Rehabilitation counselors

My life's journey is aspiring to further my education to become a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) as well as acquiring the credentials for Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC). Upon achieving a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, I plan to apply my skills in a rehabilitation setting focusing on individuals with disabilities. My goal is to make an impact in the lives of many families and to empower these individuals to strive to their fullest potential. Furthermore, I find it gratifying

multitude of barriers when returning to the work force. The ADA’s provision for reasonable accommodations can lend guidance to both the worker and the employer, however the process can be difficult to navigate for both parties. A vocational rehabilitation counselor can utilize their expertise to provide a neutral opinion regarding the most appropriate accommodation that can benefit both the worker and the employer. Literature Review When President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities

this assignment]) Jessica will continue receiving services from her rehabilitative team which includes an occupational therapy, physical therapy and prosthetist. Recommendations for Jessica will include a clinical psychologist and vocational rehabilitation counselor. The clinical psychologist may assist Jessica with identifying her emotions and how to work through them in a healthy method (Vaughn, 2014). In addition, the clinical psychologist will help with managing her phantom limb pain and any post-traumatic

Statement of Service Philosophy The career path of vocational rehabilitation counselor has come to me later in my professional career and it is not a path I would have anticipated taking. I do not recall taking interest assessments in high school, but if I had I would have probably fallen into the category of conventional personality type on John Holland’s personality scale. My early educational pursuits leaned toward administrative and business type positions. Most of my career I have worked

Public sector rehabilitation services, also known as Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services provide various services to clients who are determined eligible based on the program’s eligibility requirements. Public sector rehabilitation works with clients with disability through both state and federal levels. Federal VR programs work only with disabled veterans within the Veterans Administration. State-federal rehabilitation counselors work with all persons with disabilities, including veterans

so many studies on recidivism and rehabilitation, and so few that were considered successful, there were aspects that made many skeptical of why these programs simply did not work. Different researchers conducted different types of research and came up with different results. Of the 231 studies that were finalized after making it through the rigorous elimination process, some researchers seen the net-widening process as the beginning of the entombed rehabilitation and recidivism. Researchers did not

Flogging in Modern Society In “Bring Back Flogging,” Jeff Jacoby made unique, interesting arguments about the ways to punish criminals. Jacoby describes how the Puritans punished criminals in demeaning manners, which was quite interesting to me since I do not know much about Puritans. I could see that their punishment by opening criminals to public could force criminals to be humiliated and be done instantly. However, I do not see any reasoning, which should explain the reason why the Puritan ways

As the range of fields that study crime grew, the theory of rehabilitating the offender shifted into focus more prevalently. The aim of the theory of rehabilitation is to reform the offender, that is to say, rid them of their criminal ways. Cohen sees this task to be outside the capabilities of the justice system. The myriad of components that lead an individual to crime whether they are economic, psychological or otherwise, is too complex for the justice system to be able to grok fully. Cohen

Almost all federal prisons have drug and alcohol abuse rehabilitation programs, “more than a fourth of all private prisons do not provide inmates with alcohol and drug dependency, counseling, and awareness programs” (Rees-Jones 2). Accordingly, there is excessive space for corruption driven by profit, risking the

The Repeat Offenders project is one that presents some concepts as pertains repeat offending. This project, as earlier defined, was created with an aim of reducing the rates of recidivism. In it, unique mechanisms of dealing with this problem have been presented through some of the mechanisms presented already been implemented either fully or partially in different nations. Despite the similarities that may exist between the concepts presented in this project with those implemented in other nations