James S. Krause, C. Dismuke-Greer, Karla S. Reed, Melinda Jarnecke
{"title":"Characteristics Associated With Perceived Underemployment Among Participants With Multiple Sclerosis","authors":"James S. Krause, C. Dismuke-Greer, Karla S. Reed, Melinda Jarnecke","doi":"10.1177/00343552231187592","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00343552231187592","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to identify job characteristics related to perceived underemployment among people with multiple sclerosis (MS), while controlling for demographic, MS-related, and educational factors. Adults with MS, all of whom were a minimum 1-year post diagnosis, <65, and employed at the time of the study ( n = 585), participated. Perceived underemployment was measured by a single dichotomous variable (yes/no). A restricted model with only demographic, MS, and educational factors explained 8.5% of the variance, whereas the full model with vocational factors explained 26.1%. Only race-ethnicity and fatigue were significant in the restricted model, with greater odds of underemployment among Black non-Hispanic (odds ratio [OR] = 2.0), Hispanic/other (OR = 2.7), and for those reporting fatigue (OR = 2.2). In the final model, the odds of underemployment were lower for those with higher income (≥US$75,000, OR = 0.28) and those in jobs with promotion and recognition (OR = 0.41); with greater odds of underemployment for those with higher education (bachelors or higher, OR = 2.2) and working in professional/managerial occupations (OR = 1.9). Perceived underemployment was related to several quality employment indicators including lower earnings, lesser advancement and/or recognition, higher education, and working in professional/managerial occupations.","PeriodicalId":47012,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48628802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethics of Technology Practice: Beliefs and Behaviors of Certified Rehabilitation Counselors During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Michael T Hartley, Paul Bourgeois, Brian J Clarke","doi":"10.1177/00343552221147216","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00343552221147216","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic represented a critical moment for technology use within rehabilitation counseling. This study explored trends in the beliefs and behaviors of certified rehabilitation counselors (CRCs) regarding the ethical use of technology before and during the pandemic. Specifically, this study compared two groups of CRCs regarding the degree to which they engaged in 59 technology behaviors and whether they viewed each behavior to be ethical. Overall, group comparisons suggested an increased use of telephone, videoconferencing, and email to deliver counseling, assessment, and supervision services during the pandemic. Furthermore, supervision via videoconferencing and email in the pandemic were rated as more ethically appropriate than before the pandemic. As a general trend, synchronous modes of communication such as the telephone and video conferencing were rated as more ethically appropriate than asynchronous modes such as social networking and text messaging. Indicating a high degree of congruence between beliefs and behaviors, the technology practices viewed as most ethical were used the most often. Implications address the revisions to the <i>Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors</i> regarding the ethical use of technology in rehabilitation counseling.</p>","PeriodicalId":47012,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin","volume":"66 1","pages":"244-256"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9899674/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42602235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Murphy, J. Rasmussen, Sara Trevino, Melissa C. Scardaville
{"title":"Business Engagement Strategies for Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals: A Scoping Review","authors":"K. Murphy, J. Rasmussen, Sara Trevino, Melissa C. Scardaville","doi":"10.1177/00343552231176535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00343552231176535","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this scoping review was to identify research-based resources that explore vocational rehabilitation-related business engagement strategies as they relate to three steps: (a) understanding business needs, (b) marketing to businesses, and (c) supporting businesses. In doing so, this review begins to identify strategies that may support vocational rehabilitation agencies and their compliance with the business engagement requirements mandated by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The search of several databases and gray literature identified 153 resources with titles and abstracts that met screening criteria, 54 of which met the inclusion criteria after a review of the full text. Because the purpose of a scoping review is to describe the landscape of available literature on a given topic, this review did not vet studies for quality, nor did it exclude studies of interventions that did not lead to successful business engagement outcomes. Given its goal of identifying broadly relevant information available, the review included resources from non–peer-reviewed, practitioner-oriented sources.","PeriodicalId":47012,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41948844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Olney, M. F., Working it out: Lessons to help people with mental illness and other disabilities find employment and empowerment","authors":"C. E. Degeneffe","doi":"10.1177/00343552231176536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00343552231176536","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47012,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45096116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junfei Lu, Rodney J. Maiden, Chuling Lo, Necoal N. Driver
