Career Development, Employment, and Disability in Rehabilitation
From Theory to Practice

Career Development, Employment, and Disability in Rehabilitation
From Theory to Practice
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Uses an integrated rehabilitation perspective to address career, vocational behavior, employment, and disability related theory and research
This highly regarded resource is the only book in rehabilitation counseling to provide comprehensive coverage of vocational behavior and employment theory and intervention techniques as they apply to individuals with disabilities. Scholarly yet practical, the second edition is updated with key information and research, delivering new employment statistics, employment rates, and poverty levels of people with disabilities. Woven throughout this new edition, is the Illinois Work and Well-Being Model, incorporating foundational theories and providing a framework for understanding the critical factors that impact the career development process.
Chapters—written by leaders in the field—are consistently organized for ease of use. Each chapter includes of an Overview of Major Constructs followed by Theoretical Foundations; Occupational Assessment, Information and Evaluation; Intervention Strategies; and Population and Settings. Case examples and discussion questions highlight and reinforce application of theories and techniques. New Sample Syllabi, Classroom Activities, PowerPoints, and a Test Bank are included for instructors. An eBook is included with the purchase of the print edition.
- New to the Second Edition:
- Provides new employment statistics, employment rates, and poverty levels of people with disabilities
- Reviews details of the Work Force Innovation Act
- Integrates the Illinois Work and Well-Being Model throughout as a framework for understanding critical factors impacting the career development process
- Links with CACREP standards
- Discusses relevant new legislation
- New Key Concept Boxes, Chapter Summaries, and Chapter Glossary increase accessibility of the new edition
- Includes sample syllabi, classroom activities, PowerPoint slides, and test bank
- Key Features:
- Addresses contemporary career, vocational behavior, employment, and disability related theory and research from an integrated rehabilitation perspective
- Written by well-respected practitioners and educators
- Organized to facilitate instructor flexibility in assigning chapters without losing course continuity
Part 1: Overview of Major Concepts
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Centrality of Work for Individuals with Disabilities
Chapter 2: Disability Prevalence and Economic Outcomes
Chapter 3: Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program, and Key Employment and Civil Rights Legislation: Are They Working for People With Disabilities?
Chapter 4: The Causal Relationship Between Chronic Poverty and Disability
Part 2: Theoretical Foundations
Chapter 5: Personality Development and Adjustment Considerations in Vocational Rehabilitation Contexts
Chapter 6: Theories of Career Development and Work Adjustment
Chapter 7: Career Development and Disability: A Social Cognitive Perspective
Chapter 8: Cognitive Information Processing Theory
Chapter 9: Empowerment Through Employment: Job Satisfaction Theories and Research
Chapter 10: Work Values: Understanding and Assessing Motivation to Work
Chapter 11: Vocational Interests
Part 3: Occupational Assessment Information and Evaluation
Chapter 12: Vocational Assessment and Evaluation in Rehabilitation
Chapter 13: Occupational and Labor Market Information
Chapter 14: Computer-Based Vocational Guidance Systems and Job Matching
Chapter 15: Understanding Work Analysis and its Application
Part 4: Intervention Strategies
Chapter 16: Career Counseling with People with Disabilities
Chapter 17: Elements of Effective Job Development: Environmental Trends and the Work of Rehabilitation Professionals
Chapter 18: Supported Employment/Customized Employment
Part 5: Population and Settings
Chapter 19: Public Vocational Rehabilitation
Chapter 20: Private Practice in Vocational Rehabilitation
Chapter 21: Results-Focused Service Delivery for the Transition from High School to Adult Life
Chapter 22: Youth and Young Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities: Improving Career and Employment
Chapter 23: Career Development and Employment for Persons with Physical Disabilities
Chapter 24: Facilitating Career Development for Women with Disabilities Using the Client-Focused Considering Work Model
Chapter 25: Essential Knowledge to Improve Employment of Ethnic Minorities with Disabilities in the United States
Chapter 26: Employment, Career Development, and Vocational Rehabilitation Considerations for People with Emerging Disabilities
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- Release Date: December 30, 2020
- Paperback / softback
- 450 Pages
- Trim Size: 7in x 10in
- Number of Illustrations: 10
- ISBN: 9780826158154
- eBook ISBN: 9780826158161