Video One
Produced by Team One
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Tell us about Vocational Rehabilitation
Michelle Hamiltion, Program Director: It is learning about persons who might have physical disabilities and or cognitive related disabilities such as psychiatric disabilities or developmental disabilities such as autism or mental retardation. We also have courses that focus students on learning about the world of work and occupational analysis, job analysis, trying to determine what the characteristics of a specific job are so that we can match those jobs to characteristics and attributes that individuals might bring to the world of work. The program offers a variety of concentrations – rehabilitation counseling, vocational evaluation, and rehabilitation leadership.
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What is it like for students?
JoDee Smith, student: Well, just generally, the courses that I’m taking, I really feel that they are preparing me for my future -- my role as a future rehab professional.
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What do like most about the program?
JoDee: The professors are unique here because they work one on one with each one of us and they really want us to do as well as we can. They will do anything to help prepare us, and just the relationship that we all form is professional but yet it’s more personal also.
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What aspects of the courses have you transferred into your occupation?
Kyle Kliest, Alumni, Center for Independent Living: The most valuable thing that I got out of my graduate experience was the counseling courses. I found that working in an independent living center we provide one on one services to people with disabilities, and in so many aspects I am dealing with issues really on the personal nature -- where I need to take the time, spend the time with an individual, get to know them. And those counseling courses that I had were so beneficial in teaching me the skills to really listen to the person, communicate with the person, and understand the person – where they’re coming from, uniquely as a person with a disability.
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Video Two
Produced by Team Frankenstein
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University of Wisconsin – Stout
Vocational Rehabilitation Program
“Providing Success One Step at a Time”
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Michelle Hamilton, Program Director: I think one of the most unique features of the Vocational Rehabilitation program at Stout is the applied nature of the program. We work from a very practitioner focused model which means we are a preprofessional program that is designed and geared toward helping students become professional practitioners as either rehabilitation counselors or vocational evaluators or both.
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Video Three
Produced by Synergy Supers
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Vocational Rehabilitation Program
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Michelle: Hi, my name is Michelle Hamilton. I am graduate program director of the Master’s in Vocational Rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin–Stout.
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Michelle: Stout believes in minds on, hands on learning. So it’s not just a theoretically based university.
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Michelle: The "Voc Rehab" program is about helping people with disabilities to gain a satisfying career.
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Stout – Vocational Rehabilitation graduate program is also available online.
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Michelle Hamilton: hamiltonmi@uwstout.edu
http://www.uwstout.edu/programs/msvr/
Video Four
Produced by The Chosen Team
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Do you want to become a master?
Mission Statement: Positively impact the future of persons with disabilities.
Michelle Hamilton, Program Director: ...past graduates generally say about Stout Grads for the Voc Rehab program is that they hit the ground running. And that’s a unique concept to Stout, in all of the programs it is applied.
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Stout gives you the edge.
Question: How will the masters program benefit me?
Michelle: You don’t gain those advance counseling skills at an undergraduate level, so while you might be able to work with people with disabilities as a case manager or help them explore occupations, the counseling process, um, you would not have the skills to do that until you achieve the Master’s degree.
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Question: Will I get a job after the master's program?
Michelle: The placement rate for the Vocational Rehabilitation Program is above 95%. So one of the reasons that our placement rate is so high is that employers really do covet Stout graduates. So if we ask employers if they would hire Stout graduates over graduates from other rehabilitation programs, they almost unanimously say “yes”.
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Question: Do I need a undergraduate degree in Vocational Rehabilitation?
Michelle: I would say that that is one of the unique features about our program, that you can come with a variety of undergraduate degrees.
If you like to help people
If you would like to improve someone’s life
If you want to go that extra step
Then the Masters Program at UW-Stout is for YOU, On-Campus or Online
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Beat the bell or you will be late
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