Specialty Competencies in Rehabilitation Psychology

An increasing number of psychologists who were trained in clinical psychology, health psychology, or another specialty are gravitating toward rehabilitation psychology, but many of them have little or no experience with rehabilitation populations. With the explosion of interest in traumatic brain injury (TBI), many neuropsychologists are taking jobs in rehabilitation settings that treat people with TBI but also care for persons with the array of other disabling conditions such as spinal cord injury, stroke, MS, and amputation.

In Specialty Competencies in Rehabilitation Psychology, Drs. Cox, Cox, and Caplan provide a guide to the knowledge and skills required by competent rehabilitation psychologists, with an emphasis on the evidence base of the specialty. The volume will be valuable to those preparing for the Board Certification Examination in Rehabilitation Psychology and will also be valuable to newcomers to the field and to clinicians working on an outpatient basis with individuals with a wide variety of chronic conditions.

Series in Specialty Competencies in Professional Psychology

Series Editors
Arthur M. Nezu and Christine Maguth Nezu

As the field of psychology continues to grow and new specialty areas emerge and achieve recognition, it has become increasingly important to define the standards of professional specialty practice.

Developed and conceived in response to this need for practical guidelines, this series presents methods, strategies, and techniques for conducting day-to-day practice in any given psychology specialty. The topical volumes address best practices across the functional and foundational competencies that characterize the various psychology specialties, including clinical psychology, cognitive and behavioral psychology, school psychology, geropsychology, forensic psychology, clinical neuropsychology, couples and family psychology, and more. Functional competencies include common practice activities like assessment and intervention, while foundational competencies represent core knowledge areas such as ethical and legal issues, cultural diversity, and professional identification. In addition to describing these competencies, each volume provides a definition, description, and development timeline of a particular specialty, including its essential and characteristic pattern of activities, as well as its distinctive and unique features.

Written by recognized experts in their respective fields, volumes are comprehensive, up-to-date, and accessible. These volumes offer invaluable guidance to not only practicing mental health professionals, but those training for specialty practice as well.

David R. Cox, PhD, ABPP, is Executive Officer of the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is ABPP board certified in Rehabilitation Psychology and was a founding member of the ABRP. He is President of Neuropsychology & Rehabilitation Consultants, P.C. in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Richard H. Cox, MD, PhD, DMin, ABPP, is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical School; Research Scholar at the Center for Clinical BioEthics at Georgetown University Medical School; Affiliate Fellow of the Potomac Institute in Washington, DC; and Emeritus President and Professor of the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology. Dr. Cox was a founding member of ABRP.

Bruce Caplan, PhD, ABPP, FACRM, is Board-Certified in both rehabilitation psychology and clinical neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, National Academy of Neuropsychology, and American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. He was a founding member of ABRP. Dr. Caplan was Editor of Rehabilitation Psychology and serves as Senior Editor of Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.

About the Series in Specialty Competencies in Professional Psychology

Part I - Introduction to Rehabilitation Psychology
1. Introduction - A Brief History of Rehabilitation Psychology

Part II - Foundational Competencies
2. Ethical & Legal Issues
3. Individual & Cultural Diversity
4. Interpersonal Interaction
5. Professional Identity

Part III - Functional Competencies
6. Assessment
7. Consultation
8. Consumer Protection
9. Intervention
10. Science Base and Knowledge
11. Supervision, Teaching, and Management

References
Key Terms
Index
About the Authors
About the Series Editors