M. McKnight, Allison Levine, T. Landon, B. Phillips, Rebecca R. Sametz, M. Gerald, Taryn V. Richardson
Rehabilitation counselor educators (RCEs) in programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) are mandated to assess student professional dispositions as part of the gatekeeping process. This study utilized the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to explore the factors that influence RCE dispositional gatekeeping behaviors. The study includes a sample of 52 RCEs across the United States. Results obtained using a multiple linear regression model indicate that participants generally have positive attitudes toward their role as dispositional gatekeepers and their behaviors. As hypothesized by TPB, both beliefs and perceived norms relating to dispositional gatekeeping predicted dispositional gatekeeping behaviors, with the model accounting for approximately 57% of the variance. Lastly, implications and recommendations are included as they relate to gatekeeping in master’s-level rehabilitation counseling programs.
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Timothy N. Tansey, Catherine A. Anderson, David Strauser, Malachy Bishop, Fong Chan, Paul Wehman
By Timothy N. Tansey, Catherine A. Anderson & 4 more. This is the guest editorial for the special series of the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment (VRTAC-QE).
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Beatrice Lee, Veronica Y Estala-Gutierrez, Emre Umucu
Hispanics represented 18.1% of the United States population in 2017. Several factors, such as language and cultural barriers, lack of access to preventative care, and limited health resources, can impact health among Hispanics (U.S. Department of Human and Health Services Office of Minority Health, 2019). Although employment is central to physical and psychological health and well-being, unemployment rates among people with disabilities still remain lower compared to the general population (Chan et al., 2016; O’Neill et al., 2017). Regarding the unemployment rate among people with disabilities across various racial/ethnic groups, Hispanics had an unemployment rate of 8.6% compared to Blacks (11.8%), Asians (6.7%), and Whites (6.6%) in 2019 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020). Hispanics with disabilities may face challenges in employment and VR associated with their dual-minority status. This scoping review addresses this population to gain a deeper insight into Hispanics with disabilities’ VR experiences to guide vocational rehabilitation practitioners in improving outreach efforts and enhancing VR service provision and quality, to better serve the Hispanic disability community.
2017年，拉美裔占美国人口的18.1%。有几个因素，如语言和文化障碍，缺乏获得预防性保健的机会，以及有限的卫生资源，都会影响西班牙裔美国人的健康(美国人类和卫生服务部少数民族健康办公室，2019年)。尽管就业对身心健康和福祉至关重要，但与一般人群相比，残疾人的失业率仍然较低(Chan et al.， 2016;O’neill et al.， 2017)。从不同种族/族裔的残疾人失业率来看，2019年拉美裔的失业率为8.6%，高于黑人(11.8%)、亚裔(6.7%)和白人(6.6%)。(美国劳工统计局，2020年)。西班牙裔残疾人士可能面临与双少数民族身份相关的就业和VR挑战。本研究旨在深入了解西班牙裔残疾人的虚拟现实体验，以指导职业康复从业者改善外展工作，提高虚拟现实服务的提供和质量，更好地为西班牙裔残疾人社区服务。
{"title":"Vocational Rehabilitation Services for Hispanic Individuals With Disabilities: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities","authors":"Beatrice Lee, Veronica Y Estala-Gutierrez, Emre Umucu","doi":"10.52017/001c.55509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52017/001c.55509","url":null,"abstract":"Hispanics represented 18.1% of the United States population in 2017. Several factors, such as language and cultural barriers, lack of access to preventative care, and limited health resources, can impact health among Hispanics (U.S. Department of Human and Health Services Office of Minority Health, 2019). Although employment is central to physical and psychological health and well-being, unemployment rates among people with disabilities still remain lower compared to the general population (Chan et al., 2016; O’Neill et al., 2017). Regarding the unemployment rate among people with disabilities across various racial/ethnic groups, Hispanics had an unemployment rate of 8.6% compared to Blacks (11.8%), Asians (6.7%), and Whites (6.6%) in 2019 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020). Hispanics with disabilities may face challenges in employment and VR associated with their dual-minority status. This scoping review addresses this population to gain a deeper insight into Hispanics with disabilities’ VR experiences to guide vocational rehabilitation practitioners in improving outreach efforts and enhancing VR service provision and quality, to better serve the Hispanic disability community.","PeriodicalId":92715,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation counselors and educators journal","volume":"90 3-4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91475454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lauren Avellone, Joshua P. Taylor, Whitney Ham, Carol Schall, P. Wehman, Valerie Brooke, D. Strauser
