The Vocational Rehabilitation Counselling (VRHC) is to address the vocational effects of neurological, physical, sensory, psychiatric, neuropsychological and pain-related disabilities. The curriculum has been developed in accordance with future program accreditation requirements and prepares graduates for licensing by respective professional licensing bodies for vocational rehabilitation professionals.The area of focus in Vocational Rehabilitation Counselling which follows the scientist-practitioner training model and prepares students for independent practice in a wide spectrum of vocational rehabilitation service areas, including, but not limited to: vocational assessment, vocational individual and group intervention, adjustment and rehabilitative counselling, job development and placement, return-to-work planning, case and disability management, and research and program evaluation. A supervised clinical experience in the Vocational Rehabilitation setting, as well as coursework on psychosocial and medical aspects of disability, has also been built into the curriculum. It is responsive to the needs of Canadian vocational rehabilitation professionals and provides a uniquely Canadian perspective on vocational rehabilitation counselling and the environment where it is delivered.Both regular UBC faculty and sessional faculty will be involved in teaching. Sessional faculty will be selected among expert vocational rehabilitation professionals with academic background and qualifications.
