Keywords
People with disabilities, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation counseling, Vocational rehabilitation, Client demographic and functional characteristics, Predictors of vocational placement success, Employment retention outcomes, Disability eligibility criteria, Outcome measurement instruments
Abstract
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) had its beginning in 1918, when Congress granted to the Federal Board of Vocational Education the power to provide for the training of "any disabled veteran who was unable to carry on a gainful occupation, to resume his former occupation, or to enter upon some other occupation, or having resumed or entered upon such occupation was unable to continue the same successfully." (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1972). Called the Soldiers Rehabilitation Act, this measure made clear the basic goals of vocational rehabilitation. In 1943, a milestone year, services were extended to all disabled individuals who met the basic criteria of (a) having a disability (physical, emotional, or mental) which (b) poses a substantial handicap to employment, and (c) for whom a reasonable expectation exists that upon receiving services the individual can again (or for the first time) engage in gainful employment.
Notes
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Graduation Date
1987
Semester
Fall
Advisor
Burroughs, Wayne A.
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Psychology
Degree Program
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Format
Pages
42 pages
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Identifier
DP0020670
Subjects
Vocational rehabilitation--Research; Vocational rehabilitation--Evaluation; Vocational rehabilitation--Psychological aspects; Vocational rehabilitation--Testing; Vocational rehabilitation--Social aspects
STARS Citation
Harmon, Helen, "Selected Client Characteristics and Their Relationship to Successful Outcome in a Vocational Rehabilitation Program" (1987). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 5000.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/5000
Accessibility Status
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