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Welcome to the Web site of Virginia Commonwealth University’s
Department of Rehabilitation Counseling!
One of the first rehabilitation counseling programs
in the U.S. when established in 1955, VCU now ranks
among the top 20 rehabilitation counseling training
programs in the nation, according to U.S. News & World
Report. As one of the largest rehabilitation counseling
graduate programs in the country, we currently serve
around 100 on-campus students and a growing number
of distance-learning students, with faculty based in
our own department. Over 2,000 alumni of the program
currently practice in nearly every state in the country,
as well as overseas.
Our Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling
program is fully accredited by the Council on Rehabilitation
Education and those graduates are immediately eligible
for certification as Certified Rehabilitation Counselors.
The Advanced Certificate in Professional Counseling
program is designed to meet the needs of counseling
professionals who wish to become licensed professional
counselors or those who seek certification in a variety
of specialty areas, such as vocational evaluation,
life-care planning, and mental health or substance-abuse
counseling, among others. Our distance-learning Ph.D.
in Health Related Sciences, with an emphasis in rehabilitation
leadership, is designed to train and mentor future
rehabilitation researchers, educators or high-level
administrators.
We take pride in offering excellent training programs
that are flexible enough to meet the needs of a diverse
student body. Both full-time and part-time study options
are available; students may take online or on-campus
courses, or they may combine the two options. Note,
however, that the distance-learning program does require
students to attend two courses on campus, in order
to receive in-person instruction and feedback to develop
effective counseling skills. Those two courses, RHAB
612 Group Counseling Theories and Techniques in Rehabilitation
and RHAB 691 Counseling Techniques in Rehabilitation,
are each offered in a one-week intensive “boot
camp” format, as well as in the traditional weekly
meeting format.
Some of our online courses are also available to “special
students” who are not enrolled in any degree
program at Virginia Commonwealth University. Professionals
seeking CEU credits or students from other universities
needing a given course are welcome to contact us for
additional information about how to apply for this
option.
We invite you to look through our Web site and let
us know what questions you may have; we also welcome
your feedback. Please e-mail us at rehabcnsling@vcu.edu.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
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