"Multiple Sclerosis: Medical Aspects, Psychosocial and Voc. Implications, and Rehab. Considerations"

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Class Schedule
(Class times are always Central Time and last about one hour)

10/25/2010 10:00 AM (Monday)

10/26/2010 10:00 AM (Tuesday)

10/27/2010 10:00 AM (Wednesday)

Class Description

Module 1 -An overview of MS. Module 2- Psychosocial Adjustment to MS and Chronic Illness. Module 3- Employment Issues.

CRC Credits: 3

About the Presenter

Phillip Rumrill, Ph.D., CRC

Dr. Rumrill is a Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling and Director of the Center for Disability Studies at Kent State University in Ohio. Dr. Rumrill received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Keene State College in New Hampshire and his doctorate from the University of Arkansas. He has authored or co-authored more than 140 professional journal articles; 40 book chapters, measurement instruments, and training manuals; and 7 books entitled Employment Issues and Multiple Sclerosis (2 Editions), Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for Rehabilitation and Health Care Professionals, Research in Rehabilitation Counseling, Research in Special Education, Occupational Neurology, and Emerging Issues in Rehabilitation Counseling. He has also guest-edited 15 issues of professional and academic journals in the fields of education and rehabilitation. Dr. Rumrill has extensive experience writing and administering funded projects; he has had management roles on 24 Federal and private foundation grants whose total budgets exceed $12 million. He is also a frequent presenter at national and international conferences in health care, rehabilitation, and education, and he has received honors and recognition for his work from such organizations as the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, the National TRIO Foundation, Ohio State University, the University of Hawaii, the National Federation of the Blind, and the Arla Institute of Finland. In 2005, Dr. Rumrill was named Rehabilitation Researcher of the Year by the National Council on Rehabilitation Education. Dr. Rumrill’s research interests include issues facing students with disabilities in higher education, assistive technology and reasonable accommodations, chronic illness, the career development implications of disability, workplace discrimination, program evaluation, research design and methodology, and self-advocacy strategies for people with disabilities

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