Nichole Tichy, K. Hergenrather, Barbara Dos Santos, Maureen McGuire-Kuletz, L. Beland
The first case of COVID-19 was reported in the United States in January 2020. To date, the U.S. reports more than 87 million confirmed cases and more than 1 million related deaths. In the U.S., published research suggests that COVID-19 transmission and prevention practices presented challenges for people with disabilities regarding job status and access to services. To explore the impact of COVID-19 on employment and service provision for persons with disabilities (PWD), the authors performed a systematic review of published quantitative and qualitative studies conducted in the U.S. from January 2020 through December 2021. From the 19 identified studies, findings were grouped into three themes: employment, quality of life, and coping. The impact of COVID-19 and other adverse events (e.g., global pandemic, supply chain issues, financial recession, hurricanes, flooding, wildfires) on the provision of vocational rehabilitation services and employment outcomes for persons with disabilities should be further explored. Based on review findings, the COVID-19 Lived Experiences Scale for Persons with Disabilities (CLES-PWD) was created to understand the experiences of PWD in terms of their employment, quality of life, and coping. The CLES-PWD can serve as a tool for vocational rehabilitation professionals when providing employment planning to enhance employment outcomes.
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The primary objective of this paper is to call attention to rehabilitation counseling educators and leaders to include grief support as part of the rehabilitation counseling training curriculum. Disability and chronic illness have long been associated with loss, death anxiety, and chronic sorrow. The prevailing model of psychosocial adaptation to chronic illness and disability emanated from grief theories and has been well conceptualized and applied in both understanding disability experiences and providing effective services. However, rehabilitation counselors have expressed a lack of competency and confidence in understanding grief as a psychosocial concept and providing grief support for people with chronic illness and disabilities. Too often, pervasive understanding of grief and loss has been associated with pathology and prescriptive notions, which have been criticized by clinicians and scholars in bereavement research and practice. To address this concern, this paper proposes including grief support education in rehabilitation counselor training curricula. In addition, several suggestions are made for program design and implementation within the context of CACREP curricula requirements.
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Renee Starr, Eva Miller, Roy K. Chen, Ralph Carlson, Veronica I. Umeasiegbu, Bruce J. Reed
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 13.7 million children experience obesity nationally and Hispanic children display the highest occurrences of obesity for all racial/ethnic groups (Hales et al., 2020). Because parents have a significant influence on their children’s overall health, we were interested in examining whether parents’ attitudes and knowledge about obesity impacted their child’s body mass index (BMI) for their age. We surveyed 210 adult Hispanic parents whose children were receiving general healthcare services at a pediatric medical clinic located near the U.S.-Mexico border. A multiple regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the estimation between the independent variables (knowledge about obesity, socioeconomic status, education, physical activity, dietary habits, medical history, age, and gender) and the dependent variable (attitudes toward obesity). Specifically, the study examined the relationship between Hispanic children’s BMI-for-age and their parents’ attitudes toward obesity, and the relationship between Hispanic children’s BMI-for-age and their parents’ knowledge regarding obesity-related risks. The results indicated the level of physical activity, dietary habits, and level of knowledge were predictive of Hispanic parents’ attitudes toward obesity. Implications of the study and recommendations for researchers, educators, and counselors to minimize the obesity epidemic are provided.
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M. McKnight, Andrew R. Scheef, Allison Levine, Faith Thomas, B. Phillips
Although interagency collaboration is one of the most recognized and recommended practices for improving the transition outcomes of students with disabilities (SWD), it remains challenging to understand in both research and practice. This study utilizes the theory of planned behavior to understand better secondary special educators’ beliefs, perceptions, and behaviors related to their collaboration with vocational rehabilitation (VR). Eighty-seven secondary special educators from across the U.S. participated in a survey using both quantitative and qualitative questions. Quantitative results indicate that more familiarity with VR lends itself to more behaviors that promote VR to SWD. Qualitative data describe how participants have created effective collaborative systems, as well as the barriers to working with VR in the transition process. Recommendations are provided at both the practitioner level and the systemic policy level to potentially address barriers to collaborations between these two groups of professionals in supporting post-school goals for SWD.
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The emphasis on social action in rehabilitation counseling professional associations has declined over the years, making it challenging to mobilize and collaborate with the disability community. In this article, we argue for a return to social action. However, in order for social action to have legitimacy, it is imperative that professional associations in rehabilitation counseling partner with disability rights and consumer advocacy groups. As part of re-engaging in social action, rehabilitation counseling associations must re-commit to amplifying the voices of disabled people.
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B. Phillips, M. Gerald, James L. Soldner, A. Reyes, C. Anderson, Jenelle S. Pitt-Parker
Rehabilitation counseling professional associations have experienced decades of declining membership. Efforts to increase the value of membership, to this point, have not reversed these trends. Some have argued for the consolidation of rehabilitation counseling associations as a strategy for increasing membership numbers, but no empirical studies have been conducted to assess whether consolidation could have a positive impact on membership. The purpose of this current study is to use net promotor scores to predict how membership numbers would be affected by consolidating to a single association. Net promoter scores from rehabilitation counseling professionals were used to assess the likelihood of recommending association membership for the current rehabilitation counseling associations and a hypothetical consolidated association. Results indicate that consolidation to a single rehabilitation counseling association would be accompanied by a substantial increase in its initial promotion compared to the promotion of current associations. Although not guaranteed, this data suggests that consolidating rehabilitation counseling professional associations would produce an initial increase in membership that could strengthen the position of the discipline.
