Course Title: Introduction to Rehabilitation Counseling. Course Code: CED 209 Number of Credits: 2 credits Course Duration: Two hours per week for 15 weeks (30hrs) Lecturer s Name: ODEBODE, Aminat Adeola. Qualifications: PhD (in view, Guidance and Counseling: University of Ilorin). B.Ed; M.Ed (Guidance and Counseling; University of Ilorin) NCE (computer science/economics; Oyo State College of Education, Oyo) E-mail addresses: adeolaodebode@yahoo.com. Office Location: Room 8 Department of Counselor Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Consultation Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-3pm Course Description The philosophy, history, major concepts and current problems and issues in rehabilitation. Types of rehabilitation and importance of rehabilitation. Course Justification People who need rehabilitation are many, they need to be helped in developing appropriate skills and potentials just as the so called normal people. Hence, there is the dire need for those entering the helping relationship to acquire basic knowledge, which will make them develop the right frame of mind in order to help in rehabilitating those in need. Course Objectives At the end of the course, students should be able to: - Explain the philosophy and the basic principles of rehabilitation - Give a brief historical background to rehabilitation - Give details of major concepts in rehabilitation - Discuss problems and issues in rehabilitation - Identify the types of rehabilitation. 1 P a g e
- Demonstrate skills in using appropriate guidelines for talking about disability. - Identify the importance of rehabilitation. Course outline Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Nature and purpose of rehabilitation counseling Historical background of rehabilitation Major concept in rehabilitation Types of rehabilitation The philosophy of rehabilitation counseling Rehabilitation Counselling in Nigeria Importance of rehabilitation Scope of practice in rehabilitation counseling Roles of counseling in rehabilitation counseling Process of rehabilitation Types of Impairment Physical impairment Attitudes about disability Factors militating against rehabilitation Revision/General Overview Course Requirements: - This is a compulsory course for all students of Counselor Education. Attendance at lectures is compulsory. At least 75% attendance record is mandatory for a student to be qualified to sit for the examination at the end of the semester. Methods of Grading S/N TYPE SCORE % 1. Homework/Assignment 10 2. Continuous Assessment Test 20 3. End of Semester Final Examination 70 4. Total 100 Course Delivery Strategy. Face to face method of lecture will be used as well as tutorial sessions and review of study questions. Class discussions/presentation will also be adopted. 2 P a g e
Week 1: Nature and Purpose of Rehabilitation Counseling Objective: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: i. Define rehabilitation ii. Explain to a layman, the meaning of rehabilitation iii. Justify the relationship between rehabilitation and counseling iv. Define rehabilitation counseling v. Discuss the impact of counseling on rehabilitation Description: This week lecture sets the basis for the semesters work by finding out the definition of rehabilitation, rehabilitation counseling, as well as relevance of counseling to rehabilitation. (1) From your understanding of rehabilitation counseling define vividly, the term rehabilitation. (2) What is the purpose of rehabilitation? (3) Discuss the importance of rehabilitation (4) What is rehabilitation counseling? (5) What are the importance of rehabilitation counseling? 1. Mac Leech, B. and Schrader D. (eds) (1969) Special Education and rehabilitation: California University of Southern California. 3. Rehabilitation counseling retrieved October 2011 from Week 2: Historical Background of Rehabilitation Counseling Objective: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. Trace a brief historical background of rehabilitation counseling. 2. Discuss what lead to rehabilitation counseling 3. Discuss how people perceive rehabilitation counseling in ancient time 3 P a g e
4. Discuss those that contributed to the establishment of rehabilitation counseling 5. Justify the establishment of rehabilitation counseling Description: This week s lecture deals with a look into the historical background of rehabilitation counseling (1) Discuss a brief history of rehabilitation counseling (2) Was there any contribution of Frank Parsons to the development of rehabilitation counseling? (3) How do people see rehabilitation counseling in ancient time (4) Justify the establishment of rehabilitation counseling (5) List and discuss those that contributed to the establishment rehabilitation counseling http://wikipedia.org/wiki/rehabilitation counseling. 3. Rehabilitation counseling retrieved October 2011 from Week 3: Major Concepts in Rehabilitation Counseling Objective: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. Highlight the major concept of rehabilitation counseling 2. Explain the major concepts in rehabilitation counseling. 3. Compare the concepts in rehabilitation counseling 4. Compare and contrast the concept in rehabilitation counseling 5. Discuss the relevance of concept of rehabilitation counseling 4 P a g e
Description: The lecture of this week will focus on the major concepts in rehabilitation counseling. (1) Highlight the major concepts in rehabilitation counseling (2) Explain the major concepts in rehabilitation counseling. (3) With relevant examples, discuss the some of the concepts in rehabilitation counseling. (4) Compare and contrast the concepts in rehabilitation counseling (5) Discuss the relevance of the concepts to rehabilitation counseling Week 4: Types of Rehabilitation Objective: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: - (1) List the types of rehabilitation (2) Explain the types of rehabilitation (3) Discuss the importance of each type of rehabilitation (4) Elaborate on the hindrances facing each types of rehabilitation. (5) Suggest possible solution to problem facing each type of rehabilitation Description: The lecture will be based on shedding light on the types of rehabilitation, the importance of the types of rehabilitations as well as the possible hindrances that may be facing types of rehabilitation. 5 P a g e
