Vocational Rehabilitation Services in Uruguay: A Rehabilitation Counseling Perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Paola Premuda-Conti ◽  
Heber da Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Full Employment ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disability Services ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Social Security Benefits

Provisions to promote work for Uruguayans with disabilities have been included in many Uruguayan national laws (e.g., Law 16095, Law 18651), however, their participation in the labor force remains low. This paper introduces current demographic data on people with disabilities, as well as key aspects of Uruguayan society, such as prevalent attitudes towards people with disabilities. In addition, a brief overview of social security benefits and disability services is presented, followed by a description of current policy and major pieces of legislation that affect employment of people with disabilities in that country. Finally, selected public and private initiatives to foster employment opportunities for Uruguayans with disabilities, such as the Work Training program for people with disabilities (Programa de Capacitaciόn Laboral para personas con discapacidad or PROCLADIS) and the Target Employment program (“Objetivo Empleo), are presented in detail and discussed. Implications for rehabilitation counselors and practitioners are provided. The pursuit of full employment for people with disabilities remains a challenge in Uruguay, however, recent policy initiatives are auspicious.

Preliminary Validation of a Short-Form Version of the Attachment Style Questionnaire for Use in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanako Iwanaga ◽  
John Blake ◽  
Rana Yaghmaian ◽  
Emre Umucu ◽  
Fong Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Style ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Long Form ◽  
Attachment Style Questionnaire

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a short-form version of the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) in people with disabilities. The construction sample consisted of 108 participants recruited from spinal cord injury (SCI) advocacy organizations. The cross-validation sample comprised 140 individuals with traumatic injuries recruited from a rehabilitation hospital. Measures administered were the ASQ, Trait Hope Scale, Sense of Coherence Scale, and Satisfaction With Life Scale. Results showed that the three subscales of secure, anxious, and avoidant attachment from the short-form ASQ had high correlations with the three subscales from the long-form ASQ. The reliability of the subscales for the short-form ASQ was adequate and similar to the long-form ASQ. Both the short- and long-form ASQ subscales were found to correlate with hope, sense of coherence, and subjective well-being in the expected theoretical directions. Confirmatory factor analysis also supported the three-factor measurement structure of the short-form ASQ. This study provides evidence to support the psychometric properties of the abbreviated ASQ in people with disabilities. The short-form version of the ASQ is a brief, reliable, and psychometrically sound measure of attachment that can be used in clinical rehabilitation counseling research and practice.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Urinary Schistosomiasis among Almajiri Children in Silame, Sokoto State, North-western Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-104
Author(s):  
S. M. Gamde ◽  
◽  
P. J. Tongvwam ◽  
K. Hauwa ◽  
A. M. Ganau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Data ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Water Contact ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Urinary Schistosomiasis ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
Age Range ◽  
North Western

Urinary schistosomiasis is a severe threat to global health with uncountable morbidities in Africa including Nigeria where control interventions focused on children in public and private schools neglecting Almajiri children. This undermined control interventions as those infected contaminate the environments with infective stages of the parasite. The objective of the study was to identify the prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis amongst Almajiri children in Silame, Sokoto State, North-western Nigeria. This was a cross-sectional descriptive study, socio-demographic data was collected in April 2020 on 206 consented Almajiri children in Silame and their urine samples were examined using the sedimentation method. The study showed a prevalence of 35.4% among the Almajiri children in Silame, Sokoto State, North-western Nigeria. The highest prevalence was found among children within the age range 16-20 years (63.6%) while the lowest prevalence was among those in the age range 6-10 years (24.4%). There was a statistically significant difference in the occurrence of urinary schistosomiasis between the age groups (χ 2 = 11.637a , df =3, p=0.002). Urinary schistosomiasis was prevalent among Almajiri children in the study area and parasite infection was associated with the participant's socio-demographic factors such as age, level of education, and water contact activities. Hence, the National Schistosomiasis Control Programs should incorporate the Almajiri children in the control interventions Keywords: Schistosoma hematobium infection; Makarantarallo;Almajiri;Silame

Value Creation through Heterogeneous Cultural Team-Based Environments

2014 ◽  
pp. 124-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilson Ozuem ◽  
Nicole Sarsby
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Organisational Learning ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Cultural Heterogeneity ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Key Aspects

Previous research has documented cultural heterogeneity within project teams, but still attention mainly centres on project managers who transfer internationally to manage teams of a different culture from their own, or more recently from those who manage virtual teams. Existing literature does not discuss the readiness to manage culturally diverse teams as a result of large-scale EU migration and wider immigration in the UK projectised environments. The objectives of this contribution are: 1) to investigate the factors that influence effective value creation in heterogeneous cultural environments, in both inter- and intra-organisational learning and knowledge creation in the UK project team-based environments, and 2) to illuminate issues of value creation in heterogeneous cultural environments in both public and private team-based project environments. This chapter adds to extant studies of organisational diversity and innovation by elucidating the overwhelming key aspects of cultural heterogeneity and thus explains how challenging it is to affect change in the prevailing praxis, ideas, and values in team-based management.

