Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling,
Community Counseling Track
Program Overview
The M.S. degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, Community Counseling Track is offered by the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions. Our mission is to educate individuals to be proficient providers of counseling services with a specialization in working with and within the community to empower people including those with disabilities to pursue career and related goals in the community with success and satisfaction. UMDNJ as a leader in health professions education is ideally suited to provide this program.
The M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling, Community Counseling Track is accredited by the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) and by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) in the area of Community Counseling. CORE describes a Rehabilitation Counselor as a counselor who possesses the specialized knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to collaborate in a professional counseling relationship with people who have disabilities to achieve their personal, social, psychological, and career goals. Community counselors consider both the individual and the community as clients.
The M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling, Community Counseling Track is designed to enhance the career advancement of experienced people already working in the human services field as well as prepare people to enter the field. Highly qualified personnel are needed to provide counseling services in community settings to persons with disabilities, including psychiatric, developmental, and physical disabilities. Professionals with graduate degrees in this area are in high demand in New Jersey and the surrounding region as well as nationally. Employment settings include community-based agencies, state and federal government agencies, the insurance industry, and private practice.
This is a 51 credit degree. The curriculum is designed to reflect major areas of study important in the preparation of community counselors with expertise in working with individuals with disabilities in the community. The curriculum is designed to reflect the accreditation standards of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE).
These areas of study include:
- Professional Identity
- Social and Cultural Diversity
- Human Growth and Development
- Career Development
- Helping Relationships
- Group Work
- Assessment
- Research and Program Evaluation
- Community Services and Resources
- Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Disability
As part of the curriculum, all students complete a Practicum and an Internship to practice and integrate counseling skills learned in coursework. With the permission of their agencies and of the Program Director, students employed in relevant settings may complete these experiences at their agency job sites.
The degree is available at both the Scotch Plains campus and the Stratford campus. The Scotch Plains campus is conveniently located for students living in North and Central New Jersey, New York or Eastern Pennsylvania. It is located off Exit 135 of the Garden State Parkway or Exit 41 of Route 78. The campus can also be reached from the Port Authority Bus Terminal and Elizabeth by using New Jersey Transit Bus 112.
The Stratford Campus is conveniently located for students from Southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia area. It is located on Laurel Road off Route 30 (White Horse Pike), which can be reached from Route 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike. The campus can be reached from the PATCO High Speed Line and the Atlantic City Rail Line. Use the Lindenwold Station.
Travel directions to both campuses are available on the UMDNJ web site at About UMDNJ at www.umdnj.edu/home2web/about/index.htm, and then scroll down to Directions.
Questions about the MS in Rehabilitation Counseling,
Community Counseling Track at the Scotch Plains Campus:
Janice Oursler, Ph.D., NCC, CRC, Program Director
Telephone: (908) 889-2462 or e-mail: ourslejd@umdnj.edu
Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
1776 Raritan Rd., Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Questions about the MS in Rehabilitation Counseling, Community Counseling Track at the Stratford Campus:
Bill Green, M.S., LRC, CRC
Telephone: (856) 566-2785 or e-mail: greenwf@umdnj.edu
Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
University Educational Center- Suite 2105
40 East Laurel Road, Stratford, New Jersey 08084
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