Featuring contributed chapters from experts within the discipline, Fundamentals of Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling provides readers with a vast range of knowledge and skills to help them work effectively with individuals with disabilities. The text familiarizes readers with chief concepts and prepares them to move into expanded explorations of these topics as they continue their education and training within the field. The textbook opens with an overview of the historical context of clinical rehabilitation counseling, relevant rehabilitation legislation, a global perspective of disability, the impact of abuse and neglect on persons with disabilities, and the applicability of ethical concepts in clinical rehabilitation counseling. Additional chapters introduce the concepts of vocational rehabilitation, work and disability, as well as the role of assessment, case management, independent living, assistive technology, and forensic rehabilitation within the discipline. Readers are presented with applicable concepts that speak to the challenges clinical rehabilitation counselors are called upon to champion when aiding people with disabilities to improve their quality of life on a global scale. Fundamentals of Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling is an exemplary textbook for courses in clinical rehabilitation counseling and clinical mental health counseling.

The most current book available on rehabilitation counseling! This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to rehabilitation counseling, encompassing its history, values, knowledge, skills, and links to the disability community. Underscoring disability as a common part of the human experience, it highlights the knowledge and competencies all rehabilitation counselors need to provide ethical and effective services. To reflect emerging trends, 13 chapters are either completely rewritten or significantly revised. This text offers a stronger focus on psychiatric rehabilitation and mental health counseling practiced by clinical rehabilitation counselors and incorporates new research and knowledge from breakthroughs in neuroscience and psychopharmacology, innovations in digital communication and technology, and shifts in the economy. The book examines the broad ranging practice of rehabilitation counseling as an evolving amalgamation of CORE and CACREP and delves into the impact of current societal changes—COVID-19, the economic turndown, issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. It provides an enhanced focus on the demand for clinical and mental health counseling from a rehabilitation perspective and introduces specialized competencies to foster the development of strong advanced skill sets. The text also focuses on the importance of having persons with disabilities participate in their own rehabilitation and as an important component of the development of the field itself. The text is supported by rich ancillaries for educators, including Instructor's Manual, PowerPoints, and Test Bank. New to the Third Edition: New chapter authors are high caliber experts with unique voices and perspectives who have partnered with senior scholars from previous editions This new edition is significantly updated to reflect emerging trends that are impacting the professional practice of rehabilitation counseling Updated chapter on technology in rehabilitation counseling includes distance education, assistive technology and telemental health New chapter on Counseling and Mental Health Key Features: Conceptualizes rehabilitation counseling and its complementary relationship to counseling Each chapter addresses CACREP standards and includes learning objectives, reflection activities, and content review questions Extensively addresses both aspects of CACREP specialty identity: traditional rehabilitation counseling and clinical rehabilitation counseling Includes Appendices with a guide to key acronyms and scope of practice Case conceptualizations focuses on the delivery of services

This second edition is a major revision and update of Rehabilitation and Disability: Psychosocial Case Studies. The role and function of the rehabilitation counselor is described relative to the principles and practices of case management in the vocational rehabilitation process. The first chapter describes landmark legislation that has ensured the human and civil rights of persons with disabilities. The author relates changes to those of the consumerism movement, as persons with disabilities move from passive recipients of services to active participants capable of steering their own future, choosing their jobs and environments. Assessment as a best practice has expanded from being agency-oriented to being person-oriented. In addition to the use of best practices, the author advocates the use of best values to serve as the decision-making foundation for the application of best practices. Values can be the standards that guide the entire rehabilitation service delivery process, including the formulation of objectives, the search for alternatives, and the choices among them. The goal is for the client to realize the American Dream. The first two parts of the text provide a person-based philosophy and a substantial knowledge base in case management, and the thirteen case studies in the third part allow the reader to investigate the use of best practices and best values in case management. An outstanding group of contributors was selected to author various chapters. Their collective achievements have included agency-executive leadership, university professorships and consultative activities at the state, national, and international levels. Each contributor, as well, has made significant scholarly contributions to the rehabilitation literature. While the text was developed primarily for use in graduate rehabilitation counseling programs, it has great utility for related academic programs in allied health, psychology, social sciences, and special education. The text, also, has practical value for in-service and short term training anywhere that the vocational rehabilitation process can be facilitated from a client-centered perspective.

This state-of-the-art textbook illustrates paradigms for professional practice, provides an overview of current knowledge and future trends in rehabilitation counseling, and aims to stimulate thinking that will lead to new research initiatives. Both settings (private and public) as well as services are addressed, including placement, advocacy, and case management. The text also contains elements of practice, including cutting edge uses of technology and supervision, both clinical and managerial. The appendices include useful source materials such as Rehabilitation Acronyms and the Code of Professional Ethics for Certified Rehabilitation Counselors.

Emerging disabilities are disabling conditions that are new to medical science, often medically debated, and lacking in known etiology; or those increasing in prevalence in recent years. This master's-level text is the first to eschew traditional disabilities to focus specifically on the unique characteristics and needs of individuals with disabilities such as multiple chemical sensitivity, fibromyalgia, and Lyme disease, or those currently increasing in prevalence (e.g., diabetes, autism, PTSD), and explore their implications for rehabilitation counseling practice. The text is also unique in its examination of how disability causes, types, and patterns are changing in response to current medical, social, cultural, and environmental trends and addressing necessary changes to rehabilitation policies and practices to better serve consumers with emerging disabilities. The book explores important sociological and environmental phenomena such as global warming, pollution, poverty, violence, migration patterns, addiction, and substance abuse, and the changing age demographic of the United States that has altered the landscape of disability policy and rehabilitation services in the 21st century. Each chapter provides specific examples of disabling conditions and discusses their medical, psychosocial, and vocational significance. The authors examine implications for rehabilitation assessment, planning, and placement, and emphasize changes needed to rehabilitation policy and practice. The text is replete with practical evidence-based strategies for meeting the psychosocial and vocational needs of people with emerging disabilities. Chapters include case examples, learning objectives, and discussion questions. Key Features: Describes disabling conditions either new to medical science or increasing in prevalence in modern society Examines sociocultural, environmental, and legislative trends that have resulted in emerging disabilities Delivers policy, programming, and research recommendations to improve services and supports for Americans with emerging disabilities Provides practical, evidence-based strategies for meeting the psychosocial and vocational needs of people with emerging disabilities Includes learning objectives, case examples, and discussion questions Supplemental materials include PowerPoints, syllabus, and test bank