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Welcome to the School of Rehabilitation Services & Counseling!

We are a dynamic academic unit dedicated to preparing professionals to assist people with disabilities to live full lives. Let us help you reach your career goal in a rewarding field of helping others to achieve their own goals of independence and productivity.

Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation Services undergraduate programs The field of rehabilitation is dedicated to assisting individuals, primarily adults, with disabilities to live full and independent lives
Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling Master of Science Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling Program at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was designed to meet a growing demand for...
Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Counseling Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Counseling The Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counseling offered by the School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling is designed primarily to prepare students to become...

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School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling
EHABW 1.266 (Edinburg campus)
BLHSB 2.740 Brownsville campus
Email: rehabservices@utrgv.edu
Phone: 956-665-7036
Phone Alt: 956-882-6512
Fax: 956-665-5237
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#1 in the US Eluterio Blanco

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has been ranked #1 for the Best Affordable Addiction Counseling Degree

Faculty like, Dr. Eluterio (Jr) Blanco, our Addiction Studies program coordinator, was recently announced as the Texas Association of Addiction Professional’s (the largest association of addiction professionals in the state) 2020 Terry B. Hale Professional of the Year at their annual state conference.  Read more about Eluterio Blanco here.

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SCHOOL OF REHABILITATION SERVICES AND COUNSELING

ALUMNI AWARDS: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2023

The School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling (SRSC) at UTRGV is pleased to recognize distinguished school alumni who have made significant contributions in the field of rehabilitation counseling, both regionally and nationally. In recognition of our school alumni, this announcement serves as a call for nominations for the following two awards: 

THE BEATRICE WRIGHT REGIONAL ALUMNI AWARD 
This award is named after an advocate who worked tirelessly to improve services for people with disabilities. Dr. Wright advanced the idea that disability is not a problem centered within the individual, but rather a problem rooted in the psychological, social, and built environment in which people with disabilities live. This award honors alumni who have made a significant contribution within the region to the field of rehabilitation counseling, be it through education, publications, research, policy or legislative efforts, leadership, service or advocacy.

THE JUSTIN DART NATIONAL ALUMNI AWARD 
This award is named after “the father of the American Disabilities Act.” In his lifetime, Mr. Dart received several awards, among them the Presidential Medal of Freedom, this nation’s highest civilian award. He toured the country at his own expense to advocate for disability rights and to spread his vision of “the revolution of empowerment.” Toward this end, this award recognizes school alumni who have made significant contributions on a national level to the field of rehabilitation counseling, be it through publications, research, policy or legislative efforts, leadership, service or advocacy in the advancement and equality of people with disabilities.

For more information read the 2023 Alumni Awards Announcement

To Apply: If you are interested in nominating someone for this award, please download the 2023 Alumni Award Application form.

Self-nominations will not be accepted. Submit, as one PDF document, the completed application, a summary as to why you are nominating the nominee, 1 letter of support, and the nominee’s CV. Separate documents will not be accepted. Prior recipients must wait three years to be considered for the same award. Preference will be given to nominees who have not been previously awarded.  Complete PDF packets are due no later than June 02, 2023 via e-mail to the awards committee chair (Rommel Johnson, rommel.johnson@utrgv.edu). Award recipients will be notified four weeks after the application deadline and will be acknowledged during SRSC’s Annual 2023 Conference later this summer (Date TBA).

If you are interested in nominating someone for this award, download the 2023 Alumni Awards Application


The Hidalgo County Commission voted Tuesday, April 19th to support a proclamation recognizing April 30th as National Therapy Animal Day. 

National Therapy Animal Day

National Therapy Animal Day was created by Pet Partners, the leading therapy dog organization to recognize all the exceptional therapy animals who partner with their handlers and can be found helping people of all ages in a variety of settings including hospital, schools, and nursing homes. The organization has more than 10,000 registered therapy animal teams, which make more than 3 million visits each year.  

Denise Silcox, a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling presented the proclamation to the commission while speaking about her experiences with therapy animals. 

“We know that a visit from a therapy animal will not fix the serious problems in our Nation and our County, but they are always willing to lift a helping paw in trying situations.  With Covid coming to an end, the time to advocate for therapy animals and to encourage facilities and volunteers to get involved is now” 


RGVision Magazine

Therapy Dogs - November 3, 2021 - Denise Silcox has served as a volunteer evaluator and instructor with Pet Partners for nearly 15 years and has one of her three dogs active in the Therapy Animal Program. To enroll, a person and their pet must complete a handler’s workshop, then be evaluated as a team to ensure they work well together. Read the full article here.


  Best Grad Schools 2016 Our Rehabilitation Counseling Program is ranked #14. 
All the health rankings are based solely on the results of peer assessment surveys sent to deans, other administrators and/or faculty at accredited degree programs or schools in each discipline. All schools surveyed in a discipline were sent the same number of surveys. Each school's score reflects its average rating on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding), based on a survey of academics at peer institutions.  Read more...

 

 

 

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