Perceptions of State Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors, Supervisors, and Administrators of Core Competencies for Professional Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

1976 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-113
Author(s):  
James E. Tripp
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Continuum Model ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Core Knowledge ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
The Core ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Service Training

The purpose of the study was to identify the core knowledge and skill based competencies which State Vocational Rehabilitation counselors, supervisors, and administrators thought would best prepare professional VR counselors for practice in State Divisions of Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies in HEW Region VIII. A non-random sample of 243 VR counselors, 44 VR supervisors, and 68 administrators responded to a forced choice survey of questionnaire which contained 11 major competency categories and 128 subject items. The respondents generally agreed that all of the major competency categories were important. Also, the results of the study indicated that Vocational Rehabilitation counseling is based upon an interdisciplinary core of knowledge and skill based competencies. A continuum model of education including undergraduate, graduate, and in-service training is required to be competent at the professional level. Furthermore, the findings indicated that government rehabilitation agencies and vocational rehabilitation counselor education programs can best prepare manpower through joint training efforts.

CRC Credential Attainment by State Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Anna M. Harpster ◽  
Katherine L. Byers ◽  
LaKeisha L. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Degree Program ◽  
Field Education ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Master's Degree Program ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor

This study examines 137 state vocational rehabilitation (VR) counselors' perceptions of the value of having the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) credential. While almost 53% of this sample included persons who were certified, the majority who were not indicated that the two major reasons for not currently having this designation were: (a) it was not required to be employed as a state VR counselor and (b) they planned to get it. In terms of perceived encouragement by master's degree program faculty to pursue the CRC credential, results reveal that for this group of vocational rehabilitation counselors, this influence did not have a substantial impact on CRC obtainment. Implications for the rehabilitation counseling field/education are discussed.

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.

Employer Attitudes Toward the Employment and Placement of the Handicapped

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 120-125
Author(s):  
William G. Emener ◽  
James M. McHargue
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Employer Attitudes ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Client Advocacy ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
And Training

Seven vocational rehabilitation counselors individually administered a 37 item Employer Attitude Survey Questionnaire to 34 employers from large and 23 employers from small business establishments. The questionnaire covered: (a) attitudes of employers toward the employment of the handicapped, vocational rehabilitation, and vocational rehabilitation's efforts to secure employment for the handicapped; (b) employer expectations and preferences for vocational rehabilitation counselor placement and follow-up techniques; and, (c) types of information desired by employers when they consider a handicapped person for employment. Implications for pre-service and inservice education and training, placement, job development, client advocacy, and future research are discussed.

Creativity and Innovation in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

1981 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seymour J. Mund
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Special Expertise ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
Unsolvable Problems ◽  
Community Relationships

Over the years the special expertise that vocational rehabilitation counselors have shown has been through their ability to develop and create unique ways of helping the handicapped. Vocational rehabilitation successes have depended in large measure on a counselor's inventiveness in finding new approaches to what others have seen as unsolvable problems. Now as never before there is a need for these innate abilities to be used. Techniques of getting good referrals, enhancing services and developing community relationships as well as placement methods are discussed. Examples of new and different approaches to vocational rehabilitation counseling are explored.

Rehabilitation Counselor Attitudes: A Study to Compare the Attitudes of General and Special Counselors

1974 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-158
Author(s):  
Charles R. Neely
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Counselor Attitudes ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors

The results of a questionnaire completed by vocational rehabilitation counselors employed by the Georgia Department of Human Resources were studied. A comparison was made between the responses of 97 counselors carrying general caseloads and 64 counselors carrying special caseloads. The results indicated little overall difference between the attitudes of counselors regardless of the type caseload carried.

Organizational Policies and Personnel Factors That Are Incentives for and Challenges to Collaboration as Identified by Statewide Transition Supervisors

2020 ◽  
pp. 104420732094354
Author(s):  
Kathleen Marie Oertle ◽  
Sheryl Bobroff ◽  
Caren L. Sax
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Transition Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Organizational Policies ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Effective Collaboration ◽  
Workforce Innovation

In the United States, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (2014) require special educators and vocational rehabilitation counselors to plan and coordinate transition services for students with disabilities. Regardless of the legislative mandates, major challenges remain for effective collaboration. The purpose of this study was to investigate statewide special education and vocational rehabilitation counseling transition supervisors’ insights on the policies that promote or present barriers to effective collaboration. Forty-eight statewide transition supervisors wrote a total of 175 comments that were analyzed using inductive content analysis. Organizational and personnel factors were identified, and specific examples of noteworthy indicators of collaboration are presented. Recommendations are offered to address the lack of policies and incentives for transition collaboration.

Rehabilitation Counselor Interaction Style During the Initial Interview

1980 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-45
Author(s):  
Roy C. Farley ◽  
Stanford E. Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Interaction Style ◽  
Initial Interview ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors

This study examined audio recorded initial client interviews of 56 Vocational Rehabilitation counselors to assess counselor interaction style. The results indicated a “style” considered less than optimally facilitative of client self-expression and suggested a need for providing counselors with training to increase their skill as interactionists.

Rehabilitation Counselor Education

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent A. Scalia ◽  
Richard R. Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Counselor Education ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
The Core ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor Education ◽  
Service Training

A chronology of Rehabilitation Counselor Education, including the evolution of the basic core curriculum is provided. The authors focus upon the core curriculum and its relationship to the recognition of rehabilitation counseling as a profession. Rehabilitation Counselor Education, treated as pre-service training, is viewed as preparing the student for a profession, whereas the Continuing Education programs provide skills training for a specific job. These two kinds of programs are considered complementary, not competitive.

The Group Experience

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-266
Author(s):  
John Wadsworth
Keyword(s):  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core ◽  
Activity Groups ◽  
Group Experience

Knowledge of group dynamics and leadership activities is a component of the CORE Standards for the Master's degree curriculum in Rehabilitation Counseling. A group experience is often included as a learning activity in rehabilitation counselor education curricula as an instructional method of imparting knowledge of group dynamics. Group experience pedagogy may include process-observer methods, T-groups, demonstration groups, role-play groups, and activity groups. The choice of group experience method must balance the needs of the counselor-in-training with protection of the public and fellow trainees from harm. Harm can be reduced through the choice of a method congruent with the type of groups rehabilitation counselors are expected to lead.

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