The Professional Practice of Rehabilitation Counseling

Dennis R. Maki, PhD, LMHC,CRC, NCC, is Chair and Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation and Counselor Education, College of Education, at The University of Iowa. He also holds three directorships at the Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research; Office of Graduate Teaching Excellence; and the Annual Summer School for Helping Professionals, The University of Iowa. His articles have appeared in such professional journals as Rehabilitation Education, Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, and Journal of Counseling and Development. Dr. Maki is also the recipient of several distinguished achievement awards including Distinguished Career and Special Contributions Award from the NCRE and The Alliance for Rehabilitation Counseling, respectively. He is a Past President of the Council on Rehabilitation Education and the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association. ||Vilia M. Tarvydas, PhD, is Professor and Clinical Coordinator, Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Program Program, Department of Rehabilitation and Counselor Education, at The University of Iowa, as well as the Director of the UI Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Ethics (I-DARE). Dr. Tarvydas' professional articles have appeared in such journals as PM & R: The Journal of Injury, Function, and Rehabilitation, Journal of Counseling and Development, Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, and Rehabilitation Education. Dr. Tarvydas was a member of the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitaiton Counselors Task Force (2009), and ACA's Code of Ethics Task Force and Ethics Committee (2005). She has been President of the American Association of State Counseling Boards, American Rehabilitation Counseling Association and the National Council on Rehabilitation Educaiton. Among her distinguished career awards/recognitions, she was a Study Panel Member of the Institute on Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Committee on the Qualifications of Professionals Providing Mental Health Counseling Services (2009), U.S. Army, Freedom Team Salute Certificate of Appreciation (2008), Distinguished Career in Rehabilitation Education Award, NCRE (2008), and the James F. Garrett Distinguished Career in Research, ARCA (2008).