Vocational Rehabilitation of People of Hispanic Origin

An Investigation of Rehabilitation Counselor Characteristics, White Racial Attitudes, and Self-Reported Multicultural Counseling Competencies

“…Therefore, the number of minorities seeking rehabilitation services is expected to increase, and rehabilitation counselors must be prepared to serve this changing population . Over the past 30 years, rehabilitation research has addressed acceptance and outcome rates for minority consumers (Dziekan & Okocha, 1993;Feist-Price, 1995), patterns of services to racial minorities (Wheaton, Finch, Wilson, & Granello, 1997), and issues related to specific minority populations (Leal-Idrogo, 1993). Each of these studies revealed patterns of inequitable services throughout the rehabilitation process, thus calling into question the ability of rehabilitation counselors to effectively work with minority populations (Alston & Bell, 1996;Rubin, Davis, Noe, & Turner, 1996;Wheaton et al, 1997).…”