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Challenges and Opportunities in International Partnerships in Rehabilitation Counselling: An Exploratory Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2018

Na Lor ,
Wei-Mo Tu ,
David Rosenthal  and
Chen Wang
Na Lor
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wei-Mo Tu
Affiliation:
University of North Texas
David Rosenthal*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chen Wang
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
*
Address for correspondence: Dr. David Rosenthal, Rehabilitation Psychology, University of WI – Madison, Madison, USA. E-mail: drosenthal@education.wisc.edu
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Abstract

We provide a comparative case study of rehabilitation counselling across the U.S., Japan and Taiwan focusing on the common challenges facing international constituents in the field. Through interviews with students, faculty and administrators from each of the respective countries, we use thematic coding analysis to identify key points of tension. Emergent themes comprise (a) systemic challenges, (b) student and faculty mobility, (c) cultural and linguistic differences and (d) lack of sustainable international leadership. We further discuss mitigation of these recurrent challenges and conclude collaborative research, student exchange and institutional partnerships may advance teaching, research and service scholarship of rehabilitation counselling programs, and, in turn, enhance the lives of people with chronic illness and disability worldwide.

Keywords

International partnershipcommunity-based rehabilitation and rehabilitation counselling
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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , July 2018 , pp. 35 - 53
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2018 

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