Transition policy in the United States has endorsed work-based learning experiences, including internships, for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in order to combat poor rates of post-school employment. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) state plans have reported use of internships as a way to provide Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS). Internships are complex programs that vary in terms of length, payment, funding, and collaborative partnerships, and are intended to provide an educational experience for students to develop vocational skills. The purpose of this scoping review was to examine the impact of internship participation on employment for youth and young adults (aged 16 to late 20s) with IDD. Systematic searches of electronic databases containing peer-reviewed sources were conducted. Nineteen articles were included in the final sample. Findings identified specific internship programs that have been examined within the peer-reviewed literature base, the level of evidence each provides concerning the impact on employment outcomes, and pertinent internship characteristics observed across studies. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
{"title":"A Scoping Review on Internship Programs and Employment Outcomes for Youth and Young Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities","authors":"Lauren Avellone, Joshua P. Taylor, Whitney Ham, Carol Schall, P. Wehman, Valerie Brooke, D. Strauser","doi":"10.52017/001c.38785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52017/001c.38785","url":null,"abstract":"Transition policy in the United States has endorsed work-based learning experiences, including internships, for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in order to combat poor rates of post-school employment. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) state plans have reported use of internships as a way to provide Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS). Internships are complex programs that vary in terms of length, payment, funding, and collaborative partnerships, and are intended to provide an educational experience for students to develop vocational skills. The purpose of this scoping review was to examine the impact of internship participation on employment for youth and young adults (aged 16 to late 20s) with IDD. Systematic searches of electronic databases containing peer-reviewed sources were conducted. Nineteen articles were included in the final sample. Findings identified specific internship programs that have been examined within the peer-reviewed literature base, the level of evidence each provides concerning the impact on employment outcomes, and pertinent internship characteristics observed across studies. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.","PeriodicalId":92715,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation counselors and educators journal","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80043421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The objective of this scoping review was to identify and synthesize the literature on interventions for improving the health outcomes of people with disabilities living in poverty. This scoping review was guided by the framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley (2005), which included identifying the research question, selecting studies, charting and collating data, and summarizing and reporting the results. The electronic databases Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsychInfo, PubMed, ERIC, and Social Science Abstracts were searched to locate the relevant studies. Interventions for improving the health conditions or outcomes of economically disadvantaged and underserved people with disabilities were analyzed and synthesized. Seventeen studies published between 2000 and 2022 met the inclusion criteria. The selected studies were heterogeneous in terms of participant characteristics, interventions, and health outcomes. The results demonstrated that a wide array of intervention strategies could be utilized to improve various health-related outcomes among people with chronic illnesses and disabilities living in poverty. The review highlighted the effectiveness of various interventions; however, given the disparate nature of the research and interventions identified in this review, more work needs to be done in developing and testing interventions to improve health outcomes for people with disabilities living in poverty. The implications for practice and future research are discussed.
