Career Counseling With Handicapped Persons

Sinick, Daniel

doi:10.1002/j.2164-4918.1979.tb00393.x

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“…Wright (1960) indicated that persons with disability have limited ability to get out of the home and learn about the world. Sinick (1979) equated limited environmental interaction with career-related developmental discontinuities and delays.…”

Section: Limitations In Early Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vocational Development of Persons with Disability

Curnow¹

1989

The Career Development Quart

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Section: Limitations In Early Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vocational Development of Persons with Disability

Curnow¹

1989

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“…A life span or longitudinal approach is particularly important in providing career services to persons with developmental disabilities (Brolin & Gysbers, 1979;Brown, et al, 1980). Since these persons often reach adulthood without experience in making increasingly important decisions throughout childhood (Chubon, 1985; Sinick, 1979), career development services need to begin early in life.…”

Section: Personal Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Issues in Career Decision Making for Workers With Developmental Disabilities

Hagner

Salomone

1989

The Career Development Quart

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Persons with developmental disabilities are not usually given the opportunity to make meaningful choices concerning career options. There are, however, five types of partial involvement in career decision making they may experience. Counselors have considered client expressions of occupational preferences prior to deciding on appropriate vocational goals, have merely asked workers to sign a prepared rehabilitation plan, or—at the highest level of client participation—have involved workers and their families in team planning meetings. Several recommendations for both systemic and personal interventions to facilitate career decision‐making by workers with developmental disabilities are discussed.

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“…In effect, having a number of open career options helps to ensure career satisfaction and success because it affords the individual greater opportunity to seek out and find a satisfactory job. An understanding of why children with disabilities may experience career-related developmental discontinuities and delays (Sinick, 1979) can be derived from an awareness of the differences between their world and that of their nondisabled peers. For children with severe disabilities (e.g., blindness, deafness, or orthopedic problems) that limit their interaction with the environment, the differences can be quite pronounced.…”

Section: Disability-related Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%