Book Description

Useful as a primary text for rehabilitation counseling, educational psychology, and special education courses, Career Counseling for People with Disabilities: A Practical Guide to Finding Employment--Second Edition, is also a resource for counselors and educators who are practicing in rehabilitation or education settings serving people with disabilities. The book is divided into four sections: Introductory Materials, Career Counseling Content Areas, Career Counseling for Clients with Differing Abilities, and Future Issues and Resources. The sections are subdivided into 14 chapters. Each chapter begins with a vignette, follows with content related to the concepts introduced in the vignette, and ends with application activities for the reader. Appendixes A-E contain reproducible handouts related to each of the career counseling content areas: self-awareness, vocational selection, job seeking skills, job maintenance skills, and job search skills. Appendix F contains reproducible figures that also appear in text. The CD-ROM includes reproducible PDFs from the appendixes.