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when did rehabilitation emerge as a profession?
mid 1950's
What is the accreditation body for programs?
CORE Council on Rehabilitation Education
What is the certifying body for rehab counselors?
Commission on rehabilitation counseler certification CRCC
What is the two hat theory?
Counselor and Coordinator
What does big hat mean?
Rehabilitation clinician
What is the triple role viewpoint?
Counselor, coordinator, and consultant
What do mediators do?
They find the best fit between the perosn and the environment
What are the trends toward specialization in?
Work settings, types of clients, and discrete job functions
What are some emerging roles and functions of a rehabilitation counselor?
Mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, geriatric rehabilitation for older people, Employee assistance programs, private practice or consultation with public agencies
What is the Way It Is perspective?
Rehab counselors devote bulk of face-to-face time seeking specific information and giving administrative information.
Why do counselors do little classical counseling anymore?
Because of excessive paperwoork, large caseloads, agency pressure for large # of closures, Heterogenous work role
What are the multifacets of the rehab counselor role?
Affective counseling, Vocational assessment, vocational counseling. case management, Job development, placement counseling
What are the determinants of societal attitudes toward PWD?
Percieved--cause, responsibility,threat, economic conditions, socicultural milieu
What is Percieved sociocultural milieu?
Social, moral, cultural,legal,political, and economic values and trends
What does percieved cause entail?
Supernatural causes, medical causes, natural causes, society as cause
What are natural causes?
Ignorance or misunderstandings are disabilities
What are medical causes?
Unbalance of 4 fluids in body
Supernatural causes
Demonic possession (epilepsy)
What are the societal attitudes that influence rehab professionals?
Independence and self-sufficiency. Work and productivity. Physical appearance (obesity)
What are the ethical principles guiding rehab professionals?
Beneficence- promote well being. AUTONOMY- respect freedom of choice. JUSTICE- treat others fairly
What is the social desirability bias?
People tend to publicly express positive attitudes toward PWD
People are more positively evaluated if they have:
Physical rather than mental disabilities.... Less severe disabilities....disabilities that are not self imposed
Where were the first rehab counselors employed?
The state-federal vocational program. Legislation in the 1950s and 1960s led to increase in VR agencies
What did legislation in the 1950s and 1960s lead to?
They began to serve populations with multiple and significant needs(TBI, Mental illness) Also, creation of new jobs to support the newly served populations
What is the scope of rehab counseling practice?
Assist individual with disabilities "to their personal,career and independent living goals in the most integrated settings posssible
What are the four consumer domains?
Work and career.......Education......Community living..... Entitlements and health care
Work and career services and programs
State-federal VR program authorized under the rehabilitation act of 1973
What are one stop career centers
they combine a variety of employment and training services in one setting. Established by workforce reinvestment act of 1998
What are community based Rehab programs and what do they do?
They provide services to individuals who may not be served by other individuals, offer supported employment programs as facility based work
Veterans rehabilitation
Provides service to enable veterans with service related disabilities to obtain and keep employment
what is private sector VR
Insurance based--includes coverage by workers compensation and other insurance entitities
What do disability management programs do
Provide VR and interventions to reduce the risk of injury at the workplace
What are employee assistance programs?
Employer sponsored programs which address problems that interferee with work productivity, focused on substance abuse and recovery
Worka nd career scope of practice
Career planning and goal setting..... Vocational assessment planning...job development/placement....job coaching/skills training....developing job accomodations
Education Domain
Indiviiduals with disabilities experience poorer educational outcomes than nondisabled peers. Lower high school completion rates ....Lower rates of entry to college....lower rates of completion of college and grad-level training
Education domain
Poorer educational preparation leads to lower employment rates and lower wages and benefits when employed
What are the responsibilities of students with disabilities?
Meet essential requirements for admission......Identify themmselves as having a disability in order to recieve accomodations.....Provide documentation of disability and need for accomodation....Advocate for themselves
Education scope of Rehab Counseling
Goal setting.....Academic assessment.....planning-transition, life skills,education.....career counseling....skills training.....developing academic accomodations
What are community living programs
They are consumer operated services such as independent living centers, residential and transitional programs. Also, professional operated services such as group homes, supported living. (mental illness issues)
What is the community living scope of Rehab counseling
Ecological assesment.....Functional assesment....skills training.....resource coordination.....Advocacy
Entitlements and health domain
Income support---social security administraion, veterans administration systems, State public assistance
What is SSI and SSDI?
SSI- Supplemental security Income SSDI Social security Disability insurance
What are some entitlements of health care?
Medicaid(SSI associated) Medicare
VA health care system
Food support---food stamps
Scope of rehab counseling related to entitlements and health care
Eligibility assessment, Benefits planning, Advocacy, service coordination, life care planning, rights protection
What are some disability and demographic characteristics
71% of clients have aquired disability......75% classified as severe.......68% are between 22 and 49....52% are male.....57% have high school diploma
What is the biggest/smallest type of disability
Physical is largest and Traumatic brain injury is the smallest
What are characteristics of Diabetes
Blood glucose levels above normal and can lead to heart disease, kidney failure,blindness
Accomodations for Diabetes
Allow for frequent breaks, Reduce strenous activity, allow them to store medications
Cerebal Pulsy
Group of conditions affecting body movement, muscle coordination, muscel tightness or spasticity. caused by damage to certain brain injuries
Accomodations for cerebal pulsy
Provide assistive technology devices, allow extra time for activities of daily living
Epilepsy
Brain activity becomes disrupted which causes seizures
Accomodations for epilepsy
written or verbal instructions, have an emergency plan, provide alternative light sources,provide employee sensitivity training
Heart conditions
High blood pressure, congenital heart failure
Accomadations of heart conditions
Reduce physical exertion, allow work from home, schedule periodic breaks
Spinal cord injuries
often results in paralysis requiring wheelchair use
Accomodation of spinal cord injuries
Allow personal attendant,height adjustable desk or table, accessible transportation
Bipolar disorder
Mood swings back and forth, overly high and irritable to sad and hopeless
Accomodations for Bipolar disorder
reduce distractions, provide praise and positive reinforcement, reinforce peer supports
Intellectual Disabilities
Significantly below average IQ and limitation in adaptive skills
Accomodations for Intellectual disabilities
Color code items, facilitate peer support, pictures and symbols instead of words
Consumer control of services
Individuals who use reahbilitiation services should control what services they recieve, how services are delivered and who delivers the services
Disability Vs. Handicap
Disability= a limitation of function that results directly from an impairment at the level of specific organ or body system. Handicap= the actual obstacles the person encounters in the pursuit of goals in real life no matter their source
Effect of disability on employment potential
A disability does not necessarily result in a vocational handicap.......Vocational potential is not a direct function of severity of disability.....Vocational potential is a function of ability, not residual disability