{"title":"Improving Health of Persons With Disabilities Living in Poverty: A Scoping Review","authors":"M. Bhattarai, S. Smedema","doi":"10.52017/001c.37747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52017/001c.37747","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this scoping review was to identify and synthesize the literature on interventions for improving the health outcomes of people with disabilities living in poverty. This scoping review was guided by the framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley (2005), which included identifying the research question, selecting studies, charting and collating data, and summarizing and reporting the results. The electronic databases Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsychInfo, PubMed, ERIC, and Social Science Abstracts were searched to locate the relevant studies. Interventions for improving the health conditions or outcomes of economically disadvantaged and underserved people with disabilities were analyzed and synthesized. Seventeen studies published between 2000 and 2022 met the inclusion criteria. The selected studies were heterogeneous in terms of participant characteristics, interventions, and health outcomes. The results demonstrated that a wide array of intervention strategies could be utilized to improve various health-related outcomes among people with chronic illnesses and disabilities living in poverty. The review highlighted the effectiveness of various interventions; however, given the disparate nature of the research and interventions identified in this review, more work needs to be done in developing and testing interventions to improve health outcomes for people with disabilities living in poverty. The implications for practice and future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":92715,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation counselors and educators journal","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81961990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yazmin Castruita Rios, Sara Park, Xiangli Chen, T. Tansey
The unemployment and underemployment of transition-age youth with disabilities represents a major barrier to full participation in the range of adult life activities. The lack of participation in employment has a negative effect on their physical health, mental health, and overall quality of life. The state-federal vocational rehabilitation (VR) program is the largest program in the United States focused on helping individuals with disabilities achieve employment in support of independent living and community integration of persons with disabilities. However, in addition to VR programs, there are a number of public and private agencies focused on employment of transition-age youth with disabilities. In recognition of the multiple stakeholders and supports, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act of 2014 (WIOA) emphasizes the need for collaboration between VR programs and other agencies and providers. The purpose of this study was to conduct a scoping review to identify effective collaborative practices for improving transition to work of transition-age youth with disabilities. Through a methodical review of the literature, 31 articles were identified that met the research protocol criteria. Findings from this scoping review are provided along with implications for efforts to promote collaboration between VR programs and other entities.
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B. Phillips, T. Tansey, Deborah Lee, Beatrice Lee, Xiangli Chen, R. F. Kesselmayer, A. Reyes, David S. Geslak
As employers increasingly view disability as a form of diversity that can enrich the workplace and improve performance, a company in the industrial sector in the Midwest created an innovative initiative for employing an individual with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A case study methodology was utilized to gain a better understanding of effective employer practices in hiring and integrating employees with ASD. The case study was framed by Yang and Konrad’s (2011) model of diversity in the workplace as well the Interactional Model of Cultural Diversity (IMCD; Cox, 1993), with specific focus on the four organizational contexts of the model, namely, organizational culture and acculturation processes, structural integration, informal integration, and institutional bias. Results indicate that the autism initiative had an overall positive impact on the company, with reports of stronger company performance and improved company climate. These results as well as others aligned with tenets of the theoretical framework implemented. Rehabilitation counselors can support employers looking to increase the disability diversity in their company through the theoretically supported insights of this case study. Doing so may help to address the current shortage of skilled workers in the workforce.
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This review aims to explore and synthesize employment and rehabilitation services for veterans with disabilities to help rehabilitation clinicians and researchers understand the characteristics and needs of this population, with the aim to improve employment and rehabilitation outcomes for veterans with disabilities. More specifically, our goal is to identify strengths, challenges, and opportunities in Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) and employment services for veterans with disabilities. Veterans with disabilities may be eligible to receive VR services from both the Veterans Affairs (VA) and state VR agencies; however, they still experience significant challenges and barriers in employment due to unique characteristics of veterans and their disabilities. For example, poverty, homelessness, and unemployment due to disability are significant challenges for veterans with disabilities, their families, service providers, stakeholders, and policymakers. Research has long identified employment and rehabilitation services can buffer against these challenges; however, VR services are identified as the least used VA services among veterans with disabilities. This study includes implications to inform clinicians, policy makers, and researchers on VR and employment services for veterans with disabilities.
