Career Development, Employment, and Disability in Rehabilitation - David Strauser

Career Development, Employment, and Disability in Rehabilitation

From Theory to Practice

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Buch | Softcover
450 Seiten
2020 | 2nd New edition
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-5815-4 (ISBN)
109,70 inkl. MwSt
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.
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 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

David R. Strauser, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he also directs the Work and Disability Lab. He received his Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995. He received the James Garrett Distinguished Career Research Award (2011) from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association, the New Career Award (1997) and Researcher of the Year Award (2011) from the National Council on Rehabilitation Education, and received multiple research awards from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association and National Rehabilitation Association. In 2014 Dr. Strauser received the George N. Wright Varsity Award given to an outstanding Alumni of the Rehabilitation Psychology Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in 2019 he received the King McCristal Distinguished Research Award from the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses is on the career and vocational development of young adults, including young adults with cancer. Dr. Strauser is the Editor in Chief of Rehabilitation Research, Policy and Education and serves on multiple editorial boards of journals related to rehabilitation and individuals with disabilities. He is the editor of the book Career Development, Employment, and Disability in Rehabilitation: From Theory to Practice and is co-editor of Assessment in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling. He has authored over 120 journal articles and book chapters and is consistently recognized as an international leader regarding the career and vocational development of individuals with disabilities and chronic health conditions.

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

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 10 Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 757 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie Rehabilitation
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufspädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-8261-5815-3 / 0826158153
ISBN-13 978-0-8261-5815-4 / 9780826158154
Zustand Neuware
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