Rehabilitation Counseling for the Deaf Graduate Certificate

The Rehabilitation Counseling for the Deaf Graduate Certificate is a distance education program available to students whose career interests relate to working with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. This 12 credit-hour certificate is limited to those students who demonstrate at least an intermediate level of skill with the Sign Language Proficiency Inventory (SLPI) prior to admission to the certificate. Courses specific to the Rehabilitation Counseling for the Deaf Graduate Certificate are taught via distance education and integrate American Sign Language (ASL) as the primary means of delivery of lecture material.

Required courses are:

• ASL 421 - History and Culture of the Deaf  (offered summer term only)
• RCDE 521 - Rehabilitation Services in the Deaf Community  
• RCDE 522 - Communication with Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing  
• RCDE 523 - Special Populations and Topics in Rehabilitation of the Deaf  

Program Contact: Program contact information can be found at https://centerondeafness.utk.edu/.