Rehabilitation Psychology - Course Psyc-608-01
J. Michael Williams, PhD
Course Description: The course will cover the full range of applications of psychology in rehabilitation. Since the physical consequences of illness are usually stabilized after acute medical treatment, the psychologist plays a unique role in the rehabilitation phase, where further progress may be determined by motivation and general psychological adjustment to disability. These include the rehabilitation of schizophrenia and other psychological disorders, physical rehabilitation and neuropsychological rehabilitation. The course will examine prominent theories of rehabilitation and many methods that are derived from theories or stand alone as specific methods designed to remediate the long-term sequelae of illness. The course will also cover the pathology and recovery of neurological and other illnesses that commonly result in disability.
Course Syllabus:
1. The History and Theories of Rehabilitation.
Reading: Introduction from Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology (HRP),
The Role of Cognitive Retraining in Comprehensive Rehabilitation
2. Assessment of Skills and Resources
3. Rehabilitation Goal setting and planning
4. Planning Skill Objectives and Skill Training
5. Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Vascular Disorder and other illnesses of the
Central Nervous System. HRP-Chs 3, 4 &17
6. Spinal Chord Injury HRP-Ch 1
7. Childhood Neurological Disorders HRP-Chs 6, 18
8. Chronic Pain HRP-Ch 9
9. Chronic Schizophrenia
10. Rehabilitation applied to substance abuse disorders HRP-Ch 19
11. Specialized Rehabilitation Programs for Neurological Disorders HRP-Ch 20
12. Specialized Rehabilitation Programs for Psychiatric Disorders HRP-Ch 11
13. Psychological assessment and psychotherapy in rehabilitation HRP-Chs 13, 15
14. Resource Development and Models of Case Management - Baker & Intagliata, Case Management
Text:
Frank, Robert. G. & Elliott, Timothy R., (2000). Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology, Am Psych Association, Washington DC.
Crimmins, C., (2000). Where is the Mango Princess?, New York: Knopf.