Rehabilitation in Seven Sub-Saharan African Countries: Personnel Education and Training

Rehabilitation in Seven Sub-Saharan African Countries: Personnel Education and Training

This article outlines rehabilitation personnel education and training in seven countries representing a geo-culturally contiguous region of sub-Saharan Africa: Botswana, Cameroon, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It identifies and explicates practices to inform similar or parall...

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Published in:Rehabilitation education (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 223 - 230
Main Authors: Mpofu, Elias, Jelsma, Jennifer, Maart, Soraya, Levers, Lisa Lopez, Montsi, Mercy M. R, Tlabiwe, Pinkie, Mupawose, Anniah, Mwamwenda, Tuntufye, Ngoma, Mary Shilalukey, Tchombe,Therese Mungah S
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: National Council on Rehabilitation Education 01-10-2007
Subjects:
Africa
African Studies
Botswana
Cameroon
Caseworkers
Comparative Analysis
Comparative Education
Counseling Services
Counselor Training
Educational Methods
Educational Practices
Foreign Countries
Paraprofessional Personnel
Professional Personnel
Professional Training
Rehabilitation Counseling
Rwanda
South Africa
Tanzania
Training Methods
United States
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Cameroon
United States
Botswana
Africa
Rwanda
Tanzania
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Zambia
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Summary:This article outlines rehabilitation personnel education and training in seven countries representing a geo-culturally contiguous region of sub-Saharan Africa: Botswana, Cameroon, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It identifies and explicates practices to inform similar or parallel rehabilitation practices in the United States (U.S.). Rehabilitation personnel in the African sub-region have diverse professional preparation backgrounds: physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists. Overlaying this structure of professional cadre are rehabilitation technicians and community health workers with variable levels of formal training;--mostly in-house from public and private-not-for profit organizations serving people with disabilities. Conclusions drawn from this review emphasize implications for rehabilitation counselor education in the U.S., and in particular prospects for internationalizing the rehabilitation counselor education curriculum.
ISSN:0889-7018
DOI:10.1891/088970107805059562