Rehabilitation Students Association

Attention Rehabilitation Counseling Students (and those interested)

The Rehabilitation Student Association (RSA) will be holding a meeting/get together on
Tuesday March 16th from 5-6pm in Burk Hall 247.

Topics for discussion:

• Electing officials for RSA for 2010-2011*
• Spring Rehabilitation Counseling Event Planning
• LPCC (Licensure) as it relates to Rehabilitation Counselors

*If you are unable to make the meeting and would like to nominate yourself or another
peer for elected official in RSA, please email karenak@sfsu.edu (Karena Kirkpatrick, President RSA)

Please Join us.

Congratulations to Misty! Misty’s paper on career counseling
individuals with HIV was just published in the Journal of
Rehabilitation, (2010) Vol 76 Issue 1 (Jan/Feb/Mar).
Fantastic work Misty!

From SFSU Counseling Department Chair Robert Williams:

“You continue to set a high bar for yourself and our faculty colleagues. Getting a single publication while enrolled in graduate studies is excellent at the doctoral level. Your accomplishment is even greater because you have gone well beyond our expectations in this department.”

If you are a rehabilitation student and you are interested in attending the National Council for Rehab Educators (NCRE) conference and want a free registration, consider applying for the student monitor volunteer positions. The conference is in Manhattan Beach CA in April.

Contact Julie Chronister for more details

Click the icon to download the NCRE Application

Here are some rehab job opportunities that have recently become available:

There are two openings that are basically full-time, temporary, MH Vocational Counselor I, within Contra Costa County Mental Health Vocational Services. The position is available immediately but has a firm ending date of September 30, 2010. The two new counselors will participate in intensive training because we need them to function independently (with close supervision and CRC support) and manage a caseload of clients working with the Department of Rehabilitation ASAP. The candidates must be CRC eligible. The counselors will likely travel between Richmond, Concord and Antioch during the work week.

Please contact John Hollender at jhollend@hsd.cccounty.us or 925-646-5777 IMMEDIATELY if you are interested.

Job Opportunity in Seattle, Washington:

The REHABILITATION THERAPIES AND CLINICS department at Harborview Medical Center has an outstanding opportunity for a Rehab Counselor II. This individual will provide vocational rehabilitation counseling in the Rehab Medicine clinic’s CORP (Comprehensive Outpatient Rehab Program) and across the continuum.  Vocationally counsel people with disabilities, advocate for accommodation, administer and interpret testing, communicate with other treatment providers and community resources.  Duties may also include making arrangements for vocational placements and follow up on vocational placements.

CORP is designed for patients with multiple rehabilitation needs. The Team includes Occupational Therapy (OT), Physical Therapy (PT), Speech/Language Pathology (SLP), Therapeutic Recreation (TR), Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling, Rehabilitation Psychology and Social Work.

Interested applicants can apply online at http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/index.html

NCRE office hours are 7:30am to 4:30pm PST, Monday to Friday. www.rehabeducators.org

Hello All Rehabilitation Counseling Students! (and those interested or considering the area)

The California Department of Rehabilitation is recruiting 60 PAID Internship opportunities (Graduate Student Assistants). See information below and contact me if you are interested. Most of you have your placements, but consider for next year. Julie

Employment Opportunites

“Student Intern”

The Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) is excited to announce that we are recruiting 60 Graduate Student Assistants (GSA) as Interns!  This opportunity is a result of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), available only through September 30, 2011.  Please act quickly and alert eligible students to take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn about DOR’s vocational rehabilitation counseling.

The GSAs will participate in the delivery of a wide range of vocational rehabilitation services and gain practical experience from observing and assisting the DOR counseling staff.  GSAs will work in a DOR district or branch office throughout the State; students at the following CORE Universities will have first priority for the internships:

·        California State University at Sacramento,

·        San Francisco State University,

·        California State University at Fresno,

·        California State University at Los Angeles,

• Click here to download a Microsoft Word document with further information.
• Click here to download a PDF document regarding contract/salary inforamation.

Update regarding Paid Internships at Department of Rehabilitation:

At this point, to apply for paid internships at DOR Follow the directions below:

Student Information:

Students access the University Enterprise Inc. (UEI) at Sacramento State University Website: The U.E.I. website at: http://www.enterprises.csus.edu/.  On the right side bar select “Student Employment Services”.  Students need to create a password and login to complete an application.  Job postings can be viewed without creating an account.

If you are having problems, please contact:

Students can contact U.E.I. Human Resources Department at: (916) 278-5444 or patriciaj@csus.edu for any assistance or questions they may have.

The information should also be up on the DOR website soon. I encourage students to get an application in, then you give yourself the choice down the road.

ATTENTION ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS!

