Tameika Minor

Tameika Minor and Aubrey Daniels, assistant professors in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, have received a $2.84 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration to launch the FuturePath: Transition Professionals Certificate Program.

This project will create new training opportunities for graduate students and working professionals who help the increasing population of young people with disabilities—ages 14 to 25—navigate the move from school to adult life. The grant will support the development of a new transition concentration within the Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling program, as well as an online certificate program for vocational rehabilitation counselors and paraprofessionals nationwide.

Aubrey Daniels

Over the next five years, the program aims to prepare 35 master’s students and 15 working professionals with specialized skills to better support youth in achieving independence, employment, and community inclusion. Both the transition concentration and transition certificate will be available nationwide through online learning.