西密歇根大学

The Rehabilitation Counseling (CERM) and Rehabilitation Counseling/Teaching programs (RCTM) are jointly administered by the Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies and the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology. Please submit application for the Rehabilitation Counseling (Counselor Education: Rehabilitation Counseling) and Rehabilitation Counseling/Teaching Counselor Education: Rehabilitation Teaching) programs through the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology in APPLY NOW.

Rehabilitation Counseling (CERM)

The Rehabilitation Counseling (CERM) stand along degree option is a 53 credit hour program. Graduates are prepared for employment in public and private rehabilitation settings serving persons with disabilities. As rehabilitation counselors, graduates assist clients/consumers with adjustment to disability counseling; independent living skills training; career development counseling; vocational counseling and skills acquisition; and, job placement, modification and retention services. CERM graduates receive a single Master of Arts degree in Counselor Education: Rehabilitation Counseling.

Rehabilitation Counseling/Teaching (RCTM)

The 76 credit hours Rehabilitation Counseling/Teaching (RCTM) degree program option prepares rehabilitation counselors that are specialized in blindness and low vision. RCT’s provide a full range of vocational rehabilitation counseling services that assist clients/consumers with adjustment to disability counseling; independent living skills training; career development counseling; vocational counseling and skills acquisition; and, job placement, modification and retention services. Graduates are prepared for employment in public and private setting serving persons with blindness or low vision that provides both rehabilitation counseling and vision rehabilitation therapy services. Vision rehabilitation therapy services serve people with blindness and low vision by providing instruction in skills for employment and independent living, including communications, adapted computer technology, personal management, home management, minor household repairs, pre-employment activities, and leisure time activities. Rehabilitation Counseling/Teaching graduates receive two Master of Arts degrees (M.A. Counselor Education: Rehabilitation Counseling and M.A. Vision Rehabilitation Therapy).

Required Courses

The 76 credit hours Rehabilitation Counseling/Teaching (RCTM) program requires the satisfactory completion of the following:

BLS 5770 - Services for Persons Who Are Blind or Have Other Disabilities Credits: 1 to 2 hours

Credits: 2 hours required

BLS 5840 - Computer Technology in Rehabilitation Credits: 3 to 4 hours
BLS 5860 - Job Development and Placement Credits: 3 hours
BLS 5880 - Psychosocial Aspects of Disability Credits: 2 hours
BLS 5890 - Medical and Functional Aspects of Disability Credits: 2 hours
BLS 5900 - Physiology and Function of the Eye Credits: 2 hours
BLS 5910 - Braille and Other Tactual Communication Systems Credits: 3 hours
BLS 5930 - Methods of Teaching Adaptive Communications Credits: 3 hours
BLS 5970 - Principles Low Vision Credits: 2 hours
BLS 6010 - Small “N” Research: Design and Analysis Credits: 3 hours
BLS 6020 - Gerontology in Orientation and Mobility and Rehabilitation Teaching Credits: 2 hours
BLS 6050 - Practice in Low Vision Credits: 1 hour
BLS 6100 - Assisted Research Credits: 1 to 6 hours

Credits: 2 hours required

BLS 6360 - Teaching for Independent Living Credits: 4 hours
BLS 6640 - Principles of Rehabilitation Teaching Credits: 3 hours
BLS 6910 - Practicum in Rehabilitation Teaching Credits: 1 to 2 hours