Vocational Guidance and Counseling - ed

1 Vocational Guidance and Counseling Module 8. The contents of this module were developed under a grant from the Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. NOTE: Funding for TACE 8 ended on December 31, 2014. Materials can be used freely for their intended purposes. i Table of Contents How to Use the Learning iv Rationale, Goal, Learning Objectives, Topics Covered .. 1. Materials Needed .. 2. Introduction .. 3. Terminology .. 4.

2 Informed Choice .. 6. Career 8. Difference between Career Counseling and Career Guidance .. 8. Advantages of Career Counseling ..10. Stages of Career Counseling .. 11. Career Guidance .. 14. Relationship of Career Guidance to Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies .. 15. Theories of Occupational Choice and Career 17. Trait and Factor Theory .. 19. Roe's Theory of Occupational Choice and 24. Holland's Theory of Types .. 30. Ginzberg and Associates' Theory of Career Development .. 35. Super's Life-Span Theory of Career Development .. 37. Krumboltz's Social Learning Theory.

3 44. ii Minnesota Theory of Work Adjustment .. 51. Hershenson's Model of Work 55. Career Decision Making and Planning .. 57. Utilization of Occupational Information .. 60. Types of Occupational Information .. 62. Psychometric Measures .. 65. Gathering Occupational Information .. 66. Conclusion ..72. Case 73. Case Study Considerations .. 76. 79. iii How to Use the Learning Modules: The learning modules are designed to provide rehabilitation personnel with relevant, applicable knowledge pertaining to the rehabilitation process. The ultimate goal is to assure that all rehabilitation personnel are adequately trained and prepared to provide high quality rehabilitation services to people with disabilities.

4 These modules can be utilized in a variety of ways: new counselor training (individual study or with supervisor mentoring); professional development or refresher for current rehabilitation professionals; or CRC study guides. Each module contains the following: 1) Rationale, 2) Goal, 3) Learning Objectives and Topics Covered, 4) Learning Materials, 5) Case Studies, 6) References, 7). Mastery Test, and 8) Evaluation. Steps for Successful Completion: Content for "Steps for Successful Completion" has been deleted as this section is no longer relevant with the conclusion of TACE 8 cooperative agreement between Department of Education and the University of Northern Colorado.

5 Proceed to page 1. iv v vi Rationale Just as Counseling theory guides Counseling practice, theories of career Counseling guide the practice of providing career Counseling . Since one of the primary tasks of the Vocational rehabilitation counselor is to assist consumers in identifying, exploring, and seeking jobs in areas that match the consumers' interests, abilities, values, and choices, it is critical for counselors to have a framework for understanding the career needs and concerns of persons with disabilities. Furthermore, the various theories of career development provide ways of understanding individual career development in the context of the life cycle, identifying personal traits and characteristics needed for various occupations, and matching individual characteristics and abilities with appropriate career choices.

6 Goal To provide an overview of major theories of career Counseling and Guidance and their applications to Vocational rehabilitation. Learning Objectives To provide an understanding of the differences between career Guidance and career Counseling . To provide an overview of several theories of career development and Counseling . Module Eight: Vocational Guidance and Counseling 1. To provide counselors with resources of occupational information. Topics Covered The history of career Counseling and Guidance in Vocational rehabilitation Counseling . Definitions of career Counseling and career Guidance .

7 Theories of career development and Counseling often used in Vocational rehabilitation Counseling . Resources for occupational information. Materials Needed Written material for Module Eight. Mastery Test. 2. Module Eight: Vocational Guidance and Counseling Introduction Within the public Vocational rehabilitation program, the Vocational rehabilitation counselor is the central service provider for eligible rehabilitation consumers. Many consumers report that the most important, valued or enduring service provided is effective Counseling and Guidance . Nell C. Carney (1992), former Rehabilitation Services Administration Commissioner, provides the following when writing about Guidance and Counseling : Another real strength of rehabilitation practice is the interpersonal relationship between the rehabilitation counselor and the person with a disability.

8 It is not surprising to hear some former rehabilitation clients, now successful professionals say they could have made it without everything rehabilitation provided except the coaching . from the rehabilitation counselor. This interaction between counselor and client occurs at the time the person with a disability is learning to physically and psychologically adjust to the presence of a disability and learning to cope with society's attitudes about disability. The counselor has the potential to offer the support and Guidance necessary to build the self-esteem of the individual and give the sense of self-worth so essential to successful rehabilitation.

9 The rehabilitation counselor acting as a listener, information provider, supporter, and friend can-and often does-contribute to the empowerment of the person with a disability (pp. 8-9). 3. Module Eight: Vocational Guidance and Counseling But what is Counseling and what is Guidance within the Vocational rehabilitation setting? Are Counseling and Guidance one and the same function or two very distinct functions? Is Counseling in the Vocational rehabilitation setting different from Counseling in another setting, such as a psychotherapist's office? To add to the confusion about these terms, the word career has recently been placed in front of these two terms.

10 This module will attempt to define career Counseling and Guidance , provide an overview of the topics, as well as cover the terminology, theories, and applications associated with the field of career Counseling and Guidance . The Research and Training Center at the University of Wisconsin-Stout devoted the Twentieth Institute on Rehabilitation Issues to the exploration of Counseling and career Guidance within Vocational rehabilitation Counseling . Much of the following terminology and discussion of the difference between Guidance and Counseling comes from the findings of the Research and Training Center study group.