Emerging Disabilities That Result From or Are Exacerbated by Severe Weather Events: Implications for Rehabilitation Counselors

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-23
Author(s):  
Lynn C. Koch ◽  
Julie Hill ◽  
Phillip D. Rumrill
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Rehabilitation Assessment

BackgroundRehabilitation counselors can anticipate providing services to growing numbers of individuals who have disabilities that were acquired in (or exacerbated by) severe weather events. The impact of these events on individuals’ psychosocial and vocational functioning is an important factor to address in holistic rehabilitation assessment and planning.ObjectivesThe objectives of this article are to (a) provide an overview of how severe weather events contribute to the onset and exacerbation of chronic illnesses and disabilities, (b) identify populations most at risk of experiencing the negative consequences of severe weather events, and (c) consider implications for rehabilitation counseling policy and practice.MethodsWe reviewed literature on severe weather events and their impact on human health and functioning to better understand the impact of these events on affected individuals.ResultsThe review revealed that severe weather events have increased in frequency, intensity, and length, and this trend is expected to continue into the foreseeable future. Severe weather events are an emerging cause of disability that requires unique assessment and planning considerations for rehabilitation counselors.ConclusionsThe increase in recent decades of severe weather events as a cause or contributor to disability has numerous implications for rehabilitation counseling practice that are discussed in this article.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Storm Prediction Center's Convective Outlooks and Watches on Emergency Management Operational Planning

2021 ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Heather A. Cross ◽  
Dennis Cavanaugh ◽  
Christopher C. Buonanno ◽  
Amy Hyman
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
Emergency Operations ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Severe Thunderstorms ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Storm Prediction ◽  
Near Term ◽  
The Impact

For many emergency managers (EMs) and National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters, Convective Outlooks issued by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) influence the preparation for near-term severe weather events. However, research into how and when EMs utilize that information, and how it influences their emergency operations plan, is limited. Therefore, to better understand how SPC Convective Outlooks are used for severe weather planning, a survey was conducted of NWS core partners in the emergency management sector. The results show EMs prefer to wait until an Enhanced Risk for severe thunderstorms is issued to prepare for severe weather. In addition, the Day 2 Convective Outlook serves as the threshold for higher, value-based decision making. The survey was also used to analyze how the issuance of different risk levels in SPC Convective Outlooks impact emergency management preparedness compared to preparations conducted when a Convective Watch is issued.

Perceptions of Mental Illness and Rehabilitation Services in Chinese and Vietnamese Americans

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Zhang Hampton ◽  
Teresa Yeung ◽  
Courtney Hoa Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Vietnamese Americans ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of mental illness (MI) and rehabilitation services among Chinese and Vietnamese Americans. A qualitative study design (face-to-face interview) was used and 40 Chinese and Vietnamese Americans/immigrants participated in the study. Results indicated that the participants' views of MI were multifaceted. The major themes included: (a) MI was a treatable disease that consisted of different types and varied from mild to severe; (b) the major cause of MI was stressful circumstances such as the Vietnam War and immigration; (c) MI was not positively perceived in the participants' communities; and (d) rehabilitation counseling services were almost unknown to the participants although some of them were aware of mental health services. Implications of the results for rehabilitation counselors and researchers are discussed in light of the impact of Chinese and Vietnamese cultures on the perceptions of various aspects or MI.

Chronic Renal Failure: The Impact of Improved Medical Treatment Options on Rehabilitation

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Ruth Torkelson Lynch ◽  
Susan Gallagher-Lepak
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Chronic Renal Failure ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Functional Implications ◽  
The Impact

The life quality potential and functional outcome status of individuals with chronic renal failure has been and will continue to be influenced by improved medical treatment options. Rehabilitation counselors are strongly urged to keep their knowledge up-to-date regarding developments in healthcare and technology in order to readjust their perspectives regarding rehabilitation possibilities. The progression of chronic renal failure is described followed by an update on current medical treatment options. Functional implications are presented with an emphasis on how specific treatment methods impact functional outcomes. Rehabilitation counseling practice guidelines are provided for assessment, counseling, and job placement.

