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kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 386.1"
title: "34"
number: "386.1"
heading: "What is the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/386.1"
---

# §386.1. What is the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program?

- (a) **The Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program provides financial assistance for—**
  - (1) Projects that provide basic or advanced training leading to an academic degree in one of those fields of study identified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section;
  - (2) Projects that provide a specified series of courses or program of study leading to award of a certificate in one of those fields of study identified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section; and
  - (3) Projects that provide support for medical residents enrolled in residency training programs in the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
- (b) The Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program is designed to provide academic training that leads to an academic degree or academic certificate in areas of personnel shortages identified by the Secretary and published in a notice in the Federal Register. These areas may include—
  - (1) Assisting and supporting individuals with disabilities pursuing self-employment, business ownership, and telecommuting;
  - (2) Vocational rehabilitation counseling;
  - (3) Rehabilitation technology, including training on its use, applications, and benefits;
  - (4) Rehabilitation medicine;
  - (5) Rehabilitation nursing;
  - (6) Rehabilitation social work;
  - (7) Rehabilitation psychiatry;
  - (8) Rehabilitation psychology;
  - (9) Rehabilitation dentistry;
  - (10) Physical therapy;
  - (11) Occupational therapy;
  - (12) Speech pathology and audiology;
  - (13) Physical education;
  - (14) Therapeutic recreation;
  - (15) Community rehabilitation program personnel;
  - (16) Prosthetics and orthotics;
  - (17) Rehabilitation of individuals who are blind or visually impaired, including rehabilitation teaching and orientation and mobility;
  - (18) Rehabilitation of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing;
  - (19) Rehabilitation of individuals who are mentally ill;
  - (20) Undergraduate education in the rehabilitation services;
  - (21) Independent living;
  - (22) Client assistance;
  - (23) Administration of community rehabilitation programs;
  - (24) Rehabilitation administration;
  - (25) Vocational evaluation and work adjustment;
  - (26) Services to individuals with specific disabilities or specific impediments to rehabilitation, including individuals who are members of populations that are unserved or underserved by programs under this Act;
  - (27) Job development and job placement services to individuals with disabilities;
  - (28) Supported employment services and customized employment services for individuals with the most significant disabilities;
  - (29) Specialized services for individuals with significant disabilities;
  - (30) **Other fields contributing to the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sections 12(c) and 302 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 709(c) and 772, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 55619, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.