Turnaround at the Alabama Rehabilitation Agency

2018 ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
James E. Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Agency

Vocational Rehabilitation Transition Outcomes of Youth With Disabilities From a Midwestern State

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica M. Awsumb ◽  
Fabricio E. Balcazar ◽  
Francisco Alvarado
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Transition Program ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
System Level ◽  
Youth With Disabilities ◽  
Transition Outcomes ◽  
Rehabilitation Agency ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Gender Type

Purpose: To examine the outcomes (rehabilitated vs. nonrehabilitated) of youth with disabilities (ages 14–22 years) participating in the transition program from a midwestern state.Method: Five years of vocational rehabilitation transition data (N = 6,252) were analyzed to determine what demographic and system-level factors were related to rehabilitated or nonrehabilitated outcomes.Results: Postsecondary and employment outcomes were predicted by race, gender, type of disability, office region, total number of services, and case expenditure. Hispanic youth had the highest percentage of rehabilitation; males faired significantly better than females and participants in small towns were significantly more likely to be rehabilitated than participants living in large urban areas.Conclusions: Based on the data findings, it was recommended that the vocational rehabilitation agency alters and updates its transition program. Strategies to help youth with disabilities achieve positive employment and postsecondary educational outcomes are discussed.

Validity of the Revised Beta Examination and a Short-Form Beta for Hospitalized Alcoholics

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 751-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel R. Panitz ◽  
Alan Feingold
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
General Intelligence ◽  
Digit Symbol ◽  
State Hospitals ◽  
Picture Completion ◽  
Rehabilitation Agency ◽  
The Mean

Although the Revised Beta Examination, a nonverbal measure of general intelligence, is one of the few group tests extensively validated for psychiatric patients in state hospitals, it has not been determined whether the instrument is useful for discriminating among alcoholic inpatients in state facilities. The Beta was administered to 494 detoxified alcoholics (471 men, 23 women), aged 20 to 60 yr. ( M = 3.99, SD = 10.1) and hospitalized in a state rehabilitation agency. They were grouped by prior occupational status and educational attainment. Means of the Beta Weighted Scores differed significantly among the groups on both criteria whereas the mean IQs differed only for the educational classification. Also reported was the development of a two-subtest short-form Beta based on the Digit Symbol and Picture Completion subtests. The short-form scores differentiated the groups about as well as the Weighted Scores.

Predictors of Job-Seeking Behavior among Persons with Visual Impairments

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (9) ◽  
pp. 635-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Job Seeking ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Rehabilitation Agency ◽  
Placement Services ◽  
Vision Rehabilitation ◽  
One Year

This follow-up study of 60 nonworking persons with visual impairments who contacted a vision rehabilitation agency for vocational placement services over a five-year period found that the absence of other health or physical conditions and being unemployed one year or less were significant predictors of job-seeking behavior.

Launching and supporting the SGA Project in Kentucky and Minnesota: Experiences and perspectives of the Senior Technical Assistance Team

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Marrone ◽  
Russ Thelin ◽  
Linda Mock
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Staff Training ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Rehabilitation Agency ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Competing Priorities

BACKGROUND: The SGA Project tested a rapid coordinated team approach in Kentucky and Minnesota. OBJECTIVE: The authors are members of a five-person Senior Technical Assistance (TA) Team that supported Kentucky and Minnesota as host sites in a l randomized controlled trial. METHODS: The TA team participated in a planning and implementation phase over the course of three years. At closeout, the TA team interviewed SVRA personnel on participation, recommendations, and challenges. RESULTS: TA was adapted to the needs of each state vocational rehabilitation agency to identify solutions to capacity challenges, staff training, concerns about randomization, and team approaches. In both Kentucky and Minnesota, the dedicated TA team balanced the fidelity of the model with the need to align solutions with agency priorities, goals, and culture. CONCLUSIONS: Provision of intensive TA to support state vocational rehabilitation agencies to participate in a research intervention requires a focus on counselor skills and expectations, attention to competing priorities and interests of State VR Agencies, and an ability to build relationships at multiple levels of the agency.

The General Aptitude Test Battery: Implications for Vocational Counseling and Employment in Epilepsy Rehabilitation

1987 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
David C. Clemmons ◽  
Robert T. Fraser ◽  
William Trejo
Keyword(s):  
Job Applicants ◽  
Test Battery ◽  
Vocational Counseling ◽  
Motor Speed ◽  
Aptitude Test ◽  
Employment Outcome ◽  
Cerebral Dysfunction ◽  
General Aptitude Test ◽  
Comparison Groups ◽  
Rehabilitation Agency

The performance of adults with epilepsy on the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) was explored, with an emphasis on later employment outcome and on vocational counseling implications. The study sample had mean GATB scores which were significantly lower than the published GATB norms. They were also significantly lower than the GATB means obtained from comparison groups comprised of job applicants in the local general labor force and of persons receiving services from the local state rehabilitation agency. Mean scores for measures of dexterity and motor speed were especially low. It was found that GATB scores alone are not highly predictive of employment outcome, although subjects who did not enter competitive employment did tend to have lower mean scores. GATB patterns which may be indicative of lateralized cerebral dysfunction are discussed, along with case studies.

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