The role of gap analyses in energy assurance planning

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Katherine Shea, JD
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Power Loss ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Hurricane Sandy ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
Power Outages ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Impact

Energy-related emergencies, such as power outages or interruptions to other energy supplies, can arise from a number of factors. Common causes include severe weather events—such as snowstorms, hurricanes, or summer storms with strong winds—as well as energy infrastructure that is overburdened, aging, or in need of repair. As past experience indicates, jurisdictions will continue to experience severe weather events, as well as confront infrastructure issues that make future power outages likely. As a result, state and local governments have turned to energy assurance planning, an energy-specific form of planning that helps jurisdictions prepare for and recover from energy emergencies. Energy assurance recognizes that power loss/disruption cannot be eradicated completely, but jurisdictions can mitigate the impact of power loss through effective planning. This article discusses the role of energy assurance planning and provides a description of what energy assurance means and why developing such plans at the state and local levels is important. In addition, this article discusses the role of statutory gap analyses in energy assurance planning and discusses how a gap analysis can be used by planners to identify trends and gaps in energy assurance. To provide context, a recently conducted statutory gap analysis analyzing national emergency backup power trends is provided as a case study. A summary of this project and key findings is included. Finally, this article briefly touches on legislation as an alternative to energy assurance planning, and provides summaries of recent legislative proposals introduced in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Advanced MUlti-GNSS Array for Monitoring Severe Weather Events (AMUSE): Project overview

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Wilgan ◽  
Jens Wickert ◽  
Galina Dick ◽  
Florian Zus ◽  
Torsten Schmidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
Precipitation Forecast ◽  
Spatiotemporal Resolution ◽  
Weather Forecasts ◽  
Precise Knowledge ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Data Products ◽  
New Generation ◽  
The Impact

<p>Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have revolutionized positioning, navigation, and timing, becoming a common part of our everyday life. Aside from these well-known civilian and commercial applications, GNSS is currently established as a powerful and versatile observation tool for geosciences. An outstanding application in this context is the operational monitoring of atmospheric water vapor with high spatiotemporal resolution. The water vapor is the most abundant greenhouse gas, which accounts for about 70% of atmospheric warming and plays a key role in the atmospheric energy exchange. The precise knowledge of its highly variable spatial and temporal distribution is a precondition for precise modeling of the atmospheric state as a base for numerical weather forecasts especially with focus to the strong precipitation and severe weather events.</p><p>The data from European GNSS networks are widely operationally used to improve regional weather forecasts in several countries. However, the impact of the currently provided data products to the forecast systems is still limited due to the exclusively focusing on GPS-only based data products; to the limited atmospheric information content, which is provided mostly in the zenith direction and to the time delay between measurement and providing the data products, which is currently about one hour.</p><p>AMUSE is a recent research project, funded by the DFG (German Research Council) and performed in close cooperation of TUB, GFZ and DWD during 2020-2022. The project foci are the major limitations of currently operationally used generation of GNSS-based water vapor data. AMUSE will pioneer the development of next generation data products. Main addressed innovations are:  1) Developments to provide multi-GNSS instead of GPS-only data, including GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou; 2) Developments to provide high quality slant observations, containing water vapor information along the line-of-sight from the respective ground stations; 3) Developments to shorten the delay between measurements and the provision of the products to the meteorological services.</p><p>This GNSS-focused work of AMUSE will be complemented by the contribution of German Weather Service DWD to investigate in detail and to quantify the forecast improvement, which can be reached by the new generation GNSS-based meteorology data. Several dedicated forecast experiments will be conducted with focus on one of the most challenging issues, the precipitation forecast in case of severe weather events. These studies will support the future assimilation of the new generation data to the regional forecast system of DWD and potentially also to other European weather services.</p>

scholarly journals A Simple and Flexible Method for Ranking Severe Weather Events

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 939-951 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Doswell ◽  
R. Edwards ◽  
R. L. Thompson ◽  
J. A. Hart ◽  
K. C. Crosbie
Keyword(s):  
Secular Trends ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Multiple Variables ◽  
Convective Weather ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Severe Weather Event ◽  
Intended Use ◽  
Made In ◽  
Tornado Outbreak

Abstract The notion of an “outbreak” of severe weather has been used for decades, but has never been formally defined. There are many different criteria by which outbreaks can be defined based on severe weather occurrence data, and there is not likely to be any compelling logic to choose any single criterion as ideal for all purposes. Therefore, a method has been developed that uses multiple variables and allows for considerable flexibility. The technique can be adapted easily to any project that needs to establish a ranking of weather events. The intended use involves isolating the most important tornado outbreak days, as well as important outbreak days of primarily nontornadic severe convective weather, during a period when the number of reports has been growing rapidly from nonmeteorological factors. The method is illustrated for both tornadic and primarily nontornadic severe weather event day cases. The impact of the secular trends in the data has been reduced by a simple detrending scheme. The effect of detrending is less important for the tornado outbreak cases and is illustrated by comparing rankings with and without detrending. It is shown that the resulting rankings are relatively resistant to secular trends in the data, as intended, and not strongly sensitive to the choices made in applying the method. The rankings are also consistent with subjective judgments of the relative importance of historical tornado outbreak cases.

