Research strategies for meaningful rehabilitation research.

Myerson, Lee; Kerr, Nancy

doi:10.1037//0090-5550.26.4.228

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“…Two other recipients of the Distinguished Service Award, Nancy Kerr and Lee Myerson, collaborated on articles concerning the importance of independence for persons with disability (Kerr & Myerson, 1987) and research methodologies for rehabilitation (Myerson & Kerr, 1979). Myerson contributed numerous papers on aspects of rehabilitation of persons with mental retardation and sensory disabilities (Myerson, 1958).…”

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A history of Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology).

Larson¹,

Sachs²

Unification Through Division: Histories of the Divisions of the American Psychological Association, Vol. V.

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History is never, in any rich sense, the immediate crudity of what happens, but the much finer complexity of what we read into it and think of in connection with it.-Henry James Henry James's reflections on history are an apt starting point for an examination of the history of the Division of Rehabilitation Psychology. The bare bones details, however, do not provide a full and rich picture of the important themes that the history represents. The larger picture is the story of how psychologists became interested in the problems of physical and mental impairments and how they came to be committed to working with people who have those conditions to help them live a fuller, more meaningful life.Psychologists, both inside and outside the profession, have been viewed as "mental health" professionals. Rehabilitation psychology represents a departure from that typical viewpoint and one that is gaining increasing interest and relevancy as the older mind-body dualism gives way to a more holistic integration of the physical and psychological aspects of life. Thus the history of the emergence of rehabilitation psychology and its organizational voice, Division 22, is an important part of the development of psychologist 33

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confidence: 99%