Deck 14: Career and Lifestyle Planning in Vocational Rehabilitation Settings

Question 1

Work provides a means for individuals with disabilities to survive and derive power.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Interpersonal experiences and level of participation in the classroom in the formative years have been found to be greater for individuals with disabilities compared with those without disabilities.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The Illinois Work and Well-Being Model consists of Contextual, Career/Employ- ment Development and Participation domains that interact to provide a structure for understanding the career and employment development of people with disabilities.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

One of the main weaknesses of the Education and Employment Acquisition factor of the Illinois Work and Well-Being Model does not address the process in which individuals go about acquiring access to educational and employment related activities.

Question 5

The spiral relationship between work and well-being is mediated by personal and environmental factors.

Question 6

Which one of the following describes an incongruent person-environment fit?

A) One where the individual's personal work style and value system does notfit well with the work environment
B) One where the work environment is not accessible to a person with a disability
C) One in which the values of the company conflict with the workers' values
D) All of the above

Question 7

Which one of the following is not a basic human need as discussed in your chapter?

A) Power
B) Social Connection
C) Self-Esteem
D) Self-Determination

Question 8

Theories that are more relevant to the career development needs of people with disabilities:

A) Are based on trait and factor approaches
B) Focus on personal traits such as skills and values
C) Emphasize the influence of contextual and environmental factors
D) Stress the impact of disability on self-concept

Question 9

What percentage of the population are living with a disability?

A) 10 percent
B) 19 percent
C) 24 percent
D) 33 percent

Question 10

Which one of the following acts targets the unique challenges facing job seekers in the twenty-first century labor market?

A) Americans with Disabilities Act
B) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
C) Rehabilitation Act of 2015
D) The Disability Millennium Act

Question 11

Match the following:

-Express Empathy, Roll with Resistance, Develop Discrepancy, andSupport Self-efficacy

A) Working Alliance
B) Self-Determinatio
C) Stages of Change Model
D) Motivational interviewing
E) Illinois Work and Well-Being Model

Question 12

Match the following:

-Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance

A) Working Alliance
B) Self-Determinatio
C) Stages of Change Model
D) Motivational interviewing
E) Illinois Work and Well-Being Model

Question 13

Match the following:

-A collaboration between the individual and counselor where eachmakes equal contributions to the counseling relationship
Based on the development of a bond that leads to a shared commitment to the goals and tasks ofcounseling

A) Working Alliance
B) Self-Determinatio
C) Stages of Change Model
D) Motivational interviewing
E) Illinois Work and Well-Being Model

Question 14

Match the following:

-Can be used by rehabilitation counselors as a foundation for addressing the important domains and factors related to the
Career development and employment of individuals with disabilities

A) Working Alliance
B) Self-Determinatio
C) Stages of Change Model
D) Motivational interviewing
E) Illinois Work and Well-Being Model

Question 15

Match the following:

-A basic human need

A) Working Alliance
B) Self-Determinatio
C) Stages of Change Model
D) Motivational interviewing
E) Illinois Work and Well-Being Model

Question 16

The idea that work is a fundamental source of defining one's identity in society is the core philosophy that drives rehabilitation counseling.

Question 17

Research has consistently found that people who experience chronic health and disability often become less socially isolated and experience an increase in self- esteem and overall psychological well-being in the workplace.

Question 18

Despite the large amount of research highlighting the positive mental health impact of work, there are times when participating in work can have negative implications and contribute to decreased physical and psychological health and well-being.

Question 19

The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) within the United States Department of Education is a federal program that provides important financial support to state vocational rehabilitation agencies.

Question 20

According to Hershenson, the personal domains of work adjustment include the work character, work competence, and normal work goals.

Question 21

One problem with Hershenson's model is that it does not allow for the analysis of potential environmental factors that may pose barriers to work adjustment and career development.

Question 22

Addressing environmental factors of unemployment such as stigma and dis- crimination based on a disabling condition in the workplace is not a part of what a rehabilitation counselor does.

Question 23

Assistive technology used for individuals with disabilities only includes mobility devices.

Question 24

Although previous legislation such as the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 afforded civil rights protection for people with disabilities, this protection was limited in the private sector to employers who had contracts with the federal government and public agencies that were recipients of federal funds.

Question 25

Supported employment usually provides assistance such as job coaches, trans- portation, assistive technology, specialized job training, and individually tailored supervision.

Question 26

The ADA of 1990 instituted the policy that employers must make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical and mental limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability.

Question 27

A vocational evaluation commonly involves actual employment and community settings, but can also be developed within the private sector for people with disabilities to explore their interests, assess current skill level, and provide training.

Question 28

The situational assessment is a comprehensive and systematic process in which rehabilitation counselors and clients work together to assess and identify the client's vocational interests, abilities, aptitudes, work values, functional limita- tions, and barriers to employment.

Question 29

The working alliance is a trans-theoretical process that consists of the following three elements: (1) bonds, (2) goals, and (3) tasks.

Question 30

Assessing the individual's readiness for change is an important component of motivational interviewing and can be used by counselors to facilitate movement through the stages of change by matching their responses to the readiness level of the individual.

Question 31

The practice of "rolling with resistance" allows the counselor to, through non- judgmental listening, understand the individual's impressions, perceptions, feel- ings, desires, concerns, and hopes and validate his or her point of view by creating an environment where the individual can explore and consider multiple options.

Question 32

Precontemplation in the stages of change model is when the individual is start- ing to recognize his or her behavior is problematic and is considering change.

Question 33

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act specifically targets youth with disabilities by increasing the chance to participate in job training, career explora- tion, and gaining meaningful work experience during transition into the working world.

Question 34

State funding is provided to state vocational rehabilitation agencies in the form of grants under the authority of the Rehabilitation Act of 2003.

Question 35

People who are unemployed have higher prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders, use alcohol more frequently, and report poorer health and life satisfac- tion compared with people with a job.