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Janice Oursler, Ph.D.

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Professor
Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling
Program: Rehabilitation Counseling
Administrative Title: Program Director (NJEA)
Phone: (908) 88-9246
Email: ourslejd@shp.rutgers.edu
Office Address:
Research Tower-Busch Campus
675 Hoes Lane West, 8th Floor
Piscataway, NJ 08854

About

Dr. Janice Oursler is the Program Director for the Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling. She also teaches many of the courses in the program. Dr. Oursler has a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from St. John’s University . She is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) and a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP). She has been a recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from UMDNJ’s School of Health Related Professions.
Before starting her academic career, Janice worked for the New York State Office of Mental Health for many years. She also has work experience as a rehabilitation counselor and as a supervisor of rehabilitation counselors for the state vocational rehabilitation services agency in New York .

Education

Ph.D., St. John’s University

Professional Achievements

Who’s Who Hall of Fame Citation, 2005
Excellence in Teaching Award, 2004
President’s Award, 2002
Special Recognition Award, 2001

Research

Title
Sponsor
Effective Dates
Role
Long Term Training Grant for Rehabilitation of Individuals who are Mentally Ill $500,000
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
2009 – Ongoing
PI
Long Term Training Grant for Rehabilitation Counseling $750,000
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
2008 – Ongoing
PI
Long Term Training Grant for Rehabilitation of Individuals who are Mentally Ill
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
2005 – Ongoing
PI
Recruitment for Careers in Rehabilitation Counseling Project $18,000
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
2004 – 2008
PI
Long Term Training Grant for Rehabilitation Counseling $500,000
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
2000 – 2005
PI
Training Project in Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation $45,000
Iowa Consortium
1998 – 1998
C0-PI
Library Computerization Project at Bronx Psychiatric Center $10,000
New York State Office of Mental Health
1987 – 1987
PI
Horticultural Greenhouse Program at Bronx Psychiatric Center
New York State Office of Mental Health
1986 – 1986
PI
Peer Counseling Project for Mentally Ill Chemical Abusers $40,000
New York State Office of Mental Health Bureau of Psychiatric Rehabilitation
1993 – 1995
C0-PI
Family Support Research and Demonstration Project Site at Kings Park Psychiatric Center $30,000
New York State Office of Mental Health Research Foundation
1985 – 1986
C0-PI

Publications

Title Authors Where and When
Effectiveness of a low cost curriculum among entry-level psychiatric rehabilitation workers
Casper, E.S., McNelis, D., Carey, V., & Oursler, J.
Psychiatric Services. Vol. 58 (3): 409-414 (2007 )
Assessing client satisfaction with vocational rehabilitation services: A focus group project.
Nalven, E.B., Oursler, J., Green, W. & Cordiero, N.
American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Vol. 8: 63-80 (2005 )
The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Beliefs, Goals and Practices Scale: Sensitivity to change
Casper, E.S. & Oursler, J.D.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Vol. 26: 311-314 (2003 )
Measuring practitioners’ beliefs, goals and practices in psychiatric rehabilitation
Casper, E.S., Oursler, J., Schmidt, L.T. & Gill, K.J.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Vol. 25: 223-234 (2002 )
A Peer Counseling Program. In C.T. Mowbry, D.P. Moxley, C.A. Jasper & L.L. Howell (Eds.), Consumers as providers in psychiatric rehabilitation
Oursler, J.
Vol. : 224-237 (1997 )
Creating an outpatient data file: A tool for program planning. In J. Franks & M. Levine (Eds.), Eighth annual proceedings: Multi-state information system national users group
Orvieto, A., Oursler, J., Mittleman, M., McGill, M. & Gobbo, M.
Vol. : 156-163 (1984 )