Our purpose:
The purpose of the Rehabilitation Counseling Student Organization is to be a support group for University of Pittsburgh students interested in the field of rehabilitation counseling, and to promote the profession of rehabilitation counseling in academic, clinical and community service, as well as research settings.
Rehabilitation counseling is a highly specialized field of the counseling profession which focuses on assessment, treatment of and rehabilitation of limitations associated with physical, emotional, and cognitive disabilities, as well as, mental and physical illnesses. To that extent, rehabilitation counselors serve as therapists, service coordinators, case managers, advocates, educators, and ultimately facilitators of change. Although an understanding of counseling techniques and theories serves as a foundation for rehabilitation counselors, it is through knowledge of the human body, medicine, technology, law, politics, psychology, and sociology that rehabilitation counselors function most effectively.
Furthermore, the purpose is to promote cohesion between incoming students, current students and alumni of SHRS's Rehabilitation Counseling program creating an optimal venue to exchange knowledge and wisdom related to RST while fostering academic and social interaction among its members.
Rehabilitation counseling is a highly specialized field of the counseling profession which focuses on assessment, treatment of and rehabilitation of limitations associated with physical, emotional, and cognitive disabilities, as well as, mental and physical illnesses. To that extent, rehabilitation counselors serve as therapists, service coordinators, case managers, advocates, educators, and ultimately facilitators of change. Although an understanding of counseling techniques and theories serves as a foundation for rehabilitation counselors, it is through knowledge of the human body, medicine, technology, law, politics, psychology, and sociology that rehabilitation counselors function most effectively.
Furthermore, the purpose is to promote cohesion between incoming students, current students and alumni of SHRS's Rehabilitation Counseling program creating an optimal venue to exchange knowledge and wisdom related to RST while fostering academic and social interaction among its members.