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Experience Of Established Mental Health Counselors Working With Adults Who Have Intellectual Disabilities, Margarete Denk
Experience Of Established Mental Health Counselors Working With Adults Who Have Intellectual Disabilities, Margarete Denk
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Individuals with disabilities make up the largest minority population in the United States. Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) make up a significant portion of this population, yet there are limited studies addressing counseling with the I/DD population. The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs has addressed the need for disability competence in their upcoming 2024 standards. The purpose of the phenomenological study was to describe lived experiences of established counselors working with adult clients diagnosed with an I/DD. A descriptive phenomenological approach was used along with the social model of disability. The study involved six …
Experience Of Established Mental Health Counselors Working With Adults Who Have Intellectual Disabilities, Margarete Denk
Experience Of Established Mental Health Counselors Working With Adults Who Have Intellectual Disabilities, Margarete Denk
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Individuals with disabilities make up the largest minority population in the United States. Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) make up a significant portion of this population, yet there are limited studies addressing counseling with the I/DD population. The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs has addressed the need for disability competence in their upcoming 2024 standards. The purpose of the phenomenological study was to describe lived experiences of established counselors working with adult clients diagnosed with an I/DD. A descriptive phenomenological approach was used along with the social model of disability. The study involved six …