DIVISION OF CLINICAL REHABILITATION AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
MS in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling DEGREE PROGRAM
MISSION
The mission of the Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling is to serve the people of North Carolina by using evidence-based knowledge to give rehabilitation and mental health counselors the expertise to provide services to our citizens with disabilities with a special focus on those individuals with developmental disabilities and/or psychiatric disabilities. We believe in the dignity and worth of disabled citizens and their right to live self-determined lives in inclusive communities of their choice. The division educates counselors who then use their skills: (i) to help disabled citizens live productive and independent lives; (ii) to provide access to and manage personalized services that support the unique needs and preferences of each disabled citizen and their respective families and communities; and (iii) to forge new models of research-informed community practice. Our counselors are taught to assess and focus on the whole person: psychological, vocational, spiritual, and physical needs, and family, social, vocational, and community relationships. Division-educated counselors must possess the knowledge, courage, vision, critical thinking abilities, and commitment to independent learning and scholarship required to comprehensively address these needs.
OUR STUDENTS
WORLD-CLASS TRAINING
• Nearly 50 students between two cohorts
• 60+ practicum and internship opportunities
• 33 percent of our students identify as a minority group
• Five full-time faculty; eight adjunct faculty
• 17 percent of our students are international students
•S peakers with expertise in evidence-based practice visit
• 64 percent of our students are from North Carolina
annually to enrich CRMHC students’ training experience
• F requent lunch & learn events to engage students with experts in the field
•C oursework and clinical training focused on providing evidence-based practices for individuals with psychiatric and developmental disabilities, as well as innovative and emerging practices.
OUR PROGRAM
• CACREP accredited since 2016 • Specialty tracks include: Developmental Disabilities (DD), Psychiatric Disabilities (PD), and Dual: (DD and PD)
• Summer classes offered online • The vast majority of students become Certified Rehabilitation Counselors (CRC) and/or Licensed Professional Counselors
• 100 percent pass rate on the CRC exam • 90 percent employed or admitted to PhD programs within three months of graduation
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
FACULTY AND THEIR
Student Support
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Kimberly Floyd-Flood Scholarship Fund in Clinical Rehabilitation
2017 – 2018
and Mental Health Counseling
• Richard H. Peters Rehabilitation Counseling and Psychology Scholarship
•U NC Merit Scholarship
Division Director Eileen Burker, PhD, CRC Quality of life before and after
• Additional division scholarships
lung transplant, heart transplant,
Grants
and ventricular assist device (VAD)
• T wo grants from the U.S. Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration, totaling $1.75 million, provide tuition and support for up to 28 students each year.
• Switzer Research Fellowship (NIDILRR) - Dara Chan, ScD •R esearch Foundation of Cerebral Palsy Alliance •A utism Science Foundation OUR GRADUATES
•S erve on Assertive Community Treatment teams supporting individuals with autism spectrum disorder, developmental disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, and traumatic brain injuries.
•W ork in state and federal vocational rehabilitation offices. •A ssist in research with NFL players.
surgery; vocation and chronic illness. Studying the relationship between the health locus of control, knowledge of VAD, and anxiety in patients with end-stage heart disease.
Dara Chan, ScD, CRC Community integration and resource use of people with psychiatric and physical disabilities using Global Positioning Systems (GPS); spatial analysis of accessibility and the environment using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Transition to adulthood for individuals with developmental disabilities. NCRE Psychiatric Rehabilitation Council co-chair.
•P rovide individualized employment opportunities for individuals with mental illness.
•C reate psychosocial support for individuals with chronic or severe mental illness.
•A ttend graduate programs across the country (PhD and PsyD) in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, rehabilitation counseling, school psychology, and public health.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT We encourage and offer financial support to students interested in participating in regional and national conferences. During the 2017 - 2018 school year, 23 students were fully funded to attend the NCRE & NCRA National Conferences in Arlington, Virginia and Anaheim, California.
Blaise Morrison, PhD, CRC Caregiver quality of life, adjustment to disability, substance use, rehabilitation counseling and psychology, Alzheimer’s and related neurocognitive disorders, health promotion and wellness. Chair of Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Research Subcommittee, Council on Psychosocial Adaption Research for the National Council on Rehabilitation Education.
Eniko Rak, PhD, CRC Health literacy, disease management, and employment in individuals with diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD); treatment adherence; chronic disease and self-management interventions to prepare patients for health care transition.
Judy Schmidt, EdD, CRC, LPCA Psychosocial rehabilitation and vocational rehabilitation in stroke and traumatic brain injury; trauma response and counseling.
division of clinical rehabilitation and mental health counseling
BONDURANT HALL, CB #7205 CHAPEL HILL, NC 27599-7120
AFFILIATED PROGRAMS AND CENTERS TEAACH Autism Program Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities UNC Center for Rehabilitation Care Family Support Network of North Carolina UNC Hospitals Comprehensive Stroke Center UNC Heart and Lung Transplant Program UNC Ventricular Assist Device program UNC School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry UNC Pediatric Diabetes Program UNC Kidney Center Victory Junction Youth Camp UNC Health Care Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit UNC STARx Program for Health Care Transition UNC Ambulatory Care Center Association of American Medical Colleges Southern Group on Educational Affairs
LEARN MORE
med.unc.edu/ahs/crmh