Social Justice, Disability, and Rehabilitation Education

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-240
Author(s):  
Daniel Kelsey ◽  
Julie F. Smart
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Community Inclusion ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Counseling Training ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
The Social

The academic field and the professional practice of rehabilitation counseling focuses on one aspect of social justice, assisting individuals with disabilities to attain full community inclusion. Nonetheless, social justice focuses on many marginalized groups and in the related fields of counseling and psychology, those with disabilities are rarely considered to be a group experiencing social injustice. Therefore, rehabilitation counseling focuses on a single marginalized status, disability, while counseling and psychology tend to ignore disability. The goal of this article is to argue for more comprehensive training in graduate rehabilitation counseling training programs. To this end, four topics are presented: (1) a review of the social justice literature; (2) possible explanations for the findings of this review; (3) obstacles to the inclusion of social justice in the rehabilitation curriculum; and (4) recommendations for incorporating social justice into the graduate rehabilitation curriculum.

Rehabilitation Counselor Educators' Experiences of Social Injustice and Social Justice Infusion

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-233
Author(s):  
ShengLi Dong ◽  
Glacia Ethridge ◽  
Roe Rodgers-Bonaccorsy
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Counselor Educators ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
National Council ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the types of social injustice experiences rehabilitation counselor educators reported, and the relationship between different levels of social injustice experiences and infusion strategies of social justice into the curricula. The participants in the study included 101 rehabilitation counselor educators recruited from the listserv of the National Council on Rehabilitation Education. A quantitative content analysis method was used. The findings showed that social injustice experiences reported by the participants tend to be multidimensional. Participants who reported a high level of exposure to social injustice experiences were more likely to infuse social justice into their curricula at a higher level than participants who reported a low level of exposure to social injustice experiences. The study revealed that gaining an understanding of social injustice in educators' personal and professional lives may foster their efforts to integrate social justice into the curricula, which in turn, may potentially enhance the social justice competency for trainees. Implications for research and practice were discussed.

scholarly journals Social Unrest in the uk and Turkey: Rethinking Police Violence against Dissident Communities

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-186
Author(s):  
Baris Cayli ◽  
Philip Hodgson ◽  
Dave Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Control ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
State Repression ◽  
Police Violence ◽  
Social Unrest ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Religious Elements

AbstractThe present study explores police violence during the riots in London and Gezi Park protests in Istanbul. This study puts forth that the rise of social injustice in theukand the erosion of plural democracy in Turkey clarify the paradox of state intervention because the two states prioritized rapid repression of uprising without consolidating public trust and social justice in the society. This comparative study reveals that the liberal and non-religious elements of the capitalist ruling system in theukcontain similar fractions of state repression when compared to the authoritarian and religious elements of the capitalist ruling system in Turkey. The authors conclude that police violence endures the social control of dissident communities while it maintains the sustainability of different capitalist ruling systems in the periods of social unrest.

scholarly journals Social Injustice in Surveillance Capitalism

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 609-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Cinnamon
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Conceptual Development ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Corporate Power ◽  
Data Accumulation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Normative Principle ◽  
Economic Injustice

A rapidly accelerating phase of capitalism based on asymmetrical personal data accumulation poses significant concerns for democratic societies, yet the concepts used to understand and challenge practices of dataveillance are insufficient or poorly elaborated. Against a backdrop of growing corporate power enabled by legal lethargy and the secrecy of the personal data industry, this paper makes explicit how the practices inherent to what Shoshana Zuboff calls ‘surveillance capitalism’ are threats to social justice, based on the normative principle that they prevent parity of participation in social life. This paper draws on Nancy Fraser’s theory of ‘abnormal justice’ to characterize the separation of people from their personal data and its accumulation by corporations as an economic injustice of maldistribution. This initial injustice is also the key mechanism by which further opaque but significant forms of injustice are enabled in surveillance capitalism—sociocultural misrecognition which occurs when personal data are algorithmically processed and subject to categorization, and political misrepresentation which renders people democratically voiceless, unable to challenge misuses of their data. In situating corporate dataveillance practices as a threat to social justice, this paper calls for more explicit conceptual development of the social harms of asymmetrical personal data accumulation and analytics, and more hopefully, attention to the requirements needed to recast personal data as an agent of equality rather than oppression.

