Presents quality of life perspective on rehabilitation counseling which integrates competing program goals such as client independence or employment into higher order, multidimensional rehabilitation outcome. Notes that counselors committed to quality of life orientation work from a wellness and holistic position that addresses both the…

Provides information on a three-part job retention model (3M model) containing "match,""maturity," and "mastery" constructs. Proposes that individuals with disabilities are more likely to retain employment when rehabilitation counselors provide retention services compatible with the 3Ms. Counselors can help people…

Reentry workers with multiple sclerosis (n=23) participated with employers and rehabilitation counselors in training seminars; 14 received traditional job search intervention. After 16 weeks, 11 of the 37 had reentered the labor force. Most already had high self-efficacy and career maturity. (SK)

Students in a facility for the visually handicapped completed Rotter's Scale of Beliefs, Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale, and Cantril's Self-Anchoring Striving Scale. As predicted from research with the nondisabled, external locus of control was related to low self-esteem. Neither of the aforementioned variables was related to hope. (Author)

Identifies factors predicting employment or lack thereof among adults with multiple sclerosis (MS). Results included the following variables as the best predictors of employment: symptom persistence, severity of symptoms, educational attainment, and presence of cognitive limitations. The relevance of the findings for rehabilitation assessment and…

Study compares the career development levels of 95 special education and 99 general education students. Although both groups had optimistic career outlooks, evidence indicated that special education students had significantly lower scores than their general-education peers on career decision-making self-efficacy, career outcome expectations,…

Reviews literature pertinent to coping with disability, presenting implications from the review in terms of a counseling intervention promoting early return to work by persons who have experienced mid-career disability. Describes Return-to-Work training program which applies theoretical insights regarding the adjustive processes of acknowledgement…

"Case Management and Rehabilitation Counseling" discusses procedures that are useful to rehabilitation professionals working in many settings. Specifically, this book reviews the finer points relating to diagnosing, arranging services, monitoring program outcomes, arranging for placement, planning for accommodations, ethical decision making,…

Addresses the advocacy, counseling, and case management skills needed by the rehabilitation counselor in independent living settings. Independent living is a concept expressive of people's desires to be in control of their own lives. One of the critical roles in these programs is that of the rehabilitation counselor. (PAS)

Based on findings derived from ethnographic interviews with the staff of the 130 Project sponsored by the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, clusters factors affecting the project into administrative considerations and concerns and counselor attitudes and behaviors. Provides recommendations for operating 130 Projects and serving Cherokee Nation members…

A structured, personal-adjustment training program relying on verbal, braille, and motor modes of presentation was developed and evaluated. Analyses of pre-and postchanges indicated that the experimental clients increased significantly in self-esteem and tended to make greater progress in goal attainment. (Author)

Programs that teach rehabilitation clients Personal Achievement Skills (PAS) were evaluated in regard to their use of group counseling techniques. Subjects were 43 young adult general rehabilitation clients who had completed an experimental training program in work adjustment. Clients were referred to the program for several reasons: deficiencies…

A study was conducted to understand better a common problem in job development efforts in rehabilitation--the poor returns of mailed-out surveys and, therefore, identification of few job leads for further cultivation. Two experimental job development investigations were used, one with large firms and one with small firms, to examine the effect of…

This guide is the participant's workbook for the second in a series of instructor-assisted training modules for rehabilitation counselors, supervisors, and graduate students. This workbook for the second module focuses on the counseling skills needed for rehabilitation of the severely disabled and provides forms and training aids for use during…