Mission of the Undergraduate Rehabilitation Program

To prepare graduates for entry-level professional employment with programs providing services to individuals with disabilities, and for admission to programs in rehabilitation at the master degree level.

Undergraduate Rehabilitation Program Goals

1. Understanding of the social, psychological, economic, physical, medical, and other environmental problems faced by the people who are to be helped in rehabilitation.
2. Understanding of the history, philosophy, legal status, and agencies/facilities of the rehabilitation system, and the roles and functions performed by rehabilitation professionals within those agencies/facilities.
3. Understanding of the employment placement process, including vocational adjustment and appropriate job placement, the major contributions of community-based rehabilitation programs in facilitating employment, job placement techniques, and independent living outcomes.
4. Understanding of the characteristics of helpful communication, and the potential influence of cultural diversity and individual lifestyle choices outcomes.
5. Understanding of vocational information, assessment, and problem solving within a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency context, the methods used in rehabilitation to solve consumer problems, and how to utilize available resources to improve consumer access, quality of services, and decision making outcomes.
6. Knowledge of ethical principles and standards affecting the delivery of rehabilitation services, and the responsibilities and privileges that accompany the role of the rehabilitation professional outcomes.
7. Ability to apply rehabilitation principles, learned via their classroom experience, in a professional work setting at a skill level expected of a beginning level rehabilitation professional.