasizes the ways in which families access agencies whose activities may have a beneficial effect upon students as well as the provision of family services through community agencies. Emphasis is placed on working with culturally and linguistically diverse students and their families.
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REH 6315 - Voc Evaluation/Deaf & Hard/Hearing Credits: 3 hrs
This course outlines the selection, administration, and interpretation of various psychological, achievement, adaptive behavior, and interest measurement instruments used with persons who are deaf, hearing impaired, and persons with other disabilities. Job placement, job analysis, and case management issues, as well as demonstration and practice are included. Prerequisite(s): REH 5304 Vocational Assessment or similar graduate level course.
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REH 6316 - Psychosocial Aspects of Deafness Credits: 3 hrs
This course addresses the educational, legal, philosophical, and political influences that affect the lives of people who are deaf, deaf-blind, hard-of-hearing, and late-deafened. The impact of pre-lingual and post-lingual deafness of an individual’s social and psychological functioning will also be discussed.
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REH 6317 - Aural Rehabilitation Credits: 3 hrs
The course will focus on the understanding of the medical and disabling aspects of hearing loss, surgical treatments such as cochlear implant, and assistive devices. The course will allow students to learn about the various forms of rehabilitation services and supportive assistance for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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REH 6601 - Internship in Rehabilitation Counseling Credits: 6
Students will complete a minimum of six hundred (600) clock hours of internship at a professional, off- campus setting, two hundred forty (240) hours of which will constitute direct service provision. Students will observe all aspects of rehabilitation service delivery, including the policies and procedures that govern the internship site, in accordance with the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) Code of Ethics, professional and faculty mentors, and state/federal reporting requirements. Prerequisite(s): REH 5301, REH 5302, REH 5303, REH 5304, REH 5306, REH 5308, REH 5309, REH 6301, REH 6302, REH 6304, REH 6306
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REH 6901 - Internship in Rehabilitation Counseling Credits: 9 hrs
Students will be involved in 600 clock hours of internship experience in a rehabilitation setting. The experience focuses on observation of all aspects of rehabilitation counseling delivery, the policies and procedures that govern the agency’s service delivery in accordance to the rehabilitation counselor (code of ethics) and other agency personnel, reporting requirements and other requirements of accountability. Prerequisite(s): REH 5301, 5302, 5303, 5304, 5306, 5308, 5309, 6301, 6302, 6304, 6306, 6307, and EDU 6305
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REH 7130 - Extension of Project/ Thesis in Rehabilitation Counseling Credits: 1-3 hrs
Students in graduate degree programs are required to maintain continuous registration for thesis or project until the work is completed. Students will register for this course, if needed, to complete their graduate project or thesis work.
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SPE 5304 - Building Collaborative Family, School, and Community Relationships Credits: 3 hrs.
This course is devoted to the study of the major principles upon which effective home, school-community relations are based. It also emphasizes the ways in which parents and teachers may make effective use of community agencies whose activities may have a beneficial effect upon the development of children. This course emphasizes techniques used in parental interviews, conferences and referrals by school personnel with parents of children with and without disabilities, and strategies practiced by agencies that work with families. Emphasis is placed on working with culturally and linguistically diverse students and their families.
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SPE 5320 - Methods for Teaching Mathematics to Students w/Special Needs Credits: 3 hrs.
This course is designed for candidates preparing to teach students with disabilities (K-12). Candidates will learn strategies for teaching students who experience a particular set of difficulties in mathematics.
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SPE 5321 - Understanding Students with High Incidence Disabilities Credits: 3 hrs.
This course is designed to develop candidates understanding of students referred to as having high-incidence disabilities or mild disabilities. This introductory graduate course will provide a comprehensive overview of students with learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, serious emotional disabilities, and speech/language impairments. Emphasis is placed on the developmental nature of high –incidence disability categories.
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SPE 5322 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching Students with High Incidence Disabilities Credits: 3 hrs.
This course will focus on strategies and techniques required for meeting the diverse needs of students with mild disabilities in elementary, middle, or secondary classrooms. Emphasis is placed on accessing the general education curriculum through inclusion strategies and through individualized interventions and modifications including the use of technology. Candidates will integrate the knowledge of characteristics of learners from SPE 5321 to design developmentally appropriate lesson plans and activities based on assessment.
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SPE 5360 - Teaching Students with Exceptional Learning Needs Credits: 3 hrs.
This course addresses strategies for the development, implementation, and monitoring of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and related instructional planning for exceptional students within the general curriculum, including Pre K-12, students at risk for school failure, students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and gifted learners. Candidates will develop appropriate IEPs and lesson plans for instruction. Candidates will be expected to access the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for adapting standard instruction to meet the needs of students. An emphasis is placed on differentiating instruction, co-teaching, teaming, collaboration, using data to drive instruction, and creating a classroom environment in which all learners can be successful.
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SPE 6310 - Assessment and Evaluation of Students with Special Needs Credits: 3 hrs.
This course is designed to provide prospective teachers with procedures and techniques required for the assessment and remediation of learning disabled individuals. Particular attention is given to the use of assessment results in planning remediation.
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