The Consortium for Distance Education in Rehabilitation (CDER)
Online Access to Graduate Level Education in Rehabilitation Counseling
The CDER Project was implemented in 1999 by two CORE accredited degree-granting universities: San Diego State University (SDSU) and the University of North Texas (UNT). A central purpose was, and remains, to use distance learning strategies and adult learning principles to make high quality, CORE accredited, graduate level courses and the Master of Science Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling accessible to qualified students throughout the United States, including the Territories and the Commonwealth, and other countries.
If you are interested in pursuing your academic or professional development goals through the CDER Program, please visit the program site at interwork.sdsu.edu/main/rcp.
Total online program cost is approximately $28,200.
Courses
Provide rehabilitation professionals with knowledge and skills to assess assistive technology needs of individuals with disabilities and match those needs with appropriate adaptations, equipment, and/or resources to expand employment and related quality of life opportunities. (Formerly numbered Administration, Rehabilitation and Postsecondary Education 585.)
Prerequisite
Admission to rehabilitation counseling program or consent of instructor.
Rehabilitation assessment, labor market information, and career planning implications. Current assessment approaches, counseling, and career theories related to individuals with disabilities.
Theory, dynamics, process and leadership function as applied to group work in rehabilitation. Development and application of group leadership skills/techniques for adjustment, support, skill training, self-directed groups, organizational problem solving and team-building groups in rehabilitation
Counseling theories, approaches to and techniques for counseling, and research concerning counseling effectiveness.
Background and legislation related to vocational rehabilitation, consumer services, role and function of rehabilitation counselor as a professional. Orientation to community rehabilitation agencies.
Interface of the individual and the environment covering disabilities from the perspective of each disability viewed in terms of functional capacities and rehabilitative services needed.
Open to rehabilitation graduate students and practitioners.
Interface of the individual and the environment covering disabilities from the perspective of each disability viewed in terms of functional capacities and rehabilitative services needed.
Prerequisites: Open to rehabilitation graduate students and practitioners.
Selected topics with emphasis in research in rehabilitation counseling and/or administration.
Selected topics with emphasis in research in rehabilitation counseling and/or administration.
Study of a selected area in administration, rehabilitation, or postsecondary education, such as educational law, finance, supervision, personnel procedures, etc. May be repeated with new content.
Clinical supervision within rehabilitation systems as it relates to outreach and referral, career development, counseling, and caseload management. Maximum credit 12 units applicable to a Master of Science degree in rehabilitation counseling.
Supervised internship in rehabilitation setting which involves application of rehabilitation counseling experiences. Maximum credit of nine units applicable to a Master of Science degree in rehabilitation counseling or enrollment in the Rehabilitation Administration Certificate.
Prerequisite
Completion of at least 24 units leading to Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling.
Development and examination of relevant policy and impact of politics in governance and administration in postsecondary and disability-related systems; control functions of federal, state, and local agencies; influence of lay citizens and special interest groups; roles of judiciary, employee organizations and students.
Individual study. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master’s degree.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; to be arranged with department chair and instructor. May involve fieldwork.