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Needs In The Area Of Short-Term Training For Work With The Deaf Adult, Dennis Fahey

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Effective Utilization Of State Facilities For Practicum Experience, Jerome D. Schein

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Meeting Manpower Needs Through Short-Term Orientation To Deafness Rehabilitation For Trained Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors, William E. Woodrick

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Religious Services For Deaf People, David M. Denton

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Book Review, William P. Mcrone

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Peer Counseling Programs For Hearing Impaired Persons, Michael Strong, Carol Day-Drummer

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Peer counselors and program directors from eight agencies in Northern and Southern California were interviewed in order to determine how their programs differed from other services for

hearing impaired persons, and how these programs compared with peer counseling programs in other settings. It was concluded that peer counselors provide a unique service by meeting a wide variety of needs in a supportive setting characterized by a shared background with the client. It was also apparent that the programs surveyed here had some features that were startlingly unlike peer counseling programs in other settings while in other ways they were similar. …

Special Education And Rehabilitation Policies For The School With Hearing Impairments, Joseph Sendelbaugh, Michael Bullis

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Characteristics Of Trainees Preparing For Independent Living Work With Deaf Persons, Alice Nemon, Robert Chope, Holly Elliott

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The Nominal Group Technique- An Approach For Specifying Career Objectives And Methods, Michael Bullis

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A Comparison Of Career Awareness Development In Deaf Residential School Students And Non-Disabled Public School Students, Robert A. Chubon, Bessie L. Black

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An Analysis Of Employment Search, Development, And Placement Strategies Currently Employed With Hearing Impaired Persons In The United States, Sue E. Ouellette, Charlene Dwyer

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Increasing The Health Outcomes Of Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Oklahomans Through Tobacco Awareness And Cessation Support, Sharon Baker, Glenna Cooper, Jimmy Mitchell, Judy Morgan

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As a consequence of limited access to health information, Deaf and hard of hearing (Deaf/ hh)’ individuals may be at higher risk for health complications and tobacco-related diseases. To address this issue, Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) of Oklahoma sought funding from the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust to implement the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Tobacco Use and Cessation Program. The five-year project began in 2006; it was the first major health education initiative in the state that focused on the Deaf community. Prevalence rates and demographic information were collected regarding tobacco use among Deaf/hh participants. In addition, …

Practical Implications Of The 2008 Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments (Title I) For Rehabilitation Counselors And Deaf Job Seekers, William P. Mccrone

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The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments of2008 rescued many qualified deaf job seekers and deaf workers from U.S. Supreme Court decisions that significantly limited the definition of disability for the purposes of ADA Title I private employment rights. The Title I amendments and decisions are described; practical implications and actions are suggested.

12- Author Index – Journal Of Rehabilitation Of The Deaf, And Monograph Series, None None

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Subject Index – Journal Of Rehabilitation Of The Deaf, None None

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Model For A State Plan For Vocational Rehabilitation Of Deaf Clients, Jerome D. Schein

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A Comparison Of The Rehabilitation Outcomes Of Persons Who Are Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing And Persons With Other Disabilities, Corey L. Moore

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rates of closure success (i.e., status 26) and level of income (i.e., weekly earnings at closure) for consumers with hearing loss (i.e., deaf and hard-of-hearing) and consumers with other disabilities. A random sample of case records (N=34,911) obtained from the RSA 911 database for fiscal year 1997 was evaluated. A series of logistic and multiple linear regression analysis, chi-square analysis, and t-tests were utilized to investigate potential relationships. Results indicated that consumers with hearing loss achieved closure success more often, and possessed higher levels of income when compared to consumers with …

Work Attitudes Of Students Who Are Deaf And Their Potential Employers, Virginia G. Lott, Susan R. Easterbrooks, Kathryn Wolff Heller, Colleen M. O’Rourke

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This study examined the attitudes held by high school students who are deaf and their potential employers regarding employees who are deaf. The subjects of this study were 30 employers from a large metropolitan area in the southeast and 30 high school students who are deaf. Subjects responded to a Likert scale that focused on how each group perceived the others' opinions of work-related issues and attitudes. Results indicated three individual areas of significance (i.e., writing, intelligence, and inability to use a telephone) and one significant aggregate group (i.e., communication). The authors discuss these results from the perspective of providing …

Factors Contributing To Successful Rehabilitation Of Deaf Clients, Brian Bolton

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A Goal-Oriented Model For Rehabilitation Of Adult Deaf Persons, Sue L. Wincenciak

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Functions Of Psychological Service Providers To The Deaf, None None

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Psychological Practice With The Deaf: Background, None None

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A National Pilot Study Of Psychological Evaluation Services To Deaf Vocational Rehabilitation Clients, William P. Mccrone, Jean F. Chambers

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Center For Independent Living Services For People Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing, Roy E. Miller

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This paper presents an overview of the Independent Living Movement and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as Amended, which mandated the creation of Centers for Independent Living (CILs). It then focuses on CDL services that are of particular benefit to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing using, the under-utilization of CILs by persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, and possible reasons for this situation are discussed.

Reaction To Dr. Richard P. Melia’S Presentation The Individual Written Rehabilitation Plan, William E. Woodrick

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Training Needs Of The Paraprofessional, Ursula Palmer, Laura Carr, Rob Granbury

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Preparing The Non-College Bound Deaf Student For The World Of Work, Peggy Muth

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How are deaf students who choose to seek employment after leaving high school prepared for the world of work? Do they have the basic, everyday readiness skills necessary to compete? Have the families, school systems, vocational rehabilitation and the community worked together effectively enough to to ensure success for the student? Legislation requires that the student have an individualized program and that collaborative efforts occur among the parties involved. But does that happen? The author proposes some practical hands-on techniques for putting the mandates of current legislation into practice to further greater success for the student entering the workforce.

Book Review, David Stewart, Jerome D. Schein, Brenda Cartwright

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