CLINICAL REHABILITATION COUNSELING - DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT PLANNING

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: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify strategies to advocate for individuals with disabilities at the individual, group, institutional, and societal levels to: (a) promote opportunity and access, (b) improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities, and (c) remove potential barriers to the provision of access to services Audience: Graduate 2. Recognize when disability occurs in tandem with other social justice issues (e.g., poverty, homelessness, trauma) and identify and explain appropriate support to address these issues Audience: Graduate 3. Conduct diagnostic interviews and mental status examinations and use different classification systems such as the DSM, ICD, ICF for diagnostic purposes Audience: Graduate 4. Conduct an effective intake interview and gather the necessary information for initial formulation of a treatment plan and a comprehensive understanding of the client and the presenting problems Audience: Graduate 5. Interpret and use the results of symptom inventories and psychoeducational and personality assessments with case studies Audience: Graduate 6. Formulate biopsychosocial histories and apply them to writing a treatment plan for a client that includes measurable goals, objectives, cultural considerations, and that includes advocacy as an intervention Audience: Graduate 7. Identify the role of clinical formulation in treatment planning and document biopsychosocial case conceptualizations Audience: Graduate 8. Develop comprehensive assessments in vocational rehabilitation and apply assessment results for consumers’ career planning Audience: Graduate 9. Conduct a job analysis and design worksite accommodations Audience: Graduate 10. Conduct transferable skills analysis and assessment of work readiness Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify strategies to advocate for individuals with disabilities at the individual, group, institutional, and societal levels to: (a) promote opportunity and access, (b) improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities, and (c) remove potential barriers to the provision of access to services Audience: Graduate 2. Recognize when disability occurs in tandem with other social justice issues (e.g., poverty, homelessness, trauma) and identify and explain appropriate support to address these issues Audience: Graduate 3. Conduct diagnostic interviews and mental status examinations and use different classification systems such as the DSM, ICD, ICF for diagnostic purposes Audience: Graduate 4. Conduct an effective intake interview and gather the necessary information for initial formulation of a treatment plan and a comprehensive understanding of the client and the presenting problems Audience: Graduate 5. Interpret and use the results of symptom inventories and psychoeducational and personality assessments with case studies Audience: Graduate 6. Formulate biopsychosocial histories and apply them to writing a treatment plan for a client that includes measurable goals, objectives, cultural considerations, and that includes advocacy as an intervention Audience: Graduate 7. Identify the role of clinical formulation in treatment planning and document biopsychosocial case conceptualizations Audience: Graduate 8. Develop comprehensive assessments in vocational rehabilitation and apply assessment results for consumers’ career planning Audience: Graduate 9. Conduct a job analysis and design worksite accommodations Audience: Graduate 10. Conduct transferable skills analysis and assessment of work readiness Audience: Graduate