(i) What are the types of rehabilitation? (ii) Expatiate on the importance of the types of rehabilitation (iii) There are some hindrances/obstacles facing each type of rehabilitation. Justify. (iv) Suggest workable solutions to problem facing rehabilitation counseling (v) Discuss the importance of each type of rehabilitation Week 5: The philosophy of rehabilitation counseling Objective: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. Discuss what lead to the philosophy of rehabilitation counseling 2. Explain the basis of philosophy of rehabilitation counseling. 3. Justify factors contributing to philosophy of rehabilitation counseling 4. Discuss the philosophy of rehabilitation counseling Description: The lecture will focus on the philosophical basis of rehabilitation counseling. Study questions (1) Give some philosophical basis of rehabilitation counseling (2) What are the values that contributed to the philosophy of rehabilitation counseling? (3) What lead to philosophy of rehabilitation counseling? 6 P a g e
(4) Expatiate factors contributing to the philosophy of rehabilitation counseling Reading list 3. Rehabilitation counseling retrieved October 2011 from Week 6: Rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria Objective: At the end of the lesson student should be to: 1. Examine the face of rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria 2. Discuss how Nigerians perceive rehabilitation counseling 3. Juxtapose the need for rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria 4. Highlight the importance of rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria 5. Discuss the importance of rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria Description: The lecture will shed light on rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria. Study questions: 1 Examine critically the face of rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria 2 Discuss vividly how Nigerians perceive rehabilitation counseling 3 Juxtapose the need for rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria 4 Highlight the importance of rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria 5 Discuss the relevance of rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria Week 7: Importance of rehabilitation counseling. Objective: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. Highlight the importance of rehabilitation counseling 2. Discuss the importance of rehabilitation counseling 3. Examine the importance of rehabilitation counseling to family of the disable 7 P a g e
4. Examine the importance of rehabilitation counseling to disable 5. Juxtapose the relevance of rehabilitation counseling to the society. Description: The lecture will treat the importance of rehabilitation counseling on a wider scope. 1. Highlight the importance of rehabilitation counseling 2. Discuss the importance of rehabilitation counseling 3. Examine the importance of rehabilitation counseling to family of the disable 4. Examine with relevance examples the importance of rehabilitation counseling to disable 5. Juxtapose the relevance of rehabilitation counseling to the society. 5. Importance of rehabilitation counseling retrieved October from 2011 http://www.mshealthcareesrs.com/careers/rehabilitation counsellor.htm Week 8: Scope of practice in rehabilitation counseling Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be able to: - (1) List the scope of the rehabilitation counseling (2) Describe the scope of the rehabilitation counseling workers. (3) Justify the scope of the rehabilitation counseling workers (4) Examine the diverse context of this scope (5) Examine the inevitability of rehabilitation counseling in some sectors 8 P a g e
Description: The lecture will be based on the scope and contexts in which rehabilitation counseling workers operate. (1) Would you say categorically that rehabilitation counseling workers are not needed in some sector? Expatiate. (2) Make a list showing the scope of work of rehabilitation counseling. (3) Describe the scope of rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria. (4) Discuss the importance of rehabilitation counseling in their scope of work. (5) Expatiate on those that can work in the scope of rehabilitation counseling. 1. Barret, A.M. and Tomson B. (eds) (1959). Case-work performance in Vocational Rehabilitation Washington D.C.: Hew. 3. Rehabilitation counselor retrieved October 2011 from Week 9: Roles of counselors in rehabilitation counseling Objective: - At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 1. List diverse and inevitable roles of counselors in rehabilitation counseling. 2. Discuss the inevitable roles of counselors in rehabilitation counseling 3. Justify the numerous roles of counselors in rehabilitation counseling 4. Explain how evitable the roles of counselors are to rehabilitation counseling Description: The lecture of this week will focus on the roles of counselors in rehabilitation counseling and to also look at how inevitable those roles are. 9 P a g e
(1) How inevitable are the roles of counselors in rehabilitation counseling? (2) Discuss this assertion: Counseling is the hub of the rehabilitation counseling. (3) List diverse and inevitable roles of counselors in rehabilitation counseling. (4) Discuss the inevitable roles of counselors in rehabilitation counseling (5) Justify the numerous roles of counselors in rehabilitation counseling 1. Barret, A.M. and Tomson B. (eds) (1959). Case-work performance in Vocational Rehabilitation Washington D.C.: Hew. 3. Rehabilitation counseling retrieved October 2011 from http://www.coe.hawaii.edu/documents/rehab/what_is2008. 5. Rehabilitation counseling retrieved October 2011 from http://asorc.org.au/detail.php? Week 10: Process of Rehabilitation Objective: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: (1) List the process of rehabilitation (2) Explain with examples, the process of rehabilitation. (3) The relevance of the process of rehabilitation (4) Explain the relationship within the process of rehabilitation Description: This week, students will be taken through the various stages of process of rehabilitation. 10 P a g e
