Clinical Supervision of Rehabilitation Counselors and the Use of Technology

Abstract

Each of the following three articles offers a distinct thesis regarding the clinical supervision of rehabilitation counselor students and the use of technology. While the research questions and perspectives in each of the articles are different from one another, the articles are similar in that they all examine the same course, more specifically, clinical practicum in rehabilitation counseling. The focus of the first article (Chapter 2), "Content Analysis of Rehabilitation Education/Rehabilitation Research, Policy and Education: 1995-2015," was to conduct a content analysis of Rehabilitation Education (later renamed Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education [RE/RRPE]) to determine publication trends. Additionally, the authors wanted to ascertain how often articles were written in RE/RRPE focusing specifically on the use of technology in the training and supervision of rehabilitation counseling graduate students. The second article found in Chapter 3 is titled "A Selected Review of Clinical Supervision Practices as Documented in Rehabilitation Counseling Syllabi." It examines a select group of practicum courses and their corresponding syllabi offered in graduate rehabilitation counselor education programs. The review includes the definition and objectives of practicum, and a review of the current methods utilized in conducting supervision, especially the use of technology and distance modalities. The third article (Chapter 4) titled "Rehabilitation Counseling Practicum–Interviews with Selected Faculty Supervisors" looks at the perspectives of rehabilitation counseling faculty in relation to the current and future uses of technology and distance modalities in the training and supervision of counseling students during their practicum fieldwork experiences.