• Rehabilitation Counseling focuses on assisting persons with both physical and mental disabilities across their lifespan from birth to geriatrics in a holistic manner addressing vocational, psychological, social, and medical aspects of individual functioning. Rehabilitation Counselors are trained at the master's level and while several undergraduate rehabilitation services programs also exist, entering the discipline requires graduate level education and earning a master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling.
  • The Master of Education in Rehabilitation Counseling features an interdisciplinary approach that focuses on the inclusion of persons with disabilities into the life of the community, the degree program also offers an optional Rehabilitation Counselor concentration Graduates are employed in vocational rehabilitation settings, mental health and developmental disabilities agencies, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, public and private hospitals, comprehensive rehabilitation centers, correctional facilities, community-based programs, private industry, proprietary rehabilitation and student disability services in higher education.
  • The field of Rehabilitation Counseling began in the early 20th Century with legislation designed to help people return to gainful lives. The history of modern rehabilitation focuses on assisting persons with both physical and mental disabilities. The discipline of rehabilitation covers vocational, psychological, social, and medical aspects of individual functioning.