TACE Presenter

Michael Frain, Ph.D., CRC
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

Dr. Frain is an assistant professor in the Department of Counselor Education at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. His professional affiliation includes the Council for Rehabilitation Educators, the National Rehabilitation Association and the American Counseling Association. His research interests include veteran issues, self-management, and rehabilitation outcomes. Since 2005, Dr. Frain has been the coordinator of the rehabilitation counseling program at Florida Atlantic University. Since that time, all students have passed their national certification exam on their first attempt.

Dr. Frain has over twenty published manuscripts in peer reviewed journals and book chapters. He recently was awarded the initial Council on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification research grant to study counselors who work with veterans with disabilities, and to study veteran’s employments changes after being injured during military service. He has presented as a keynote speaker and at national conferences on veteran issues, self-management and family issues in rehabilitation counseling.

Dr. Frain has received several prestigious awards in the fields of research and rehabilitation counseling including: the New Career in Rehabilitation award by the National Council on Rehabilitation Education (2008), the Florida Atlantic University College of Education Researcher of the Year Award, and in 2009 he was recognized by American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA).

Dr. Frain received his PhD. in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003, after receiving his Masters of Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri in 1994.