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Department of Rehabilitation
and Counselor Education
N338 Lindquist Center
Iowa City, IA 52242 319/335-5275 (phone)
319/335-5291 (fax) Department Chair
Dr. Dennis R. Maki   |
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Rehabilitation and Counselor Education A Message from Dennis R. Maki, PhD
Departmental Executive Officer  Welcome to the Home page of the Department of Rehabilitation and Counselor Education, which is housed within the College of Education at The University of Iowa. The department prepares students to facilitate human development across the life span, to advocate for clients and students, and to serve local, national, and international communities through the delivery and creation of state-of-the-art counseling services. The department achieves these goals by advancing knowledge, skills, and attitudes appropriate for effective and ethical professional counseling practice and by conducting and disseminating related research.
The Department prepares practitioners and scholars primarily at the graduate level. It also offers basic courses in interviewing and interpersonal skills for students in other professional and graduate programs. In addition, it offers an undergraduate minor. Programs offered by the
Department of Rehabilitation and Counselor Education The Department offers the following graduate programs and undergraduate minor: |
Why Iowa?
The Department of Rehabilitation and Counselor Education has established a new PhD program in Couple and Family Therapy, headed by our new faculty member, Volker Thomas, PhD. This Doctoral Program is seeking accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE); it aims to develop researcher-clinicians who are excited about the possibility of making significant research contributions to the field of marriage and family therapy (MFT). For more information, go to the Couple and Family Therapy program home page.
| | | Important Information for Students Offices, Services and Centers UI Helping Professionals Workshops (IHELP) The UI Helping Professionals Workshop (IHELP) was formerly known as the Annual Summer School for Helping Professionals (ASSHP). To find out more, go to the IHELP web site. Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Ethics (I-DARE) The mission of The Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Ethics (I-DARE) is to create a vibrant on-line cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional community of scholars whose goal is to improve the quality of ethical practice experienced by people with disabilities through research, education, and consultation. To find out more, go to the I-DARE Home page. Office of Graduate Teaching Excellence (OGTE) The Office of Graduate Teaching Excellence (OGTE) enables all University of Iowa doctoral students to complement their home discipline’s curriculum and research training with the development of effective teaching skills. To find out more, go to the OGTE Home page. Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research (ICATER) ICATER is a technology and universal design resource for all members of the education community to build learner capacity, and increase access to learning opportunities. To find out more, go to the ICATER Home page
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