The C.A.P.A.B.L.E. process: critical dimensions of community-based assessment

Working toward recovery in New Hampshire: A study of modernized vocational rehabilitation from the viewpoint of the consumer.

“…Not surprisingly, in recent history the ef fective use of community-based instruc tion to integrate people with disabilities into community businesses have been contingent upon appropriate assess ment strategies of the individual pro grams (Pancsofar & Steere, 1997). In order to adequately determine whether an intervention or agency is efficiently promoting vocational recovery, an equal amount of time must be spent in the search for a valid, reliable tool to mea sure it.…”

“…The validity and reliability of an assess ment also relies very much on its applic ability to the nature of each individual program. An assessment tool's validity is often dependent on whether or not it matches the belief and value system in herent in the service that is practiced (Pancsofar & Steere, 1997). Therefore, in order to adequately measure one's vocational satisfaction, as it is defined by any means of assessment, it is important to first review the different types of vo cational rehabilitation practiced today and the philosophies behind them.…”