Supported Employment in Rehabilitation Counseling: Issues and Practices

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edna Mora Szymanski ◽  
Randall M. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Ecological Framework ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Employment Training ◽  
Transitional Employment

Supported employment and time-limited, transitional employment training are among the services that can be provided by rehabilitation counselors to facilitate employment and community participation of people with severe disabilities. In this article we describe the provision of supported employment services within the context of the professional practice of rehabilitation counseling. An ecological framework for supported employment in rehabilitation counseling in described, issues affecting supported employment in rehabilitation counseling practice are presented, and the implications of supported employment for the profession of rehabilitation counseling are discussed.

Supported Employment and Time-Limited Transitional Employment Training: Options For Rehabilitation Counselors

1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edna Mora Szymanski ◽  
Randall M. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Employment Training ◽  
Support Employment ◽  
Transitional Employment ◽  
And Training

Support employment and time-limited transitional employment training are service options which can help rehabilitation counselors increase employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. This article provides definitions and describes the background, service delivery, and assessment and training approaches related to supported employment and time-limited transitional employment training. Resultant issues concerning the role and preparation of the rehabilitation counselor are also discussed.

Supported Employment Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Unmet Promises and Future Challenges for Rehabilitation Counselors

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Edmund Degeneffe
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Service Option

This article reviews the performance of supported employment as a service option for persons with developmental disabilities. In many ways, supported employment has not met its promises as a preferred vocational rehabilitation option, in such areas as choice, empowerment, and addressing the vocational needs of persons with severe disabilities. This article reviews ways in which rehabilitation counselors need to address supported employment’s shortcomings, both in service delivery and social action.

Ecological Assessment in Supported Employment

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall M. Parker ◽  
Edna Mora Szymanski ◽  
Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Ecological Assessment ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Ecological Framework ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
Traditional Assessment ◽  
The Individual

The limitations of traditional assessment for supported employment and the advantages of an ecological framework for supported employment assessment are discussed. Limitations are related to incorrect reading and comprehension levels of instructions and items, unavailability of appropriate norms, focus upon irrelevant skills and abilities, and reliability and validity issues. Ecological assessment for supported employment is a dynamic, holistic process that involves the assessment of individuals, environments, and their congruence. Discrepancies between Individuals assessed characteristics and various chosen environments are addressed through a variety interventions targeting the individual, the environment, and the congruence of the two. Such interventions are most effective when they are maximally under control of the individual, least intrusive, and most natural for the work environment. Rehabilitation counselors are advised to look beyond the traditional model to the ecological model of assessment for supported employment.

Ethics in Supported Employment

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne Boland Patterson ◽  
Jay Buckley ◽  
Michael Smull
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Ethical Concerns

The ethical issues in the delivery of supported employment services encompass many of the same ethical concerns rehabilitation counselors have had to address in providing any rehabilitation service. In addition, there are ethical issues which are unique to supported employment and the recipients of supported employment services. This article includes an overview of the personal and professional factors which influence ethical behavior, examples of common ethical issues within the phases of supported employment services, and recommendations for identifying and resolving ethical dilemmas in supported employment.

The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification Code of Ethics: An Emerging Approach to Digital Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-85
Author(s):  
Michael T. Hartley ◽  
Paul J. Bourgeois
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Distance Counseling ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Counselor Certification

BackgroundRehabilitation counselors are becoming more adept at providing distance services.ObjectiveFocused on the ethical use of digital technology, the purpose of this article is to highlight ethical considerations when using digital technologies professionally.MethodsReviewing the ethical standards of the 2017 Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors, this article examines the current ethical standards governing the use of technology, distance counseling, and social media.FindingsIt is critical for rehabilitation counselors to understand how affordances and constraints of technology will continue to mediate the professional practice of rehabilitation counseling.ConclusionThe professional practice of rehabilitation counseling will increasingly involve digital technology.

Benefits and Benefits Protection for Persons with Severe Disabilities Entering Supported Employment: A Guide for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Moore ◽  
Thomas H. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Gainful Employment ◽  
Integrated Employment ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employment Programs ◽  
Supported Employment Programs

Integration has become a major focus for people with severe disabilities. One method of achieving integration is via supported employment programs. However, with supported employment comes the concern that the benefits gained by gainful employment may not match the benefits already being provided from public sources. In many cases these benefits need not be lost when a person with disabilities enters competitive, integrated employment. This article describes those public source benefits and describes how vocational rehabilitation counselors can maintain and protect those benefits for their consumers with severe disabilities who are in supported employment programs.

Supported and Time-Limited Transitional Employment Services

1990 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-166
Author(s):  
C. Hanley-Maxwell ◽  
S. Griffin ◽  
E.M. Szymanski ◽  
S.H. Godley
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Developmentally Disabled ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Transitional Employment ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

Supported employment services have been utilized with developmentally disabled persons for nearly two decades (Wehman, 1988). This article explores the issues related to the use of supported employment and time-related transitional employment for blind and visually impaired persons, many of whom are unemployed or underemployed. It defines the concepts of supported and time-limited transitional employment, describes the characteristics that distinguish these services from others, and discusses the need for these services from the ecological, philosophical, fiscal, and learning perspectives.

Employment Outcomes for People with Moderate and Severe Disabilities: An Eight-Year Longitudinal Analysis of Supported Competitive Employment

1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark L. Hill ◽  
Paul H. Wehman ◽  
John Kregel ◽  
P. David Banks ◽  
Helen M. D. Metzler
Keyword(s):  
Supported Employment ◽  
Previous Analysis ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Competitive Employment ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Direct Benefit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Financial Benefits ◽  
Benefit Cost ◽  
Benefits And Costs

The efforts of those advocating supported employment have resulted in expansion of the opportunities for people with moderate and severe disabilities in the past several years. Results reported previously on the benefits and costs associated with supported competitive employment have been extended in this article from the 4-year period in the previous analysis to the present 8-year analysis. This is one of the few benefit-cost analyses to be completed on people with mental retardation who have received supported competitive employment services. As in the previous analysis, these figures do not reflect theoretical projections, but direct placement data resulting from a longitudinal program. Our results show a final positive financial consequence accrued to the public of $1,057,000, of which more than $525,000 was a direct benefit of placing consumers with moderate and severe disabilities in supported competitive employment. Since this study extended over 8 years, all figures were corrected for inflation and discounting to 1986 (Quarter 1) dollars. By using individual analyses, it was shown that all consumers served benefited financially from the program. Results showed a substantial savings to taxpayers with the utilization of this model, along with significant financial benefits to all consumers, including those with moderate and severe disabilities.

Empowerment and Choice in Supported Employment: Helping People to Help Themselves

1992 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie F. Olney ◽  
Paul R. Salomone
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Service System ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Vocational Success

This article describes the personal, professional and service system barriers that may impede consumer choice and personal control in obtaining vocational success. As rehabilitation counselors and other practitioners in the rehabilitation service delivery system have assumed more proactive placement and advocacy roles for persons with severe disabilities the tendency to manage decision-making more closely, so as to expedite planning progress, has increased. A number of clinical interventions to promote client self-sufficiency and self-esteem are recommended.

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