Applications of Computer-Meditated Communication Via the Internet in Rehabilitation Counseling

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Zhang Hampton ◽  
Rick Houser
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Counselor Certification ◽  
American Society ◽  
The Impact

The Internet is a rapidly growing communication resource that is becoming mainstream in the American society. To better serve our clients, rehabilitation counselors need to understand the many aspects of the Internet and begin to explore its uses in rehabilitation counseling. The purpose of this article was to initiate a discussion regarding the impact of the Internet on rehabilitation counseling services. The current use of the Internet in counseling practices was reviewed. The relationship between the Internet usage and the empowerment of people with disabilities was explored, the roles of rehabilitation counselors in regard to the computer-mediated communication (CMC) via the Internet were outlined, and ethical and professional development-related issues concerning possible applications of CMC via the Internet for rehabilitation counseling services were discussed. CMC via the Internet may be offered as an adjunct to traditional face to face rehabilitation services. Professional organizations such as the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association (NRCA) and the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) should develop professional standards and ethical codes to guide such services before we fully embrace the technique.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON DROUGHT MANAGEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM JAPANESE RIVER BASINS

2018 ◽  
Vol 09 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850010
Author(s):  
KAORI TEMBATA ◽  
KENJI TAKEUCHI
Keyword(s):  
Climate Variability ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Water Withdrawal ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Drought Management ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Water Restrictions ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the effect of climate variability on water resource management during droughts. We use data from local droughts in Japan over three decades to investigate how variability in precipitation and temperature affects water restrictions implemented by drought coordination councils. We find that climate variability is significantly related to water restrictions in terms of both intensity and duration. The regression results show that a 100-mm decrease in annual precipitation is associated with a 0.2% increase in the water withdrawal restriction rate and an increase of one day in the restriction period. Our findings suggest that climate variability might induce more stringent water restrictions, implying negative consequences for water availability. This study thus shows the importance of strategically building adaptive capacity to climate change due to the risks of extreme weather events, such as prolonged droughts and extended summer seasons.

The Matrix: Suggesting a New Approach to Rehabilitation Assessment

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
Darlene A.G. Groomes
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Clinical Judgments ◽  
Counseling Education ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Treatment Plans ◽  
Rehabilitation Assessment

Clinical judgments made during the assessment process can affect the outcome decisions that rehabilitation counselors construct about consumer performance. The individualized nature of rehabilitation assessment seems to demand a more uniform and consistent way of making sense of the various data resulting from the assessment process. Few suggestions for organizing the assessment data have been presented in rehabilitation counseling literature. Particular difficulties in making clinical judgments are reviewed, and a psychological model for organizing assessment information is suggested for enhancing clinical judgments. The result of using the matrix may assist counselors in making more accurate hypotheses about consumer performance, and in developing treatment plans with consumers. Implications for rehabilitation counseling education, practice, and research are provided.

scholarly journals The Impact of Assimilating Surface Pressure Observations on Severe Weather Events in a WRF Mesoscale Ensemble System

2010 ◽  
Vol 138 (5) ◽  
pp. 1673-1694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustan M. Wheatley ◽  
David J. Stensrud
Keyword(s):  
Surface Pressure ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
Ensemble Forecasts ◽  
Convective Systems ◽  
Cold Pools ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Mesoscale Convective ◽  
Mean Pressure ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Surface pressure observations are assimilated into a Weather Research and Forecast ensemble using an ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) approach and the results are compared with observations for two severe weather events. Several EnKF experiments are performed to evaluate the relative impacts of two very different pressure observations: altimeter setting (a total pressure field) and 1-h surface pressure tendency. The primary objective of this study is to determine the surface pressure observation that is most successful in producing realistic mesoscale features, such as convectively driven cold pools, which often play an important role in future convective development. Results show that ensemble-mean pressure analyses produced from the assimilation of surface temperature, moisture, and winds possess significant errors in regard to mesohigh strength and location. The addition of surface pressure tendency observations within the assimilation yields limited ability to constrain such errors, while the assimilation of altimeter setting yields accurate depictions of the mesoscale pressure patterns associated with mesoscale convective systems. The mesoscale temperature patterns produced by all the ensembles are quite similar and tend to reproduce the observed features. Results suggest that even though surface pressure observations can have large cross covariances with temperature and the wind components, the resulting analyses fail to improve upon the EnKF temperature and wind analyses that exclude the surface pressure observations. Ensemble forecasts following the assimilation period show the potential to improve short-range forecasting of surface pressure.

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