{"title":"Examining Burnout and Its Correlates Among Rehabilitation Counselors: Implications for Research and Practice","authors":"Junfei Lu, Rodney J. Maiden, Chuling Lo, Necoal N. Driver","doi":"10.1177/00343552231176529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00343552231176529","url":null,"abstract":"Burnout of rehabilitation counselors often leads to job dissatisfaction and turnover. The Counselor Burnout Inventory (CBI) provides a work-specific tool to explore the burnout of professional counselors; however, few scholars in rehabilitation counseling have examined this scale. In this study, we examine the burnout of 147 rehabilitation counselors using the CBI and compare the findings with prior research reporting CBI scores using an aggregated sample of 1,997 professional counselors from different counseling fields. We further explore the score differences of participants on each subscale of the CBI based on gender, race, work experience, certification status, caseload, and quality of supervision. The results revealed higher burnout scores in the current sample than in the aggregated one. Moreover, gender, caseload, and the quality of supervision were found to differentiate participants’ burnout scores on the CBI. Implications for research, teaching, supervision, and practice are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47012,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin","volume":"17 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41256848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating Reliability, Validity, and Measurement Invariance of the Eight-Item Vocational Rehabilitation Engagement Scale With a Sample of Multilingual Clients","authors":"Ayse Torres, C. Kaya, O. Akinola, Rene Gonzalez","doi":"10.1177/00343552221147217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00343552221147217","url":null,"abstract":"Vocational rehabilitation (VR) engagement is a vital component for successful rehabilitation outcomes. The purpose of this study is threefold: First, we investigated the item clarity of the Vocational Rehabilitation Engagement Scale (VRES); second, we explored the factorial structure; third, we examined the measurement invariance of the VRES across gender and education level for culturally diverse and bilingual clients in public VR program (i.e., clients speak English as a second language). Given the positive effects of client engagement in health and rehabilitative care on outcomes, it is important to validate this brief instrument to measure VR engagement for culturally diverse and bilingual clients. Data, collected from 16 VR clients who completed the original VRES in the focus group, were subjected to content analysis, and data, collected from 264 clients who completed the eight-item VRES and Working Alliance Inventory Short Form (WAI-S), were subjected to confirmatory and multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA). Based on the feedback from the focus group, the first item was revised to increase clarity. However, the preliminary results indicated that the revised item had very low community value, and therefore, we removed the item from the subsequent analysis. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) results provided support for a unidimensional structure for the eight-item VRES. Measurement invariance across gender and education level was achieved after correlating error terms. The scale had strong reliability, and scores from the VRES were significantly moderately correlated with working alliance. The eight-item VRES is a reliable and valid measurement tool to use with culturally diverse and multilingual participants.","PeriodicalId":47012,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47968510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Willink, J., & Babin, L. (2017). Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win","authors":"C. E. Degeneffe","doi":"10.1177/00343552231160250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00343552231160250","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47012,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65484773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Tansey, C. Anderson, D. Strauser, M. Bishop, Fong Chan, P. Wehman
{"title":"Fortune Favors the Bold: Introduction to the Special Series of the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment","authors":"T. Tansey, C. Anderson, D. Strauser, M. Bishop, Fong Chan, P. Wehman","doi":"10.1177/00343552231155443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00343552231155443","url":null,"abstract":"This editorial provides an overview of the special series developed by the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center (VRTAC) for Quality Employment, H264K200003, and VRTAC-Targeted Communities (H264F15003) from the U.S. Department of Education, and in collaboration with the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research project of Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Employer Practices (#90RT5041), RRTC on Employment of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities (#90RTEM0002), RRTC on Employment of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (#90RTEM0003), and Disability Rehabilitation and Research Project on Customized Employment (#90DP0085). The special series consists of 26 articles appearing across four different journals: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Journal; Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education; and Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin.","PeriodicalId":47012,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin","volume":"66 1","pages":"155 - 161"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49517848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}