{"title":"Employment and Rehabilitation for Veterans With Chronic Conditions and Disabilities: Strengths, Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Suggestions","authors":"Emre Umucu","doi":"10.52017/001c.55516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52017/001c.55516","url":null,"abstract":"This review aims to explore and synthesize employment and rehabilitation services for veterans with disabilities to help rehabilitation clinicians and researchers understand the characteristics and needs of this population, with the aim to improve employment and rehabilitation outcomes for veterans with disabilities. More specifically, our goal is to identify strengths, challenges, and opportunities in Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) and employment services for veterans with disabilities. Veterans with disabilities may be eligible to receive VR services from both the Veterans Affairs (VA) and state VR agencies; however, they still experience significant challenges and barriers in employment due to unique characteristics of veterans and their disabilities. For example, poverty, homelessness, and unemployment due to disability are significant challenges for veterans with disabilities, their families, service providers, stakeholders, and policymakers. Research has long identified employment and rehabilitation services can buffer against these challenges; however, VR services are identified as the least used VA services among veterans with disabilities. This study includes implications to inform clinicians, policy makers, and researchers on VR and employment services for veterans with disabilities.","PeriodicalId":92715,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation counselors and educators journal","volume":"198 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79670778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Migrant populations have significant barriers for vocational rehabilitation (VR). Over one-quarter (26%) of farmworkers in the United States are migrant workers. Migrant farmwork often involves exposure to enhanced occupational hazards. Language barriers among farmworkers add additional challenges to vocational rehabilitation, as 77% of U.S. farmworkers identify Spanish as their primary language. Educational attainment is also a factor in vocational development for farmworkers, as the average level of education among farmworkers is eighth grade. Most migrant farmworkers are separated from all nuclear family members. A migratory lifestyle, isolated social conditions, lack of education, language differences, and fear of arrest or deportation establish barriers for VR service. In light of these unique barriers, the first step in improving VR outreach is to determine the geography of migrant work. This study utilizes data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America to identify states and counties with the highest rates of Mexican-born residents and highest rates of non-English speakers, discussing that data in the context of unemployment and poverty rates. A State Average Score was developed to arrange states by multiple factors that may indicate the presence of migrant communities. These multiple factors include counties with the highest non-English speaking rates, counties with the highest Mexican-born rates, counties with the highest poverty rates, and counties with the highest unemployment rates. The convergence of these data points within a single county may indicate the presence of migrant communities. Examples of outreach to migrant farmworkers are also presented.
{"title":"Rural Migrant Farmworker Demographics: Implications for Vocational Rehabilitation","authors":"J. Meyer","doi":"10.52017/001c.68182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52017/001c.68182","url":null,"abstract":"Migrant populations have significant barriers for vocational rehabilitation (VR). Over one-quarter (26%) of farmworkers in the United States are migrant workers. Migrant farmwork often involves exposure to enhanced occupational hazards. Language barriers among farmworkers add additional challenges to vocational rehabilitation, as 77% of U.S. farmworkers identify Spanish as their primary language. Educational attainment is also a factor in vocational development for farmworkers, as the average level of education among farmworkers is eighth grade. Most migrant farmworkers are separated from all nuclear family members. A migratory lifestyle, isolated social conditions, lack of education, language differences, and fear of arrest or deportation establish barriers for VR service. In light of these unique barriers, the first step in improving VR outreach is to determine the geography of migrant work. This study utilizes data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America to identify states and counties with the highest rates of Mexican-born residents and highest rates of non-English speakers, discussing that data in the context of unemployment and poverty rates. A State Average Score was developed to arrange states by multiple factors that may indicate the presence of migrant communities. These multiple factors include counties with the highest non-English speaking rates, counties with the highest Mexican-born rates, counties with the highest poverty rates, and counties with the highest unemployment rates. The convergence of these data points within a single county may indicate the presence of migrant communities. Examples of outreach to migrant farmworkers are also presented.","PeriodicalId":92715,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation counselors and educators journal","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84300574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James L. Soldner, Amanda McCarthy, Allison Levine, Aryn Taylor
The concept of social justice has been discussed in the counseling profession for decades and is considered an ethical obligation when providing services to clients. Counselor educators and supervisors are also responsible for integrating social justice into their work when teaching and training counseling trainees (i.e., supervisees, students). The evaluation of professional dispositions of counseling trainees is a required task of counselor educators. While much has been discussed regarding the process of professional disposition assessment, there has been less discussion of appropriate evaluation processes when working with trainees with disabilities and intersecting identities. Lack of intentionality with evaluation practices, especially integrating a social justice lens, could lead to inaccurate and harmful evaluation of trainees with disabilities and intersecting identities. The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the concepts of social justice with supervision and disability to offer a more robust discussion regarding supervision practices that may lead to more accurate and helpful evaluation of trainees.
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