The Department of Veteran Benefits' Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Independent Living Program

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Jeanne B. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Department Of Veterans Affairs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Independent Living Program ◽  
Veteran Benefits

The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Program, a division in the Department of Veterans Benefits within the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), provides vocational rehabilitation services that are similar to those provided by the state-federal vocational rehabilitation program. The Independent Living Program (IL), which is part of VR&E, addresses the IL needs of veterans with the most serious disabilities. Rehabilitation counselors are an integral part of the IL service program. The purpose of this article is to describe the IL program, process, and the role of the rehabilitation counselor in the delivery of IL services to veterans.

Client Assistance Projects in the Rehabilitation Process

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 190-192
Author(s):  
Frank E. Woodrich
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Consumer Involvement ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Rehabilitation Professionals ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Consumer Expertise ◽  
Handicapped People

In an effort to assure that people with severe disabilities are informed and advised of all rights available to them through the Vocational Rehabilitation Program, Congress established Client Assistance Projects (CAP's) through the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Without assuming an adversary role, these projects attempt to “advocate” for the client having difficulties with vocational rehabilitation services and/or the rehabilitation counselor. Recent federal legislation affecting handicapped people and the emphasis on serving people with severe disabilities, places additional responsibilities on the counselor and the agency which CAP's may effectively relieve. People with disabilities are a heterogeneous group with diverse needs. The mandate of consumer involvement challenges rehabilitation professionals and CAP's to find methods of tapping consumer expertise to develop and implement programs responsive to the needs of people with disabilities.

Vocational Rehabilitation Services for Blind Persons: The Experience of Sibling Twins

1991 ◽  
Vol 85 (8) ◽  
pp. 341-342
Author(s):  
L. Hale ◽  
D.H. Smith ◽  
M.J. Gandy
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Individual Experience ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Rehabilitation Agency ◽  
Blind Persons

Twin sisters, legally blind since birth, were provided services through Mississippi Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind. Their recollections of vocational rehabilitation indicate that their reactions and choices throughout this period were dissimilar, despite their close proximity. This article discusses the role of rehabilitation counselors, how they work with demanding clients, and how funding decisions are made. The results of the joint interview appear to substantiate the importance of variables such as personality, over which the rehabilitation agency has no control, and suggest that the rehabilitation process is an individual experience.

Age, Work, and Disability: Rehabilitation at the End of the Worklife

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Barros-Bailey ◽  
Jerome Fischer ◽  
Jodi L. Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
The United States ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Older Americans ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Delivery Options ◽  
United States Labor Market

Older workers engaging in vocational rehabilitation services have received little attention in the vocational rehabilitation literature. However, older workers are the fastest growing sector of the United States labor market and they are predicted to become a greater proportion of vocational rehabilitation caseloads as they remain in the worliforce longer, or increasingly enter or re-enter the labor market. Research indicates that as people age, the probability of acquiring a disability increases dramatically. Regardless of when or how someone acquired a disability, understanding the elements particular to the rehabilitation counseling of older workers with disabilities is important. This paper explores the various demographics, issues, trends, and elements rehabilitation counselors could consider in working with older Americans with disabilities. Rehabilitation counselors need to become aware of these issues with older workers and retool in order to service this sector of the population more efficiently. Implications for the rehabilitation counseling practitioner and service delivery options are also presented.

Professional Bereavement: A Qualitative Examination of Rehabilitation Counselors in Grief

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Davis ◽  
Shawn Saladin ◽  
Sandy Hansmann ◽  
Nicole Velgersdyk
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Counselor Preparation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Need For Support

This article describes qualitative research related to rehabilitation counselor bereavement. Nine rehabilitation counselors who had experienced the death of a client volunteered to participate in structured interviews. The results were transcribed, analyzed, and found to contain six major themes. The themes were (a) profound impact, (b) self-questioning, (c) need for support, (d) questions regarding etiquette, (e) counselor preparation for the death of a client, and (f) need for self-care. Participants also offered suggestions for rehabilitation educators and administrators of State-Federal vocational rehabilitation programs.

Three Theoretical Aging Frames of Reference: Implications for a Rehabilitation Counselors' Model

1974 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Maynard
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Frames Of Reference ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Older Person ◽  
White House ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Older Citizens

The rehabilitation counselor has an important role in working with the older individua1. This role has gained in importance as the number of elderly people has increased in our society along with demands for additional services. This paper recommends a re-focusing of interest for those rehabilitation counselors who feel they have little to offer this age group by proposing a model for counseling and involving older people in productive programs. Three aging frames of reference suggest certain postulates which indicate a need for further study in this area. With the 1971 White House Conference on Aging and the post conference in 1973 supporting a strong rehabilitation program for our older citizens, it is the purpose of this paper to stimulate the consideration of up-dating programs and approaches in working with the older person.

Rehabilitation' Counselor Certification: The Path Toward Professional Recognition

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Graves
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Professional Recognition ◽  
Counselor Certification ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Care System

Recognition as a professional in the health care system of the U.S. has long been a goal of rehabilitation counselors: The role of the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification and the practicing rehabilitation counselors in the achievement of recognition is discussed in this article.

Emerging Roles of the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor with Regard to the ADA

1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Rosalie S. Boone ◽  
Pamela S. Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Training Activities ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
And Training

Vocational rehabilitation counselors (VRCs), by virtue of their professional responsibilities to facilitate the employment of individuals with disabilities, represent a logical resource for promoting knowledge of and compliance with the ADA in the employment arena. The purpose of the current study was to collect information that would be useful to VRCs in developing and implementing ADA advocacy, information dissemination, and training activities in the employment community. Seventy employers and employees from businesses representing major areas covered by the ADA were interviewed. The following research questions were explored: 1. What is the current level of knowledge about the ADA within the business community? 2. What preferences do business personnel have for learning more about the ADA and its implementation? Results indicated that nearly half of the respondents had not heard about the ADA and that business personnel had a variety of preferences regarding the provision of ADA information. The findings are discussed with regard to their implications for vocational rehabilitation counselors.

Caseload Management for the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor in a State Agency

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 152-158
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Willey
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
State Agency ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Workload Management ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors

The job of vocational rehabilitation counselors within a state agency is becoming more difficult. Demands are being made that they work with greater numbers of a more severely disabled population yet still obtain a greater number of closures. To keep pace with the increasing demands, the counselor needs to become a more competent administrator of his work and better organized in managing a caseload. Though the traditional title for this subject is caseload management, it is thought more accurate to divide caseload management into two separate but interconnected activities: workload management and case movement management. Workload management is concerned with assuring that everything that is supposed to get done actually does get done. Case movement is concerned with those techniques that facilitate rapid case movement. The purpose of this article is to describe some techniques and ideas that can assist counselors in becoming better managers of their work and their case movement.

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