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Course Content in Rehabilitation Counseling Programs

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Michael P. Accordino ◽  
Connie J. McReynolds ◽  
Chad R. Sedam
Keyword(s):  
Training Programs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Counseling Programs ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Counseling Training ◽  
Introductory Course

The number and level of psychiatric counseling training programs in 47 CORE-accredited programs across the country was examined in this study. Approximately 85% of the programs surveyed thought that graduates should provide information to consumers about the psychiatric rehabilitation process. With respect to an introductory course in psychiatric rehabilitation, sample results indicated that 40% programs offered a course, 36% offered related partial course content, and 19% offered no course or content at all. Results of studies indicate a need for more psychiatric counseling content. Suggestions are given to enable the inclusion of psychiatric rehabilitation content into existing rehabilitation counseling programs.

A Follow-up Study of Rehabilitation Counseling Graduates

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Employment Status ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Occupational Position ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Counseling Training ◽  
Graduate Employability ◽  
Rehabilitation Facilities ◽  
Program Graduate

This study focused on graduates from graduate level rehabilitation counseling training programs located in Region IX (Arizona, California, Hawaii, & Nevada). The study invoived administering a manpower questionnaire to a 61% random sample of graduates from 1977 through 1980 from 10 Rehabilitation Counseling training programs. Questionnaire items addressed graduates' satisfaction concerning their training program, graduate employability, present employment status, and satisfaction level with their present rehabilitation occupational position. Results indicated that the masters degree in rehabilitation counseling is formidable with 92% of the graduates employed and 82% of the graduates presently employed in the field of rehabilitation. The major employers of graduates were private rehabilitation agencies and non-profit rehabilitation facilities. Graduates were employed at an average of 1.3 months after graduation, and were either immediately employed as supervisors/administraton, or moved into these job categories very soon after employment. The importance of implementing and conducting cyclic rehabilitation manpower studies is discussed in terms of providing effective manpower information for planning and accountability.

scholarly journals How Visual Narratives (Comics) Can Increase Literacy, Decrease Bias, and Highlight Stories of Social Justice

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 46-59
Author(s):  
Jessica Motherwell McFarlane
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Visual Narratives ◽  
Stick Figure ◽  
Social Interventions ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Justice Sociale ◽  
The Social

How can creating a simple stick figure comic help us tell — and deeply listen to — true stories of social injustice and practice anti-oppression strategies? More specifically, how can creating a series of stick-figure comics help learners enhance their understanding of the Indigenous Peoples’ testimonies in the Truth and Reconciliation Report (TRC, 2015)? In my experience, stick-figure visual narratives can help participants tell stories of social injustices and practice ways that might restore right relations. In this paper, I provide a background story and a literature review in describing the rationale and method of using this approach to teach social justice concepts and rehearse pro-social interventions. I conclude with a detailed lesson plan for using the social-justice comics method for visually presenting the TRC 2015 report.   Comment l’acte de dessiner un bonhomme allumette peut-il nous aider à raconter – et à écouter très attentivement – des histoires vécues d’injustices sociales et à adopter des stratégies contre l’oppression? Plus particulièrement, comment des apprenants, en créant une série de bonhommes allumettes, peuvent-ils mieux comprendre les témoignages des Autochtones inclus dans le rapport de la Commission de vérité et de réconciliation (2015)? D’après mon expérience, les récits visuels en bonhommes allumettes aident les participants à raconter leurs histoires d’injustices sociales et à mettre en pratique des moyens pour éventuellement rétablir des relations justes. Dans le présent article, je décris le contexte et les études qui sous-tendent le pourquoi et la méthode des bonhommes allumettes pour enseigner les concepts de justice sociale et exercer la pratique d’intervention sociale. En conclusion, je présente un plan de leçon indiquant comment utiliser la méthode des dessins à portée sociale pour représenter visuellement le rapport de la Commission de vérité et de réconciliation de 2015.

scholarly journals SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF THE MODERN LABOUR MARKET

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Novikova ◽  
Yaroslav Ostafiichuk ◽  
Olena Khandii
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
General Situation ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
The Social

