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Publication Date: 2006
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Models of Disability: Implications for the Counseling Profession
Smart, Julie F.; Smart, David W.
Journal of Counseling & Development, v84 n1 p29-40 Win 2006
Because of the increasing number of people with disabilities, counselors of all specialties and theoretical orientations will be called on to provide services to clients with disabilities. The authors present a brief overview of 4 major models of disability to provide an introduction to the varying definitions and causal and responsibility attributions of disability. Viewing the client with a disability as an individual with multiple identities, roles, functions, and environments facilitates the counseling process.
Descriptors: Counselors, Models, Counseling Services, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Disability Identification, Counseling Effectiveness
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Language: English
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