National Rehabilitation Counseling Association

Disability. Social Justice. Action. 

University of Memphis Institute on Disability. Memphis, Tennessee. October 2019 

Friday, October 18 Penny Hardaway Hall 

5:00 - 6:00 pm 

 

Welcome to the University of Memphis 

Michelle Marmé & Chris Schiro-Geist  

National Rehabilitation Counseling Association 

6:00 - 8:00 pm 

Social Justice, Disability & the Meaning of Work   

Brent Williams, Program Director, PROMISE Grant, UAR 

Alan Bruce, Executive Director, Universal Learning Systems 

Penny Willmering, Director, Rehab Svcs, ATU, discussant 

2 ceu hours 

Saturday, October 19 University Center - Fountain Room 

8 - 9 am Coffee & light breakfast 

9 am - 11 am 

Curriculum Design, Standards & Accreditation  

Social Justice & Community-Based Rehabilitation Counsellor Education: 

From Practice to Praxis 

Michael Millington 

Accreditation and Certification: Why it Matters in a Just World.  

Penny Willmering & Regina Robertson 

Credentialing as a Vehicle for Social Justice and  

Professional Identity at the Undergraduate Level.   L.A. Alderman 

Qualifications for Rehabilitation Counselors:   

A Social Justice Issue.   Michelle Aliff; Michelle McBroom Weiss, Amy Vercillo   

Beyond Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling:   

Social Justice & Advocacy.   

Gemarco Peterson; Kelsey Webb; Jessica Sims  

2 ceu’s Discussants: Lee Crandall & Chrisann Schiro-Geist 

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11 am - 1 pm 

Intersectionality of Disability, Social Justice & Other Factors 

50 Years After Stonewall:   

Working with Clients who are Disabled and Identify as LGBQ+.    

Robert (Rob) L. Stevens 

Social Justice: Race, Disability, and Career Development.   Dwaine Turner 

Opioid Crisis and Minorities: Role of Rehabilitation Counselors 

Dalia Chowdhury 

Getting to Know You:   

Teaching Rehabilitation Counseling Students to Ask the Right Questions.   

Raymond C. Ortega 

 

 

2 ceu's Discussant: David Perry  

 

Freshen up & hop bus to Central BBQ* 

 

1:30 pm - 2 pm 

Lunch at Central BBQ* 

*For non-carnivores, please specify food preferences on Friday night 

 

2 pm - 3 pm 

 

Memphis, Civil Rights, Social Justice 

 

Maurice Williams 

Freedom Award Honoree 

 

1.0 ceu Discussant: Chrisann Schiro-Geist 

3 pm - 5 pm 

 

National Civil Rights Museum 

 

Homework must be completed to earn continuing education credits 

2 ceu’s 

National Rehabilitation Counseling Association

Sunday, October 20 Ball Hall, Room 124 

8 - 9 am 

Coffee & light breakfast 

9:00 am - 10:30 am 

Research, Writing, Editorial Reviewing, and Publishing as  

Social Justice Issues. Experts Lead the Conversation:   

Adam Etkin, Dalia Chowdhury, Lee Crandall, Mary Huber   

1.5 ceu's Discussant: Joseph F Stano 

10:30 - 10:45 

Coffee, consider small groups 

10:45 am - 1:00 pm 

Civic Engagement, Strategic Planning & Global Perspectives  

Vocational, Community, & Social Inclusion of Persons  

with Blindness, Low Vision, and Deafblindness 

Ian Shadrick, Ed.D., CRC, CVRT 

Responding to Refugees & Children in Camps    

Imelda Graham (Ireland) 

 

No One Leaves Without an ACTION PLAN 

Roundtable of work groups & planning ahead… 

Monitoring, support, & feedback 

 

2.0 ceu’s Discussants: Michelle Marmé, Lee Crandall, Alan Bruce 

Follow up Planning 

Online support & communication 

JARC Summer 2020 

Part 2 February 2021 

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