The Hawai‘i Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in cooperation with the State Rehabilitation Council (SRC) is required to conduct an annual comprehensive statewide assessment of the rehabilitation needs of individuals with disabilities.
Purpose
The purpose of the needs assessment is to determine the needs of the actual and potential service population of Hawai‘i Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. This assessment will discuss a number of questions centered on the employment needs of persons with disabilities age fourteen (14) to retirement who are in need of assistance of getting and keeping employment and advancing in their careers.
What you need to do
You are invited to participate in the needs assessment about Hawai‘i Division of Vocational Rehabilitation to provide insight and information about current needs related to disability and employment. If you decide to participate, you may participate by:
- Attending a 90-minute teleconference/webinar. To take part in a teleconference/webinar, please register.
- Going to the questions and posting your answers directly to this blog in the comment section located below each question.
Accomodations
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the needs assessment, please contact Robin Brandt at (808) 592-5900 or email pbrrtc@hawaii.edu.
For questions please contact the Pacific Basin Rehabilitation Research and Training Center:
- Oahu: (808) 592-5900
- Neighbor Islands: 1-866-447-9023
- TTY: (808) 592-5906
- email: pbrrtc@hawaii.edu
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From a counselor’s point of view: if we maintain that the counselor-client relationship is paramount to successful outcomes then adequate counselor/client ratios must be appliced.
The traditional role of the VR counselor and necessary skill set has been debated for many years. Whether the counselor’s primary task should focus on professional counseling or case management continues today due to the complexity and demands of the occupation. Recent research, however, suggests that to promote personal development and psychological growth in general, and more specifically vocational development, the VR counselor’s primary skills should focus on effective counseling strategies rather than case management, excessive paperwork and other administrative tasks (Rubin & Roessler, 2001).
This focus on counseling as an explicit and essential task is further corroborated by later studies that indicated VR counselors in state agencies are dissatisfied with the amount of counseling they are able to provide in comparison to other role expectations and accountability measures they must meet (Colling & Davis, 2005).