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Rehabilitation Counseling


On November 16, 2009, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved a request by College of Health Sciences, to create a Master of Rehabilitation Counseling program. The program admitted its first students in the Fall of 2010.

The Master of Rehabilitation Counseling (MRC) degree provides a strong foundation in the philosophy, process, and profession of rehabilitation counseling through didactic coursework, field experiences, and extracurricular experiences. It develops expertise in the independent living, medical, social, and psychological aspects of disability and in the vocational rehabilitation process.

Graduates of the MRC program are eligible to sit for the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Exam. Graduates are highly sought after by a number of rehabilitation agencies in El Paso, the State of Texas, and the State of New Mexico and across the nation. These agencies include organizations such as the Texas Division of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, CIGNA Corporation, and many other rehabilitation service agencies.

In accordance with The Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP), the Master of Rehabilitation Counseling (MRC) Program routinely provides information about the program’s academic quality for public disclosure…
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On July 1, CACREP assumed responsibility for carrying out the mission and vision of the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE). All graduate programs that were accredited by CORE are now accredited by CACREP, and can be found in the CACREP directory of Accredited Programs.

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration has awarded UTEP’s Master of Rehabilitation Counseling program $1 million to increase the number of rehabilitation counselors in the Paso del Norte region. Emre Umucu, Ph.D., the project’s director and assistant professor of rehabilitation counseling, said the grant will increase the capacity of the community to support the independent living, employment, psychosocial adjustment, and full inclusion of persons with chronic health conditions and disabilities in our region.

Grant to Provide Scholarships to UTEP MRC Students

The U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) has awarded The University of Texas at El Paso’s Master of Rehabilitation Counseling (MRC) program $1 million to increase the number of rehabilitation counselors in the Paso del Norte region.

UTEP’s Minority AIDS Research Center (MARC) has received federal funding to collaborate with the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence (CASFV) on a program to support victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in five West Texas rural counties. Thenral Mangadu, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of public health sciences and MARC’s director, the project will follow a holistic community-engaged partnership model first established with CASFV in 2012.

UTEP Receives Grant to Support Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault in Rural Counties

The University of Texas at El Paso’s Minority AIDS Research Center (MARC) has received federal funding to collaborate with the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence (CASFV) on a program to support victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in five West Texas rural counties.

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The University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Mailing Address: 500 W University Ave. El Paso, Texas 79968
Physical Address: 1101 N. Campbell St.
El Paso, Texas 79902

E: rehabcounseling@utep.edu
P: (915) 747-8181