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Allison Levine, Derek Ruiz, A. B. Becton, Erin F. Barnes, D. Harley
Historically, research on professional association consolidation in the rehabilitation counseling profession has not been inclusive of issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). There is a long history of professional associations in rehabilitation counseling struggling to meet the diversity needs of professionals within the field. It is essential for the viability of the profession and its associations that DEI is always present in such conversations. The current study analyzed the data from 613 qualitative responses to a prompt about whether participants would like to see an organization focused on multicultural diversity and equity included in a hypothetical, consolidated professional association in rehabilitation counseling. Implications for professional association leadership, educators, and researchers are discussed.
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B. Phillips, E. Boland, Yolanda V. Edwards, Stephen A. Zanskas
Professional associations are the primary instrument for meeting the interests of a profession. However, the steady decline of membership that began in the 1970s in rehabilitation counseling associations has reduced their resources and limited their ability to advocate for the discipline (Phillips & Leahy, 2012). In 1981, in the early years of membership decline, the Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling published a special issue focusing on the potential consolidation of rehabilitation counseling associations. The special issue concluded with a call to survey rehabilitation counselors for their perspectives on the topic (Emener, 1981). Despite the special issue becoming the “benchmark publication” intended (Field & Emener, 1981, p. 59), no decisive action was taken following its publication and no survey conducted. In the articles that follow, we present information about the current and future state of rehabilitation counseling professional associations, relying heavily on the quantitative and qualitative responses of 2,608 rehabilitation counseling professionals. More concisely, this special issue finally answers the call from over 40 years ago to seek the input of rehabilitation counselors on the question of consolidation. In addition to introducing the articles in this special issue, we provide a historical sketch of rehabilitation counseling associations and membership trends that is key to understanding the debate around consolidation.
专业协会是满足专业利益的主要工具。然而，从20世纪70年代开始，康复咨询协会的会员数量稳步下降，减少了他们的资源，限制了他们倡导这一学科的能力(Phillips & Leahy, 2012)。1981年，在会员人数下降的最初几年，《应用康复咨询杂志》(Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling)出版了一期专刊，重点关注康复咨询协会的潜在整合。这期特刊最后呼吁调查康复咨询师对这个话题的看法(Emener, 1981)。尽管特刊有意成为“基准出版物”(Field & Emener, 1981, p. 59)，但在其出版后没有采取果断行动，也没有进行调查。在接下来的文章中，我们在很大程度上依赖于2,608名康复咨询专业人员的定量和定性回应，介绍了康复咨询专业协会的现状和未来状况。更简单地说，这期特刊最终回应了40多年前寻求康复咨询师对巩固问题的投入。除了介绍本期特刊中的文章外，我们还提供了康复咨询协会和会员趋势的历史概况，这是理解围绕巩固的辩论的关键。
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B. Phillips, Quiteya D. Walker, T. Grenawalt, Paige N. Dunlap, J. Bezyak, C. Anderson, A. P. Nerlich, Allison Levine
Most professions are represented by one unified association, but not rehabilitation counseling. From its earliest years of professionalization, rehabilitation counseling has been represented by multiple associations. Initially, representing the discipline through multiple associations was deemed necessary to capture nuanced differences within the field. However, the existence of multiple associations has come under increasing scrutiny in the face of declining membership and a changing professional and political landscape. The lively debates of the 1970s and 1980s have more recently devolved into what seems to be an apathy induced stalemate on this issue of consolidation. The primary aim of this article is to revitalize a conversation about the future of rehabilitation counseling associations by assessing professionals’ perspectives on consolidation. Data from 2,608 rehabilitation counseling professionals indicated that the majority of participants either favored consolidating into a single association or were unsure of their choice. Fewer than 7% of respondents opposed consolidation. We conclude the article with a brief discussion of actions that are supported by the research.
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T. Landon, B. Phillips, R. F. Kesselmayer, J. Bezyak, Paige N. Dunlap
Although the idea of consolidation has seemed to enjoy relative unanimity, the questions of who and how to consolidate have always proved a greater challenge. In this article, we describe rehabilitation counseling professionals’ thoughts about these more challenging questions. More specifically, we sought greater understanding about whether private rehabilitation counseling providers and educators would like to see their specializations represented in a consolidated association. We also sought participant perspectives about how to consolidate through a combination of quantitative and qualitative inquiry. Results suggest that most participants desired to see a more inclusive consolidated association. Opinions were more mixed on how to consolidate the existing associations, with the greatest frequency of participants being undecided. Implications and recommendations grounded in the business and professionalization literature offer insights into how the discipline can proactively move forward in an effort to sustain our preeminence among human service providers in the provision of counseling and vocational services to people with disabilities.
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