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The goal of rehabilitation counseling is to enhance the lifespan development and functioning of persons with disabilities. Rehabilitation counselors work with individuals with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities; examples include people with spinal cord injuries, AIDS, mental retardation, serious mental illness, and substance abuse. Rehabilitation counselors empower persons with disabilities, helping them identify their strengths, build on their assets, and change the environment in which they function.

The rehabilitation counselor works with the individual within the context of the counseling relationship, integrating and managing the many facets of the rehabilitation process. The key areas of competency are counseling, assessment, case management, client advocacy, and job analysis, placement, and restructuring.

Rehabilitation counselors work in diverse settings: State and federal departments of rehabilitation services, independent living centers, special education/transition programs, psychiatric rehabilitation programs, developmental disability programs, substance abuse programs, hospitals, disability management programs in business and industry, and other agencies in both the private and public sectors.

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