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ABOUT The Undergraduate Rehabilitation Services Program is officially registered on the Registry for the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) Fall 2004- Fall 2007. The Rehabilitation Services program provides students with the knowledge and competencies to work with persons who have developmental, physical, sensory, or emotional disabilities and/or chronic diseases. The program prepares students for entry-level positions with agencies and organizations providing services to persons with disabilities. The program includes four service learning courses where students are introduced and exposed to agencies and organizations in the Xenia and Dayton area that serve persons with disabilities. The service learning classes offer students the opportunity to get some hands on experience with persons who have disabilities. Course content is focused on building knowledge and skills needed to work with persons who have disabilities in a variety of settings. The curriculum is infused with an emphasis on guiding persons with disabilities to realize and reach their fullest potential in all areas of life: interpersonal, social, psychologically, economically, and vocationally. Additionally, options exist to provide students with skills and competencies to pursue administrative and managerial positions in various fields. Employment opportunities are available in the following areas: state and private rehabilitation agencies, social agencies, federal, state, and county agencies and facilities, correctional programs and facilities, private and general hospitals, agencies serving persons with mental illness, agencies serving persons with mental retardation and developmental disabilities, sheltered workshops, and insurance companies. |