This article presents suggestions and proven effective strategies for determining eligibility, conducting diagnostic workups, and providing vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with deaf-blindness. It emphasizes that the optimal rehabilitation process begins before the clients transfer from educational programs. (Author)

Evaluation units found in large organizations confront a number of impediments to the use of their findings and recommendations. These derive from both the formal roles they play and their own operating styles and processes. Drawing on experience at the U.S. General Accounting Office and the World Bank, this paper suggests that to improve the…

This job application training package was developed as part of a comprehensive employability assessment and intervention program. The package is designed to train participants who have significant deficits in completing job applications but have basic reading and writing skills. The training package prepares participants to make a favorable…

The Occupational Report (OR) is a computer-generated report that provides occupational information for planning vocational rehabilitation services. Input data includes raw scores from the USES (United States Employment Service) Interest Inventory and raw scores from either the General Aptitude Test Battery or the Non-Reading Aptitude Test Battery.…

The report describes a sample of effective vocational assessment practices for handicapped students implemented in California. An introduction presents the challenges and difficulties of complying with federal and state legislation that mandate nondiscriminatory vocational assessment and the least restrictive placement. Alternatives to…

This monograph, a product of a symposium that examined innovative research and practices in evaluation, adjustment training, and employment services for hearing impaired persons addresses the assessment phase of the vocational rehabilitation process. The editorial introduction provides an overview of how assessment is conducted with deaf…

Investigated the effects of knowledge of current pay levels and perceived job gender on subsequent job evaluations. Confirmed the hypothesis that jobs with high pay levels would receive higher evaluations than jobs with low pay levels. Found evidence of a pro-female bias in the job evaluation ratings of 53 job evaluators. (Author/ABB)

Describes an instrument, the College Reading Specialist Competency Checklist, that assesses the competencies of reading and study skills specialists. (HOD)

Suggests that a need exists in schools for the vocational as well as academic preparation of students, especially the handicapped. A rationale is offered for the involvement of the school psychologist in facilitating vocational/career development via the assessment process. Definition and purposes of vocational assessment are presented.…

Competencies derived from experience; skills; knowledge; values; or other distinguishing qualities and motivations can contribute to a person's job performance. Counselors can use competency-based behavioral interviewing to allow a candidate to demonstrate certain skills they have used in the workplace. By using such past experiences, an employer…

Gender, racial, and ethnic differences occur in vocational and cognitive ability assessments when the average scores of various groups are not equal. Results of such assessments indicate that not all groups are equally represented at all points of the assessment continuum. Many attempts to reduce or minimize existing group differences have been…

Responses from 417 school counselors rated 10 career assessment tools, including pen-and-pencil instruments and computer systems. Results indicated that the majority (69%) of those who use career assessment instruments use more than 1 and 44% use both computer and manual instruments. (JOW)

Misunderstandings in assessing career development are often a reflection of basic underlying differences in perspective. This article illustrates how the perspectives of field orientation, time frame, and goal setting influence such assessment. With this information, implications for practice and suggestions regarding possibilities for a…

This study compared scores of adults (n=34) with blindness and sighted individuals on the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Findings indicated a higher incidence of unusual vocational codes selected by people with visual disabilities on the VPI and few differences between visually impaired…

Examined vocational evaluation's impact on rehabilitation client self-estimated aptitudes and interests. Results of study of 73 clients at comprehensive rehabilitation facility indicated that clients tended to overestimate aptitudes and interests in comparison to their tested levels and process of vocational evaluation had little effect on…