REHABILITATION COUNSELOR EDUCATION - PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY & RESEARCH

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Rehabilitation Counselor Education Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the concepts of evidence-based practice, culturally-sensitive psychosocial interventions, and psychosocial research methodologies Audience: Graduate 2. Identify and explain societal attitudes toward people with disabilities and the intersectionality of race/ethnicity, gender, class and disability, with special emphasis on how attitudinal and environmental barriers restrict community integration and participation of people with disabilities especially those facing multiple intersecting oppressions Audience: Graduate 3. Use strategies through which these attitudes can be modified/become more positive Audience: Graduate 4. Identify and explain the contributions of theories of personality to the study of psychosocial reactions to loss and disability Audience: Graduate 5. Describe the role of developmental concepts (e.g., body image, self-concept) in adjusting to disability Audience: Graduate 6. Summarize models of disability and how the different social constructions of disability affect service delivery and the full inclusion of people with disabilities in society Audience: Graduate 7. Explain models of depression related to chronic illness and disability Audience: Graduate 8. Describe models of psychosocial adaptation to physical and traumatic disability (e.g., traumatic brain injuries) with special emphasis on the process (e.g., experiences, reactions, behaviors, phases) of adaptation Audience: Graduate 9. Identify and explain the commonalities (transpersonal) and individualities (personal) of the experiences and reactions that follow the onset of disability Audience: Graduate 10. Summarize the literature related to mediators and moderators (e.g., coping and social support) between life stressors and psychosocial adjustment to chronic illness and disability Audience: Graduate 11. Explain the process of familial psychosocial adaptation to the onset of a disability in one of its members Audience: Graduate 12. Use counseling/therapeutic intervention strategies to working with people with disabilities (i.e., strategies for coping with adjusting to disability; mental health interventions, and substance abuse rehabilitation) especially individuals facing multiple intersecting oppressions Audience: Graduate 13. Explain the application of pharmacotherapy in psychosocial interventions Audience: Graduate 14. Explain the role of human intimacy and sexuality in the adaptations process to disability Audience: Graduate 15. Explain multiculturalism and adjustment to disability Audience: Graduate 16. Describe outcome measurements related to psychosocial adjustment research and treatment Audience: Graduate 17. Summarize the research and other scholarly literature in each of the above content areas Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the concepts of evidence-based practice, culturally-sensitive psychosocial interventions, and psychosocial research methodologies Audience: Graduate 2. Identify and explain societal attitudes toward people with disabilities and the intersectionality of race/ethnicity, gender, class and disability, with special emphasis on how attitudinal and environmental barriers restrict community integration and participation of people with disabilities especially those facing multiple intersecting oppressions Audience: Graduate 3. Use strategies through which these attitudes can be modified/become more positive Audience: Graduate 4. Identify and explain the contributions of theories of personality to the study of psychosocial reactions to loss and disability Audience: Graduate 5. Describe the role of developmental concepts (e.g., body image, self-concept) in adjusting to disability Audience: Graduate 6. Summarize models of disability and how the different social constructions of disability affect service delivery and the full inclusion of people with disabilities in society Audience: Graduate 7. Explain models of depression related to chronic illness and disability Audience: Graduate 8. Describe models of psychosocial adaptation to physical and traumatic disability (e.g., traumatic brain injuries) with special emphasis on the process (e.g., experiences, reactions, behaviors, phases) of adaptation Audience: Graduate 9. Identify and explain the commonalities (transpersonal) and individualities (personal) of the experiences and reactions that follow the onset of disability Audience: Graduate 10. Summarize the literature related to mediators and moderators (e.g., coping and social support) between life stressors and psychosocial adjustment to chronic illness and disability Audience: Graduate 11. Explain the process of familial psychosocial adaptation to the onset of a disability in one of its members Audience: Graduate 12. Use counseling/therapeutic intervention strategies to working with people with disabilities (i.e., strategies for coping with adjusting to disability; mental health interventions, and substance abuse rehabilitation) especially individuals facing multiple intersecting oppressions Audience: Graduate 13. Explain the application of pharmacotherapy in psychosocial interventions Audience: Graduate 14. Explain the role of human intimacy and sexuality in the adaptations process to disability Audience: Graduate 15. Explain multiculturalism and adjustment to disability Audience: Graduate 16. Describe outcome measurements related to psychosocial adjustment research and treatment Audience: Graduate 17. Summarize the research and other scholarly literature in each of the above content areas Audience: Graduate