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A Career Counseling Model For Working With Adults With Disabilities Through Vocational Rehabilitation, Tina M. Anctil Peterman Jul 2013

A Career Counseling Model For Working With Adults With Disabilities Through Vocational Rehabilitation, Tina M. Anctil Peterman

Counselor Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

Participants will learn how to develop contracts with Vocational Rehabilitation to provide career counseling services to individuals with disabilities, including a four-session career counseling model. Practitioners will increase their knowledge and skills needed to work with the diverse range of people with disabilities in the United States.


Computer-Based Testing In Vocational Assessment And Evaluation: A Primer For Rehabilitation Professionals, Tina M. Anctil Peterman, Nancy J. Adams Jan 2002

Computer-Based Testing In Vocational Assessment And Evaluation: A Primer For Rehabilitation Professionals, Tina M. Anctil Peterman, Nancy J. Adams

Counselor Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

Current technologies, including computerized assessments, assistive technology, and information/resource technology, are effective tools that offer the rehabilitation professional a variety of applications for vocational evaluation and work assessment. "The ability of vocational evaluators to effectively utilize computers to obtain useful information (e.g. availability of specific electronic devices, job accommodation techniques, job-matching) for vocational recommendations could ultimately affect the outcome goals achieved in the rehabilitation process" (Chan, Lam, Leahy, Parker, & Wong; 1989, p. 113). In order to appropriately use these technologies, rehabilitation professionals need to understand the issues surrounding the use of these tools (e.g., reliability, validity) and ethical concerns …