(1) Give the details of the process of rehabilitation. (2) Explain evaluation in the process of rehabilitation and show how important it is in the process. (3) Explain the relationship within the process of rehabilitation (4) The relevance of the process of rehabilitation Week 11: Types of Impairment Objective: At the of lesson student should be able to: (1) Define impairment (2) Discuss about impairment (3) Discus the types of impairment (4) Explain the causes of impairment (5) Discuss the effect of impairment Description: The lecture focuses on the types of impairment; causes and effects. (i) What is Impairment? (ii) What are the likely causes of impairment? (iii) Impairment, does it have any effect on the individual having it? (iv) Elucidate on the types of impairment. (v) What are the effects of impairment? 11 P a g e
. Week 12: Physical Impairment Objective: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: (1) Discuss physical impairment, which is the most common of all impairment. (2) Discuss the meaning of physical impairment. (3) Elaborate on the categories of physical impairment. (4) Expatiate the causes of physical impairment. (5) Highlight the effect of physical impairment. Description: The lecture will be based on what physical impairment is, will discuss largely on physical impairment. (1) What do you understand by physical impairment (2) Discuss physical impairment (3) Elaborate on the categories of physical impairment. (4) Expatiate the causes of physical impairment. (5) Highlight the effect of physical impairment. 1. Rehabilitation counseling retrieved October 2011 from. 12 P a g e
3. Rehabilitation counselor retrieved October 2011 from Week 13: Attitudes about disability. Objective: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: - (i) Develop the right attitude when faced with a person having one disability or the other. (ii) Develop the helping skills needed to help people with disabilities. (iii) Discuss attitude of people towards people with disabilities. (iv) Change peoples attitudes towards disabilities. Description: The lecture will trace a brief history of the attitude of people towards disability development discuss on development of right behavours disabilities. The way we relate with them, care for them are also looked into. (i) How will you relate with an individual that has more than one physical impairments? (ii) What are the roots of bias against disabled people? (iii) Discuss the attitude of people towards disability (iv) How will you change people attitude towards disability?. Week 14: Factors militating against rehabilitation counseling Objective: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 13 P a g e
(1) List the factors militating against rehabilitation counseling. (2) Explain the factors militating against rehabilitation counseling. (3) Suggest possible solutions to factors militating against rehabilitation counseling. (4) Discuss ways that family could militate against rehabilitation counseling. Description: This week s lecture will focus majorly on factors hindering rehabilitation counseling. (1) List the problems facing rehabilitation counseling (2) Expatiate on the problems facing rehabilitation in Nigeria. (3) What possible ways will you suggest, to solve the problems facing rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria? (4) Discuss ways that family could militate against rehabilitation counseling. (5) Discuss ways that family could support rehabilitation counseling. Reading list Week 15: Revision/General Overview Description: This is the last week of the semester lecture. This week will focus on revision and general overview of the semester lecture. The students are expected to do the following:- (1) Ask for clarification of topics that are not clear (2) Ask questions where necessary (3) Make contributions during the tutorial exercise 14 P a g e
1. From your understanding of rehabilitation counseling define vividly, the 15 P a g e term rehabilitation. 2. What is the purpose of rehabilitation to counseling? 3. Discuss a brief history of rehabilitation counseling 4. According to your understanding, explain agents or caseworkers. 5. Highlight and explain the major concepts in rehabilitation counseling. 6. Explain the types of rehabilitation 7. Give some philosophical basis of rehabilitation counseling 8. What are the values that contribute to the philosophy of rehabilitation counseling? 9. How inevitable are the roles of counselors in rehabilitation counseling? 10. Discuss this assertion: Counseling is the hub of the rehabilitation counselor. 11. What possible ways will you suggest, to solve the problems facing rehabilitation counseling in Nigeria? General 1. 4Hamilton K.W. (1950). Counseling the Handicapped in the rehabilitation 2. 4Barret, A.M. and Tomson B. (eds) (1959). Case-work performance in Vocational Rehabilitation Washington D.C.: Hew. 3. 4Mac Leech, B. and Schrader D. (eds) (1969) Special Education and rehabilitation: California University of Southern California. 4. 5Rehabilitation counseling retrieved October 2011 from 5. 5Rehabilitation counseling retrieved October 2011 from. 6. 5Rehabilitation counselor retrieved October 2011 from 7. 5Importanceof rehabilitation counseling retrieved October from 2011 http://www.mshealthcareesrs.com/careers/rehabilitation counsellor.htm Keys for Reading list 4. Available in the library 5. Available on the internet