This study investigated the relationship between client motivation or lack of motivation for rehabilitation services and rehabilitation counseling outcome. Using the case-closure system of the Minnesota Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, the results were that motivated clients were more frequently closed employed'' than unmotivated clients.…

The expectations of 50 rehabilitation leaders for the role and responsibilities of rehabilitation counselors in 1980 are summarized. Their projections, made in 1967, include the types of tasks, settings, clients, and services rehabilitation counselors will experience. (Author)

At the outset, social service agencies and numerous public agencies initiated as a result of the Economic Opportunities Act of 1965 were excluded from the scope of this paper. Several subtopics concerning paraprofessionals deserve consideration: (1) the need for paraprofessionals in public rehabilitation agencies; (2) the attitudes of…

Barriers to an understanding of the research implementation process are discussed. The purposes of the research utilization conference, a new element in this process, include intensive study of specific results to determine implications of the research for practice and future examination. (Author)

The paper on traditional professionalism in rehabilitation counseling discusses why attempts to make it a profession have failed. Rehabilitation counselors are criticized for their failure to reach disadvantaged clients, become leaders of public opinion, struggle for role definition, and work for certification of rehabilitation agencies. It is…

This article is a compendium of strategies for rehabilitation counselors and their clients to secure job leads in relatively painless ways. Traditional job search mechanisms, such as want ads and state employment services, have been shown to be decidedly ineffective as compared to a good first-hand job lead. Job placement is not an exact science,…

Collected data concerning perceptions and expectations of services by rehabilitation counselors (N=7) and 12 of their severely disabled clients. Results showed differences between counselors and clients regarding (a) counselor's role in vocational aspects; (b) control over decision making for rehabilitation services; and (c) counselor perceptions…

The authors take substantially different philosophical stances concerning placement in the rehabilitation process. Usdane believes that job placement is not given enough attention by rehabilitation counselors early in the rehabilitation process. Salomone advocates a greater emphasis on client growth and independence. (Author)

Extensive presentation and discussion of results of survey designed to provide information on work tasks and traits of both public and private agency counselors. Major instruments were Rehabilitation Counselor Task Inventory (378 counselors) and Abbreviated RC Task Inventory (educators, administrative personnel, and other professional…

This study asked a group of 70 rehabilitation leaders to: (1) project the major tasks of the rehabilitation counselor in the future; (2) to comment upon the goals which would guide him; and (3) to speculate on the new settings in which the counselor would work, the kinds of clients he would serve and the types of services he would provide.…

Maintains presumed lack of applicability of vocational development theories to persons with developmental disabilities is rooted in assumptions concerning career behavior, scope of career development strategies, and employment potential of such persons. Suggests types of involvement in career decision making that persons with developmental…