The Sixth ACA Student Ethics Case Study Competition is accepting registrations through November 29, 2009. This popular student activity has both a Masters Degree level and a Doctoral Degree level competition and is open to teams of students in counselor education nationwide.

This is a case study competition in which university counselor education teams analyze a hypothetical ethics case in order to create an appropriate ethical decision and a plan to respond to that decision. Teams of three or four students participate in either a Masters level or Doctoral level competition. There will be four winning teams at each level. First place winners will win a $75 gift certificate for the ACA Bookstore to each team member and a certificate along with a letter of recognition. Second place, each team member will receive a $25 gift certificate at the ACA Bookstore, a certificate and letter of recognition. Third place will receive a letter of recognition and certificate and all participating programs will receive a letter of recognition. There will also be an “Honorable Mention” given to the fourth place winner. The competition is limited to one team per institution.

Winning entries – along with the winning team members and institutions – will be highlighted in Counseling Today and at the ACA annual conference.

Visit http://www.counseling.org/competition to learn more about the competition and for instructions on registration. Registration must be completed by November 29 and submissions will be accepted until December 13, 2009.

Steve Shanahan, who works at DOR and is current chair of our rehab occupational committee for the whole state, just WON the Presidency for the entire bargaining unit! Nancy Swindell will no longer be president and we will now have someone who will bring our profession in California forward (instead of the opposite, which was happening). His entire slate won. Still awaiting the very final ratification, but the polls have closed! This is just wonderful news and he asked me to share with all who may be interested.

The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC®), in conjunction with Prometric, has developed and released its new CRC Interactive Practice Test.

Designed to assist students and candidates as they prepare to take the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) Exam, the CRC Interactive Practice Test:

• Is taken online at one’s convenience.
• Contains 50 items representative of content on a live CRC exam.
• Allows a 48-hour window to take and retake the test.
• Provides correct answers, rationale, and related references for each of the 50 items
• May be taken in 2 different modes – Test Mode and Study Mode – both within the 48-hour window and..
• May be purchased for $39.99 at www.ibt.prometric.com/CRCC.

The CRC Interactive Practice Test consists of 50 items retired from previous live CRC exams – specifically selected to be reasonably representative of the content and statistical properties of a live CRC exam. Practice test items span all 12 domains or content areas covered in the live CRC exam as well as the 2 scoring sections of counseling and rehabilitation/disability.

To maximize the learning experience, the CRC Interactive Practice Test may be taken in 2 modes. Test Mode most closely simulates a live test environment where respondents move from one question directly to the next with final scoring presented upon test completion. Study Mode offers a wealth of information automatically following each question, including the correct answer, rationale, and a corresponding list of references for further study. Students are encouraged to take the CRC Interactive Practice Test in both modes during their 48-hour window.

For more information on the CRC Interactive Practice Test, please direct students to the CRCC web site at www.crccertification.com/pages/crc_exam_preparation/72.php.

To purchase the CRC Interactive Practice Test, and begin the 48-hour test window, please direct students to www.ibt.prometric.com/CRCC.

“CRCC is dedicated and committed to advancing the field of rehabilitation counseling by encouraging and promoting certification, and the CRC credential, among our educator and student communities. As such, we are excited to introduce this new, leading-edge technology designed specifically to help students as they prepare to take the CRC exam. We thank all educators, in advance, for their support and we wish all students much success both on their CRC exam and in their careers as rehabilitation counselors!”

Cindy A. Chapman, Executive Director
Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification

Download this information:

Adobe PDFor MS Word Document

On Thursday, October 1st, the RSA will be holding a Fall event to welcome new students and to connect with returning classmates!

Where and When
The event runs from 5 to 7pm at the Rosa Parks F Room SF State Cesar Chavez Student Center. There will be a Rehabilitation Counseling Student Panel, including recent graduates, RSA members, faculty, and the current head of the Department of Rehabilitation. Find out all you ever wanted to know about Rehabilitation Counseling and the people who love it!

Top row (L ro R) - Kelly Hines, Dr. Julie Chronister, Christine Randolph, Maureen Fitzgerald, Aparna Bell, Kerry Stamps - Bottom Row (L to R) Miyoko Kawabe, Maya Feng, Dr. Mya Vaughn

The RSA was well represented at last week’s event put on by the California chapter of the National Rehabilitation Association at San Francisco State University. The event was a chance for Rehab professionals and students to meet and to network. Our department chair, Dr. Robert Williams, was honored for his contributions and continued support of the Rehab program. Safeway was also honored for its continuing efforts to employ persons with disabilities.

Many thanks to Dr. Julie Chronister for introducing our new student organization to the Rehab community (and thanks for the shout-out for the new website)!