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The 110th Congress, 1st Session S. RES. - Designating March 22, 2007 as National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Mr. Chambliss sumbitted the following resolution:

RESOLUTION:
Designating March 22, 2007 as National Rehabilitation
Counselors Appreciation Day.

Whereas rehabilitation counselors conduct assessments, provide
counseling, support to families, and plan and implement
rehabilitation programs for those in need;

Whereas the purpose of the professional organizations in
rehabilitation is to promote the improvement of rehabilitation
services available to persons with disabilities through quality
education and rehabilitation research for counselors;

Whereas the various professional organizations, including the
National Rehabilitation Association (NRA), Rehabilitation Counselors
/> and Educators Association (RCEA), the National Council on
Rehabilitation Education (NCREA), the National Rehabilitation
Counseling Assocation (NRCA), the American Rehabilitation Counseling
Association (ARCA), the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor
Certification (CRCC), the Council of State Administrators of
Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR), and the Council on Rehabilitation
Education (CORE) have stood firm to advocate up-to-date education
and training and the maintenance of professional standards in the
field of rehabilitation counseling and education;

Whereas on March 22, 1983, Martha Walker of Kent State University,
who was President of the NCRE, testified before the Subcommittee on
Select Education of the House of Representatives, and was instrumental
in bringing to the attention of Congress the need for rehabilitation
counselors to be qualified; and

Whereas the efforts of Martha Walker lef to the enactment of laws
that now require rehabilitation counselors to have proper credentials
in order to provide a higher level of quality services to those
in need: Now, therefore be it

Resolved, That the Senate -
1) designates March 22, 2007 as National Rehabilitation Counselor's
Appreciation Day; and
2) commends all the hard work and dedication that rehabilitation
counselors provide to individuals in need and the numerous efforts
that the multiple professional organizations have made to assisting
those who require rehabilitation.