Career Rehabilitation: Integration of Vocational Rehabilitation and Career Development in the Twenty‐First Century

Shahnasarian, Michael

doi:10.1002/j.2161-0045.2001.tb00571.x

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“…A National Organization on Disability survey found that 43% of adults with disabilities have encountered some form of job discrimination throughout their lives [55]. Employers may hold misconceptions, misinformation, or stereotyped assumptions about individuals with disabilities, which can impact initial access to employment as well as opportunities for training and promotion [57,68,80]. These barriers may be especially pronounced for women and people of color who experience the combined impact of membership in multiple stigmatizing groups [4,18,70].…”

Section: Discrimination and Prejudicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Much of this inequity is due to limited access to high wage/high skill jobs, barriers in the workplace, and inadequate opportunities for career retention and advancement [7,24,80]. We believe it is especially critical to focus on the early career years, since without careful planning and supports individuals may be shunted into low paying, unsatisfying jobs that offer little hope for advancement [50,68]. Previous research has also documented that early career choices have a major impact on subsequent career trajectories [19,45].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Navigating the early career years: Barriers and strategies for young adults with disabilities

Lindstrom

Kahn

Lindsey³

2013

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

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BACKGROUND: Young adults with disabilities in their early career years face limited access to high wage/high skill jobs, barriers in the workplace, and inadequate opportunities for career retention and advancement. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this literature review was to examine the process of career development for young adults with disabilities entering the workforce and document strategies for vocational rehabilitation counselors to facilitate career advancement. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A literature search was conducted using the online databases Academic Search Premier, ERIC, and PsychInfo. Key words for the search included the terms: disabilities, emerging adulthood, young adults, career advancement, vocational development, and early career. Articles included in this review met the following criteria: (a) published in peer reviewed journals in or after the year 2000, (b) findings addressed either processes, barriers, or strategies for emerging adults with disabilities entering the workforce. RESULTS: Major barriers to career advancement include: a) lack of work experience and restricted aspirations, b) sporadic patterns of early employment, c) limited access to postsecondary education and training, and d) discrimination and prejudice in the workforce. Strategies to enhance early career development included: a) developing individual attributes and skills, b) broadening the range of careers explored, c) creating initial work experience opportunities, d) obtaining postsecondary education/training, e) providing supports to facilitate advancement on the job, and f) advocating for changes in the workplace. CONCLUSIONS: Using an ecological framework to impact individual skills, create training opportunities, and enhance work place environments, rehabilitation counselors can help young adults with disabilities gain equal access to career options and ultimately achieve economic independence and stability.programs and improving post-school employment outcomes, young adults with disabilities in their early career years are more likely to be unemployed, underemployed, or living below the poverty line than their non-disabled peers [9,55].As young people with disabilities gain vocational skills and prepare to enter the workforce, they face an increasingly competitive labor market. In 2011, unemployment rates for young adults with disabilities ages 16 to 24 were 13 to 16% higher than for those without disabilities [9]. Individuals with disabilities are also more likely to be living in poverty and less likely to live

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Section: Discrimination and Prejudicementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Navigating the early career years: Barriers and strategies for young adults with disabilities

Lindstrom

Kahn

Lindsey³

2013

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

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“…Emphasis on personal choice and subjective preferences can be found in certain theoretical vocational psychology models that have been empirically validated with persons presenting with a disability (Shahnasarian, 2001), such as social cognitive theory (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994), Krumboltz's theory (Mitchell & Krumboltz, 1996), and Super's developmental model, the latter especially with reference to the concept of career maturity (Super, Savickas, & Super, 1996). In particular, findings from social cognitive theory research have yielded evidence for the influence of self‐efficacy on the career interests and work inclusion outcomes in students with academic learning challenges or psychiatric disorders (Ochs & Roessler, 2001; Regenold, Sherman, & Fenzel, 1999; Willis, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

Career Interests and Self‐Efficacy Beliefs Among Young Adults With an Intellectual Disability

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Ginevra

Carrieri

2010

Policy Practice Intel Disabi

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Work is important for people with disabilities, and fosters their career development and quality of life. Findings from social cognitive theory suggest that transition to work and work inclusion processes should be based on opportunities to explore the world of work, awareness of professional options (of which people with an intellectual disability (ID) frequently have little knowledge), and consideration of career interests and self‐efficacy beliefs. The present study was aimed at verifying whether people with ID present interests and self‐efficacy beliefs in less complex occupations, and whether self‐efficacy beliefs can predict career interests, similar to results observed with individuals without ID. The study also investigated differences associated with ID level and with gender. One hundred and twenty‐nine young adults with ID were interviewed about their interests in and self‐efficacy beliefs concerning occupations in six different occupational areas (e.g., realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional). Results showed that participants with ID tended to be interested in, and have higher self‐efficacy belief levels, in low‐to‐mid‐complexity occupations and also showed the predictive role of self‐efficacy beliefs. Contrary to our expectations, however, no ID level or gender effects were observed. The findings underscore the importance of very early vocational guidance activities that emphasize these aspects in helping persons with ID set their professional goals.

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“…In regard to vocational rehabilitation, studies reported as low as 10% and as high as 64% success rates as defined by the proportion of clients employed (Ahrens, Frey, & Burke, 1999b;Dunham et al, 1998;Shahnasarian, 2001;Tsang, Lam, Ng, & Leung, 2000). The reason for the significant discrepancy in the rates is largely due to the populations being served (i.e., those with physical disabilities as well as brain trauma and learning disabilities) (Ahrens et al, 1999b;Garske & Stewart, 1999).…”

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Local Welfare Reform

Taliaferro

2005

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

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Career Rehabilitation: Integration of Vocational Rehabilitation and Career Development in the Twenty‐First Century

Cited by 21 publications

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Navigating the early career years: Barriers and strategies for young adults with disabilities

Navigating the early career years: Barriers and strategies for young adults with disabilities

Career Interests and Self‐Efficacy Beliefs Among Young Adults With an Intellectual Disability

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