The Relationship between Disability Non-Discrimination Law and Quota Schemes

2019 ◽  
pp. 94-117
Author(s):  
Lisa Waddington
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Common ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter explores the relationship between disability quota schemes and non-discrimination law in Europe. While at first sight they seem to sit uneasily beside each other, the chapter reveals how, in some instances, quota schemes can serve to facilitate compliance with non-discrimination legislation. At the same time, the chapter explores seeming incompatibilities between the two approaches and considers whether there are differences between common and civil law jurisdictions in this respect. Tentative conclusions suggest that there is a greater willingness to establish quota schemes through legislation in civil law jurisdictions compared to common law jurisdictions, and that quota schemes in civil law jurisdictions are more likely to provide for the imposition of a levy in the case that employers fail to meet their quota obligations through employing the required number of people with disabilities. There also seems to be some indication that there is greater awareness of the potential for conflict or tension, in various forms, between non-discrimination law and quota schemes in common law jurisdictions than in civil law jurisdictions. Finally, the two schemes operating in the common law states are only applicable to the public sector—whilst in civil law states quotas are generally applied to both public and private sector employers. This may indicate different perceptions regarding the role of public sector employers and the legitimacy of imposing quota requirements.

Rehabilitation Counseling Students' Attitudes Toward People with Disabilities in Three Social Contexts

2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 194-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Wong ◽  
Fong Chan ◽  
Elizabeth Da Silva Cardoso ◽  
Chow S. Lam ◽  
Susan M. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Counseling Students ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Students Attitudes

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.

A Time for Change Implications of the CRCC Demographic Data for Rehabilitation Curriculum

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Roger H. Livingston
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Education ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Extensive Data ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Professional ◽  
Certified Rehabilitation Counselors

A Time for Change?Since mid-1975, extensive data has been collected on individuals seeking to become Certified Rehabilitation Counselors. Examining the data on “counselors” suggests that performaooe on the Field Review is below average in some situations. Graduates of rehabilitation counseling programs tend to score higher than most other graduate majors, such as counseling psychology or clinical psychology. The results suggest steps should be taken to strengthen training for the rehabilitation professional in terms of graduate education, RCEP, and in-service training.

Effective Vocational Rehabilitation Services for Military Veterans

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Boutin
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Counseling Professionals ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Services ◽  
College And University ◽  
College Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Services Administration ◽  
University Training

The objective of this study was to identify VR services related to competitive employment for eligible consumers of the state VR program from two distinct groups: veterans who received college and university training and veterans who did not receive such training. A hierarchical logistical regression analysis was used on cases from the Rehabilitation Services Administration 911 database for fiscal year 2008 to test for such relationships. A total of 8 services were found related to employment for veterans who did not receive college training but only 2 services related to employment for veterans who received college training. Service needs of veterans differed based on their college training status. Implications of the findings and recommendations will be discussed for rehabilitation counseling professionals working with veterans with disabilities.

Comparison of Ethical Dilemmas Across Public and Private Sectors in Rehabilitation Counseling Practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Beveridge ◽  
Jorge Garcia ◽  
Matt Siblo
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Public Sectors ◽  
Group Attributes

Purpose:To examine the nature of ethical dilemmas most frequently reported by rehabilitation counselors in the private and public sectors and determine if significant differences exist in how practitioners experience ethical dilemmas in these two settings.Method:A mixed-methods internet-based survey design was utilized and included descriptive, qualitative, and quantitative approaches on a sample of rehabilitation counselors (N= 141) via an instrument created by the researchers.Results:The results indicate that there are clear differences between both the nature and frequency of ethical dilemmas encountered by practitioners in the private and public sectors of rehabilitation counseling. Findings indicate that there are significant differences not only in the frequency and importance each group attributes to ethical dilemmas but also in the types of ethical dilemmas experienced.Conclusion:Rehabilitation counselors in the private and public sectors practice in different environments (with varied laws, rehabilitation goals, duration of services), and minimal consideration has been given to the diversity of ethical dilemmas that these practitioners encounter in their professional roles. The inclusion of Section F in the 2010 CRCC Code of Ethics was the rehabilitation counseling field’s first attempt to address the differing nature of ethical dilemmas faced by private rehabilitation counselors in their practice. Further study is warranted to examine the dynamics that underlie the ethical decision-making process as well exploring the differences between these two settings.

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