Issues and Perspectives

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Issues and Perspectives

• Professional Practice
• pp. 259-277
• November 30, 1998

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The Big Picture

• Review of the Professional Portfolio (Lectures 1
  through 3)
• Scope of Practice
• Qualified Providers
• Maki Chapter 6
• Ethical Codes

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The Big Picture cont.....

• Public vs. private practice in rehabilitation
  counseling (Lecture 4)
• Orientation to the Oasis System at the Library
• Orientation to accessing resources on the
  Internet
• Job Development, Placement, Follow-up (Lecture
  6)

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cont.

• Data Collection in Rehabilitation (R R)
• Overview of concepts and paradigms in practice
• Dr. Makis Lecture
• Theories and philosophies in rehabilitation
  counseling
• Maki Riggar Chapters 1 2
• Psychomedical Model
• Systems Model
• Ecological Model
• Minnesota Theory of Work Adjustment

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cont.

• Consumerism
• Guest lecturers Keith Ruff and Chris OHanlon of
  Evert Conner Center
• Traditional VR perspective vs. the Independent
  Living perspective
• Quality of Life issues
• Review of the Acronyms associated with the
  rehabilitation counseling profession

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cont.

• Cynthia Hutting from the Principal
• State-Federal System (Orv Townsend)
• Technology in Rehabilitation Counseling
• Chrystal Stanleys presentation
• Assessment class trip to Goodwill
• MIDTERM

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Big Picture, Post-Midterm

• Policy and Law (Lecture 13)
• ADA with Peter Blanck
• Counseling as a Recursive Dynamic
• Assessment
• Case Management
• Ethical and Legal Issues

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cont.

• Research in Rehabilitation
• Multicultural Aspects (Yolanda Orv)
• Gender Sexuality (Mickey Eliason)
• Quality Assurance (on your own)

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cont.

• History and Systems
• Play in Maki Riggar, Chapter 4
• Ive assembled a history and law outline for your
  reference to compliment the appendix in Maki
  Riggars text. I kept most legislative questions
  off of the midterm, but there will be some on the
  final.

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Student Presentations

• Sign-up for paper presentations
• Twelve students over two class periods, leaving
  about 10 minutes per student
• You should be able to completely review your
  paper in the time allotted
• You may prepare handouts for the class (9
  including professor)
• You should prepare two multiple choice questions
  based upon your presentation, one of which will
  be included in the final examination

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cont.

• You may use Powerpoint, overheads, VCR, etc.,
  just let me know so that we can reserve them
• Be prepared to answer questions
• Attendance to these presentations is expected

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Sign up

• Monday, 12/7, Wednesday, 12/9
• 335 to 345
• 350 to 400
• 405 to 415
• 420 to 430
• 435 to 445
• 450 to 500

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Issues and Perspectives Profession and Practice

• Legislative Action
• Force which has guided the focus of
  rehabilitation counseling (state-federal)
• However, the profession has sought its own place
  in business and society (private sector)

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Cultural Pluralism

• The largest single minority group in the U.S. is
  Americans with disabilities (49 million
  Americans)
• Issues of discrimination prevail, and are
  magnified by situations involving persons with
  disabilities

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Dr. Daniel Sinick

• Former ARCA President
• 1981 interview which forecasted much of what has
  evolved in rehabilitation counseling today
• Salvatore Di Michael
• First ARCA President
• not only professional enthusiasts but even
  secular missionaries.
• Thoughts?

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Whats your plan...

• Individual rehabilitation counselors will need
  to take seriously their professional
  responsibility to continuously upgrade their
  skills. (Szymanski, 1985)
• ...professional association membership and
  participation as a professional responsibility.

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Future of Rehabilitation Counseling

• Profession
• Education
• Research
• Practice

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Profession

• Profession vs. Specialty Area in
  Counseling/Rehabilitation
• pp. 262-263
• In 1991 Thomas listed options for
  rehabilitation counseling
• What option appears best to you?

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Education

• Szymanski, et al. study (1992)
• Masters in RC worked more successfully with
  persons with severe disabilities than did persons
  with bachelors or unrelated Masters degrees
• Work experience did not adequately substitute for
  education

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Research

• Journals You Should Know
• Rehabilitation Education
• Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
• Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling
• Journal of Counseling and Development
• Journal of Rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation Psychology
• MANY other related journals

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Why Research?

• To maintain current standards in
• Accreditation
• Certification
• Licensing
• Best Practices
• In an era of increased public scrutiny, a strong
  research program is vital for professional
  credibility. (Leahy Szymanski, 1995).

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Practice

• State-federal System of VR
• Non-profit Rehabilitation Facilities
• State-federal
• Hospitals
• Institutions
• Organizations
• Agencies

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cont.

• School-based transition programs
• University services for students with
  disabilities
• Disability Management Programs within employer
  settings
• Marriage and Family Counseling
• Clinical Mental Health
• Group Private Practice
• Pastoral Counseling

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cont.

• Substance Abuse Counseling
• Private for Profit Rehabilitation Counseling
• Mandatory provision of workers compensation
• Insurance-based disability systems
• Overflow from overtaxed state-federal systems

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Table 17.2

• Provides you with Rehabilitation Content Settings
• You may wish to review this list as you are
  exploring different job possibilities, and use it
  as a cue to what to include in your cover letter
  (e.g., your familiarity with current practices,
  your interest in a specific aspect of that
  setting)

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Administration

• Citations in this section are dated (1982)
• What do you think about the logic here
• Fast promotion with poor preparation leads to
  burnout
• Used data from the 10 that left their positions
  (what is the average turnover of other
  positions?) Is this data useful given their
  departure? What do employees with tenure say?

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I propose...

• Many fields have promotion within an organization
  that is based upon successful performance of a
  job, which qualifies one to share that expertise
  with colleagues under your supervision
• Many of the micro and macro management skills are
  part of the on-going educational process, for
  which all should be accountable.
• Student for Life!

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