RESEARCH METHODS IN REHABILITATION, MENTAL HEALTH, & SPECIAL EDUCATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling or Rehabilitation Counselor Education Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify basic types and methods of counseling, rehabilitation, and special education research Audience: Graduate 2. Describe the reciprocal relationship between research and professional practice and strategies for applying research findings to practice Audience: Graduate 3. Identify and describe how ethical, legal, and cultural issues impact research activities Audience: Graduate 4. Describe and use basic research methodology and statistics and psychometric concepts to plan simple research studies and critique published research reports Audience: Graduate 5. Identify and describe basic methods of needs assessment and program evaluation and how to use information produced in service and program planning Audience: Graduate 6. Describe the process of developing and implementing a research study and presenting and publishing the results of the research Audience: Graduate 7. Locate and interpret quantitative and qualitative published research literature regarding rehabilitation, counseling, and special education services, identifying evidence-based and best practices Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify basic types and methods of counseling, rehabilitation, and special education research Audience: Graduate 2. Describe the reciprocal relationship between research and professional practice and strategies for applying research findings to practice Audience: Graduate 3. Identify and describe how ethical, legal, and cultural issues impact research activities Audience: Graduate 4. Describe and use basic research methodology and statistics and psychometric concepts to plan simple research studies and critique published research reports Audience: Graduate 5. Identify and describe basic methods of needs assessment and program evaluation and how to use information produced in service and program planning Audience: Graduate 6. Describe the process of developing and implementing a research study and presenting and publishing the results of the research Audience: Graduate 7. Locate and interpret quantitative and qualitative published research literature regarding rehabilitation, counseling, and special education services, identifying evidence-based and best practices Audience: Graduate