The Working Alliance, consisting of building bonds, establishing goals, and developing tasks, has been deemed the cornerstone of helping professions, and has been found to significantly and reliably predict client outcomes. The importance of client characteristics and perceptions of working alliance has been established in the literature. Less is…

Youth with disabilities receiving transition from services from State/Federal VR agencies accounted for more than one quarter of closed cases within in FY 2010 (RSA, 2010). This unique population of clients, however, has received little attention in empirical studies, scholarly journals, and as a focus within training programs. By investing in…

Vocational rehabilitation (VR) professionals are critical partners in the transition process for students with disabilities; therefore, they are required to develop transition service delivery proficiencies. VR professional perceptions of transition competencies are seldom examined due to the perception that transition falls mainly on school-based…

This study investigates the level of knowledge of clinical supervision among rehabilitation supervisors who provide clinical, administrative, and both clinical and administrative supervision. Moreover, the study intends to identify the knowledge domains that are important to providing clinical supervision in rehabilitation. In examining the…

A survey of the use and usefulness of psychological reports was completed with rehabilitation counselors in Kentucky and Illinois. Results suggested that problems rehabilitation counselors have with services delivered by contract psychologists include nonspecific and unrealistic recommendations and too little individualization of reports. (Author)

The job satisfaction and organizational commitment of rehabilitation counselors working in public rehabilitation agencies in Illinois are the focus of this study. Participants were 149 rehabilitation counselor survey respondents whose agencies agreed to take part in the study. A total of 281 surveys were mailed. Job satisfaction was measured using…

A project was conducted to help prison inmates in Will County, Illinois, make an effective transition to employment in the community. During the project, an eight-session, in-jail job search course in career exploration and preemployment skills and a follow-up program for jail residents in transition were developed. A volunteer target population…