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Melissa Cole Receives NCRCA Scholarship

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DRS student Melissa Cole was awarded a $100 Scholarship from the NC Rehabilitation Counseling Association at their Spring meeting on March 28, 2008. The following excerpted from the nomination letter:

I would consider her strengths to be her motivation and her excellent clinical skills. She has a personal involvement in the field as demonstrated by her work as Student Rehabilitation Association president. Melissa relates well to peers, authority figures and consumers, both as a professional and as a person. She has demonstrated excellent academic and clinical skills while in the program. I think she is and will be an excellent professional. She represents the best of what the rehabilitation counseling profession is about, and I highly recommend her for this scholarship.

Spring 2008 NC NRCA & VEWAA Conference in Blowing Rock

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L to R Front row Kristin Whitely, Rebecca Carbaugh,
Brooke Lyerly, Middle row Melissa Cole, Kristina Hendrix,
Nicole Zolnowski, Angelyn Fanlo, Lynette Weaver, Back
row Samantha Petruolo, Dr. Mark Stebnicki, Dr. Steve
Sligar, Dr. Paul Alston

NC ECU students were actively involved in this spring’s training conference held on 03/27-28/2008. The students and other participants learned about various applications of ethical conduct as rehabilitation professionals.

Angelyn Fanlo, Rebecca Carbaugh, and Lynette Weaver developed a presentation along with Dr. Steven Sligar entitled Changes in the CCWAVES Code of Ethics. They were assisted by 6 other students who facilitated group discussions focused on ethical dilemmas. Lynette Weaver also presented her research in a poster Toolbox of the Vocational Evaluator.

More pictures from the conference....

PARC Conference 2008

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The Professional Association of Rehabilitation Counselors (PARC) had their yearly conference at Atlantic Beach this winter. The theme was “Integrating the Spiritual Dimension into Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation Counseling.”

Pictured are Rehabilitation Studies faculty and students (current and past) along with the two presenters - Geri Miller from Appalachian State University (first row, far right) and Laurie Rokutani from the College of William and Mary (first row, second from the right).

Faculty and PhD Students Attend NCRE

Seven faculty and four PhD students attended the National Council of Rehabilitation Educators (NCRE) Conference from February 14-17, 2008 in San Antonio, TX. In addition to development of their skills as educators, each attendee contributed to the conference as follows:

Paul Alston: attended as new co-editor of the Journal of Rehabilitation

Shari Sias & Lloyd Goodwin: presented a poster session Career Goals and Characteristics of Substance Abuse Counseling Students

Mark Stebnicki: provided a training session Empathy Fatigue: Implications for Counselor Educators and Supervisors

Steve Sligar, Leigh Atherton, & Chris Cubero: provided a training session An Innovative Intervention for Unemployed Substance Abusers* (to view the PowerPoint click on Project Working Recovery)

Mary Crozier: provided a training session The Community is the Classroom: Bridging Theory to Practice via a Community

Martha Chapin: presented a poster on Positive Psychology Measures and Employment Rates of Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries

Beverly Sheaffer, Shari Sias, & Chris Cubero: presented a poster session on Social Distance Preferences of Rehabilitation Professionals in Training**

Xueying Li: presented a poster on Depression in Patients with Post Stroke Disability: Cross Cultural Research***

*coauthored with Xiaoming Zeng & Paul Toriello
**coauthored with Paul Toriello
***coauthored with Daniel Wong

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Xueying Li & Chris Cubero discuss a poster with
Linda Holloway (University of North Texas & NCRE
President) and Charles Bernacchio (UNC-Chapel Hill)

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