The Federal Board for Vocational Education Division of Rehabilitation—Application of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act to the War Blinded

1920 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-42
Author(s):  
Harold Molter
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Rehabilitation Act ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Act

Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973

2013 ◽  
pp. 3330-3331
Author(s):  
Paul A. Offit ◽  
Anne Snow ◽  
Thomas Fernandez ◽  
Laurie Cardona ◽  
Elena L. Grigorenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Act Of 1973 ◽  
Rehabilitation Act ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Act

An Asset-Oriented Approach to Cross-Cultural Issues: Blacks in Rehabilitation

1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bobbie J. Atkins
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Professionals ◽  
Rehabilitation Act ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Act ◽  
Oriented Approach

More than twenty years ago the 1965 Vocational Rehabilitation Act expanded rehabilitation to include persons with disabilities stemming from their cultural and social status. Yet, current appraisals of rehabilitation and Blacks who are disabled (BWO) reflect a bleak predicament. In spite of activities directed toward assisting rehabilitation professionals to become more effective with BWO, Blacks remain one of the least understood/accepted groups. Too much of what is assumed to be facts about BWO is predicated on a deficiency-oriented philosophy. Consequently, the author provides research-based approaches and recommendations focused on asset-oriented foundations to assist rehabilitationists in becoming more effective as counselors and cross-cultural advocates.

Building Bridges: Transition from School to Work for Youth Who are Disabled

1987 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Johnson ◽  
Bobbie J. Atkins
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Process Research ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Successful Employment

The purpose of this article is to describe those components of transition necessary for successful employment outcomes of young people with disabilities. The roles and responsibilities of vocational rehabilitation, special education, and vocational education are described. Parent/guardian and employer involvement were discussed as being essential to the transition process. Research is needed to provide background in developing a thorough, sequential, and formalized process of transition from school to work.

Outcome Discrepancies Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Consumers of Vocational Rehabilitation Services: Summary and Critique of the Literature

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra LeBlanc ◽  
Julie F. Smart
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Parametric Statistics ◽  
Rehabilitation Act ◽  
Racial Ethnic

This article summarizes 27 studies that sought to investigate the experiences of various racial/ethnic minority groups in the public vocational rehabilitation agency. Spanning the years since the 1992 Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act, this body of research has identified and defined a significant question: are the experiences and outcomes of consumers who identify as racial/ethnic minority members different from consumers of the majority culture? Did the amendments to the Rehabilitation Act affect a change in outcome discrepancies? A critique of the various methodologies is presented, including: the use of archival data; the use of univariate, non parametric statistics; and the lack of precision in defining/operationalizing the independent variable of race/ethnicity. The use of hierarchical linear modeling is advocated since many variables of interest can be studied simultaneously. A brief summary of the researchers' recommendation of ways in which to provide higher quality outcomes is presented.

Competencies Needed for Transition Specialists in Vocational Rehabilitation Vocational Education, and Special Education

1995 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Hall Defur ◽  
Juliana M. Taymans
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Special Education ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Transition Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
Youth With Disabilities ◽  
The Past

Transition services and interagency service coordination for youth with disabilities have increased significantly during the past 10 years. The development of these services has necessitated the creation of new human services professional roles. One emerging role is that of transition specialist. Competencies for this new role of transition specialist have not been validated. This study was conducted to identify and validate competencies for transition specialist practitioners. Practitioners across the United States from the fields of vocational special education, special education, and vocational rehabilitation identified competencies believed essential to providing effective transition services. “Knowledge of agencies and systems change” was the highest-rated competency.

Home Service Health Aide Careers for the Handicapped

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 248-253
Author(s):  
Joav Gozali ◽  
John Clark
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Home Service ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Act ◽  
And Training ◽  
Manpower Shortage

In the past decade, many manpower programs have been designed and implemented in response to the needs and aspirations of the poor and minority groups in our society. One of the most innovative programs has been the New Careers Program. As articulated by A. Pearl and F. Riessman (1965), the New Careers Program was designed to respond to the critical manpower shortage in the field of human services, and, also, to enable disenfranchised groups to gain occupational and social mobility through simultaneous education and training programs.The New Careers Program had its fair share of labor pains, and, subsequently, its successes and failures. While New Careers was designed to serve the poor and minority group members, it tended to bypass the handicapped, who are, for the most part, both poor and members of a minority group—the handicapped. The 1968 Vocational Rehabilitation Act corrected that problem through Section 4(a) (2) (C), New Careers in Rehabilitation, and through Section 4(a) (2) (D), New Careers for the Handicapped. Only in June, 1970, however, was the New Careers Program in Vocational Rehabilitation begun. The purpose of this paper is to describe one such rehabilitation program.

Rehabilitation Counselors In School Settings

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edna Mora Szymanski
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Educational Service ◽  
Service Delivery System ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
History Of ◽  
Rehabilitation Agency

The history of linkage between vocational rehabilitation, special education, and vocational education is described through a review and disucssion of literature. The framework of discussion introduces four historical eras: The Pioneer Era, The Workstudy Era, The Era of Enabling Legislation and Expanded Opportunity, and The Era of Diminishing Resources. The central focus is on the function of rehabilitation counselors in public school settings. Some administrative benefits to the state vocational rehabilitation agency are discussed. Recommendations are made for the inclusion of rehabilitation counselors in the educational service delivery system.

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