Dr. Janice Oursler is the Program Director for the Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling. She also teaches many of the courses in the program.

Dr. Oursler has a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from St. John's University . She is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) and a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP). She has been a recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from UMDNJ's School of Health Related Professions .

Before starting her academic career, Janice worked for the New York State Office of Mental Health for many years. She also has work experience as a rehabilitation counselor and as a supervisor of rehabilitation counselors for the state vocational rehabilitation services agency in New York .

Bibliography

Journal Articles:
Nalven, E.B., Oursler, J., Green, W. & Cordiero, N. (2005). Assessing client satisfaction with vocational rehabilitation services: A focus group project. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation , 8 , 63-80 . (Peer review).

Casper , E.S. & Oursler, J.D. (2003). The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Beliefs, Goals and Practices Scale: Sensitivity to change. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 26 , 311-314. (Peer review).

Casper , E.S., Oursler, J., Schmidt, L.T. & Gill, K.J. (2002). Measuring practitioners' beliefs, goals and practices in psychiatric rehabilitation. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 25 , 223-234. (Peer review).

Book Chapters:
Oursler, J. (1997). A Peer Counseling Program. In C.T. Mowbry, D.P. Moxley, C.A. Jasper & L.L. Howell (Eds.), Consumers as providers in psychiatric rehabilitation (pp. 224-237). Columbia , MD : International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services. (Peer review).

Orvieto, A., Oursler, J., Mittleman, M., McGill, M. & Gobbo, M. (1984). Creating an outpatient data file: A tool for program planning. In J. Franks & M. Levine (Eds.), Eighth annual proceedings: Multi-state information system national users group (pp. 156-163). Orang­eburg, NY: Nathan S. Kline Institute. (Peer review).

Book Review:
Oursler, J. (2003). Schizophrenia and comorbid conditions: Diagnosis and treatment (Review of the book). Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 27 , 96-97.

Other:
Tools Developed for the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS)

Oursler, J. (2002). Guidelines for documentation and record keeping in psychiatric rehabilitation services. In Psych. rehab. sample documentation forms released. Retrieved from http:// www.paproviders.org/Pages/infos%20archive/ PR%20Sample%20Documents%20051002.html

Oursler, J. (2001, February 14). Psychiatric rehabilitation medical necessity criteria and standards: Guidelines for reviewing requests for admission, continued stay and discharge. In OMHSAS Releases Second Edition of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Standards. Retrieved from http:// www.paproviders.org/Pages/ infos%20archive/PRS%20Second%20Edition.html

Oursler, J. (2001, February 14). Psychiatric rehabilitation functional assessment tool. In OMHSAS Releases Second Edition of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Standards. Retrieved from http:// www.paproviders.org/Pages/ infos%20archive/PRS%20Second%20Edition.html

Email Janice at: ourslejd@umdnj.edu