The purpose of the paper is to identify contradictions in the social and economic field in the process of achieving social justice and economic efficiency. Methodology. Methods of induction and deduction are used to determine the causal relationships; a systematic approach is applied to study research objects; abstract and logical methods of analysis, comparison and generalization allowed us to characterize the existing level of social injustice peculiar to the Ukrainian labour market. The results of the study are identified: manifestations of social injustice in Ukraine related to gender inequality in wages and different employment opportunities, income disparities in various sectors and regions, an increase in the gap between the income of rich and poor people, inconsistency between compensations for adverse working conditions and necessary expenses for labour rehabilitation, legal insecurity in informal, incomplete, and flexible forms of employment. Conclusions are made about their influence on the general situation on the labour market. Practical implications. To eliminate social inequality and injustice, ensure observance of labour rights and privileges, and create high social standards it is recommended to develop youth entrepreneurship programs; to provide free legal and informational support at the stage of opening own businesses and preferential lending and taxation in order to minimize youth unemployment; to develop a social unified agreement binding upon the execution of any work or provision of services to protect all participants in the social dialogue of the flexible and informal labour markets; to develop gender-sensitive personnel policies at all enterprises and organizations, to eliminate pay disparities, to develop state programs of promoting gender equality among legislators and senior officials to achieve gender equality; to attract the unemployed and economically inactive population for the growth of the labour potential of the country, which requires providing decent living conditions and remuneration to internally displaced persons, necessary working space for people with disabilities, creating a system of quality social care services for the elderly, sick and children with decent conditions and affordable services to people who receive social benefits in order to release the able-bodied population engaged in caring for relatives. Value/originality. The value of the research is the established facts of violations of human dignity and social injustice on the modern labour market and suggested recommendations for the elimination or minimization of them.

Concluding Remarks: Social Justice Requires Biocritical Inquiry

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence D. Keel
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Racial Difference ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Causal Factors ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
The Social

Our debate here, among social constructionists, has pivoted precisely on the fact that social constructionists are suspicious of claims about race and genetics for reasons that are much larger than science—issues tied to the limits of language and epistemology, the influence of cultural factors on knowledge production, and the economic realities that order social life. Unjust social and political systems necessarily alter the biological lives of marginalized groups and populations. Therefore legacies of discrimination, pernicious policy decisions, and economic inequality must be framed as causal factors in the emergence of health disparities and human biodiversity more generally. Social justice requires what I term a “biocritical inquiry,” which reverses the orthodox practice of situating genes as the base, foundation, and unmoved movers of human health, behavior, and perceived racial difference. Instead, biocritical inquiry synthesizes scientific research and critical forms of humanistic inquiry that denaturalize genetic differences, revealing the social inequalities and historical legacies of violence, conflict, and discrimination that are inseparable from human biological diversity.

Impacts of Experiencing Social Injustice on Infusing of Social Justice in Rehabilitation Counselor Education Curriculum

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
ShengLi Dong ◽  
Glacia Ethridge ◽  
Roe Rodgers-Bonaccorsy
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Counselor Educators ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

Purpose:To examine the extent to which rehabilitation counselor educators understand and are committed to infusing social justice in their curricula, and impacts of personal and social injustice experience along with demographic factors on their infusion of social justice into the rehabilitation curricula.Methods:A quantitative descriptive design using multiple regression was applied. The participants included 101 rehabilitation counselor educators who completed an online survey: Social Justice and Rehabilitation Counseling Questionnaire.Results:The study revealed that the majority of participants deemed integrating of social justice as important and used various infusion strategies. In addition, the study found the impacts of social injustice experiences, along with age, significant in predicting the perception of infusing social justice into rehabilitation curricula.Conclusions:Personal experiences of social injustice of rehabilitation counselor educators along with age influenced the level of perception of importance of infusing social justice into the rehabilitation curricula. The field should focus on training on the awareness and impact of social justice for faculty to ensure students receive the education needed to effectively counsel the rehabilitation consumers.

Careers in Employee Assistance Programs

1985 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard E. Desmond
Keyword(s):  
Training Programs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employee Assistance Programs ◽  
Employee Assistance ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Agent Model ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Counseling Training ◽  
Organizational Demands

Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are being developed in all types of organizations. This development is seen as a valuable opportunity for employment of rehabilitation counselors. A rationale which suggests that rehabilitation counseling training is appropriate for EAP work is presented. Employee assistance programs are described as following three models: (a) the In-house model, (b) the Consortium model, and (c) the Trained agent model. The functioning of a rehabilitation counselor under each is described. Organizational demands on a counselor working in an EAP in a profitoriented organization also are discussed. A brief discussion which explains how rehabilitation counseling training programs can be modified to develop a specialty in EAP work is presented. Considerations which potential EAP counselors should weigh before planning to enter EAP work are discussed. Finally, resources for learning more about EAPs are identified.

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