A National Survey of the Employment of Placement Specialists by General and Blind Rehabilitation Agencies

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger S. Decker ◽  
Boris Stanojevich
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Counselor Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
State Level ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Counseling Profession ◽  
Future Effect

This study investigated the use of placement specialists by Vocational Rehabihtation and State Blind agencies. Minimum educational requirements and salary ranges for counselors and placement specialists were also surveyed for comparison purposes.The ,data were collected through a questionnaire, which was sent to all the State Vocational Rehabilitation and State Blind agencies. The results indicate that almost sixty percent (60%) of the surveyed agencies used placement specialists at either a local, regional, or state level. The functions performed by the placement specialist at the three levels are reported.The increase in the use of placement specialists may have a future effect on the rehabilitation counseling profession. The study suggests the opening of new employment opportunities for the rehabilitation counselor and the challenge for new placement-oriented curricula for the rehabilitation counselor training programs.

VR Online in Rehabilitation Counseling Preparation: An Integrative Pilot Initiative

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-33
Author(s):  
Charles Bernacchio ◽  
Josephine Wilson
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Video Conference ◽  
Online Application ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Online Portal ◽  
Rehabilitation Services Administration

This collaboration involves VR Online research at Wright State (WSU) and the Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling (VRC) Long-term Training Project at University of Southern Maine (USM). The NIDILRR-funded VR Online research team developed and piloted online resources for vocational rehabilitation (VR) consumers and counselors using an online portal to meet consumers via videoconference. To address VRC shortages in state VRs and community rehabilitation providers, the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) funded Northern New England VRC project which provides graduate education to VR employees in order to increase the number of qualified VRCs throughout the rural northeast. This article will examine a partnership of these two projects to provide training and technical assistance to VRC students during internships, which includes: use of tele-rehabilitation technology in delivering VR services; integration of video conference technology into rehabilitation counselor education (RCE) graduate level curriculum during internship; trainee supervision and preparation applying HIPPA compliant, webbased, video-conference technology; and assessing benefits and limitations using advanced technologies in internship experiences and process considerations to improve VR Online application in practice.

Rehabilitation Counseling Practice in State Vocational Rehabilitation and the Effect of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fong Chan ◽  
Timothy N. Tansey ◽  
Julie Chronister ◽  
Brian T. McMahon ◽  
Kanako Iwanaga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Management ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
The State ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Counseling Profession ◽  
Counseling Practice ◽  
The Future ◽  
Workforce Innovation ◽  
Counselor Preparedness

Purpose: This article includes a study that sheds light on the implications of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) mandated VR knowledge and skills requirements for VR counselors in the state VR program. It is also a commentary on current training, accreditation and intraprofessional challenges in the larger counseling field. Our study investigated VR directors’ perceptions of the importance and counselor preparedness in specific WIOA mandated knowledge areas. Findings revealed that VR directors consider WIOA mandated knowledge areas (e.g., employment-related and case management) to be very important, and they see room for improvement in the preparation of VR counselors to execute these functions. Our commentary provides readers with information related rehabilitation counseling history, intraprofessional practice, and guidelines for the future of rehabilitation counseling and the larger counseling profession.

Person-Centered Perspective

1985 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. See
Keyword(s):  
Counselor Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Helping Professions ◽  
Carl Rogers ◽  
The Face

The influence of Carl Rogers has been so profound and pervasive that, it has literally changed the face of the helping professions. The evident proof of this is the extent to which his basic tenets of empathy, positive regard, and genuineness have been assimilated into virtually all eclectic counselor training programs.This paper reviews the principles of the Person-Centered Perspective and then attempts to point out the applications and limitations for rehabilitation counseling.

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.

Rules of Ethical Conduct and Rehabilitation Counseling: Results of a National Survey

1987 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
WOllam G. Emener ◽  
Tennyson J. Wright ◽  
Laurie F. Klein ◽  
Leslie A. Lavender ◽  
Diane W. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Ethical Conduct ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Recommendations For Practice

A draft set of rules of ethical conduct was sent to a stratified random sample (N = 600) from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association and the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association memberships. Two-hundred and seventy-six (46%) useable responses were received. The primary foci of the study addressed: (a) the extent to which the 50 draft rules were relevant to the work of the rehabilitation counselor; and, (b) ways by which rehabilitation counselors typically respond to ethically relevant situations. Results of the findings are discussed; recommendations for practice and research are offered.

Case Record Management: A Professional Skill

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Gary E. Holmes ◽  
Ronald H. Karst
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Record Management ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Professional Skill ◽  
Case Record ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Counseling Profession ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Individual

This article explores case record management as a professional skill of the rehabilitation counselor by examining the many roles which case record management plays in the rehabilitation process and in client welfare. Additionally, the article suggests that it is the responsibility of the individual rehabilitation counselor to learn and practice this skill in order to fulfill the ethical standards of the rehabilitation counseling profession.

The Rehabilitation Counselor in Industry: A New Frontier

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 168-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald E. Shrey
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Counselor Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Potential Models ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Industrial Setting ◽  
New Frontier ◽  
The Future ◽  
Need For Rehabilitation

The purpose of this article is to explore the need for rehabilitation counselors within the industrial setting. The specific problems of industry, the failure to recognize rehabilitation counseling as an important problem-solving resource, the future roles and functions of the industrial rehabilitation counselor, and the potential models for future rehabilitation counselor training are discussed.

The Pedagogy of Rehabilitation Counseling: Perceptions of Rehabilitation Educators

2021 ◽  
pp. JARC-D-20-00003
Author(s):  
Matthew E. Sprong ◽  
Emily A. Brinck ◽  
Kanako Iwanaga ◽  
Jewel L. Jones ◽  
Jared C. Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Counselor Training ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Bloom's Taxonomy ◽  
Counselor Educators ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Bloom’S Taxonomy ◽  
Cognitive Levels ◽  
Learning Domains

The purpose of this study was to incorporate Bloom’s cognitive levels (Remembering/ Knowledge, Understanding/Comprehension, Applying/Application, Evaluating, and Creating/Synthesis) of understanding for rehabilitation counselor training programs. Forty rehabilitation counselor educators completed an online survey rating how important, how confident, and how frequently each participant incorporated the six learning domains of Bloom’s taxonomy within the classroom. The results indicate that rehabilitation counseling educators stated that they felt confident and that it is important to implement all the learning domains of Bloom’s taxonomy. Rehabilitation counseling educators indicated that application learning domain has the most impact on student learning. This study also provides implications and future directions to help discussion among rehabilitation counselor educators.

A Work-Study Model for Rehabilitation Counselor Education in Substance Abuse

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Livingston ◽  
Joan Randell ◽  
Eileen Wolkstein
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Drug Abusers ◽  
Work Study ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Counseling Professionals ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Abuse Treatment ◽  
Rehabilitation Needs

Vocational Rehabilitation services are crucial in helping the drug abusing client return to or attain employment. A major barrier to vocational rehabilitation for these clients is the serious shortage of professionally trained rehabilitation counselors available to serve them. This article provides an overview of the vocational rehabilitation needs of drug abusers, and describes a model for meeting those needs through a work study education program designed to introduce more rehabilitation counseling professionals into the drug abuse treatment system.

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