Book Description

Selected papers are as follows: "Evolving Policy Paradigms and Legislative Implications for Vocational Assessment Services" (LeConte et al.); "Integrating Academic Competencies in Vocational Assessment, Education, and Training" (DeMoss, Horvath); "Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)" (Thomas et al.); "Selecting Vocational Evaluation Tools" (McDaniel et al.); "Work Evaluation" (Ravicz); "Building Consensus" (Smith, Schuster); "Role of Language and Culture in Vocational Assessment" (Colyer, Smith); "Personnel Shortages in Vocational Evaluation" (Stewart); "Job Interviews under the ADA" (Kornblau); "Facilitating Self-Determination" (Kaskel, Oppenheim); "ADA Compliance" (Ellexson); "Standards for Best Practice in Vocational Assessment and Evaluation" (Dowd et al.); "Proposed Curriculum Model for Vocational Evaluation" (Pell, Taylor); "Effective Consumer-Counselor Interactions in Vocational Rehabilitation" (Czerlinsky); "Comparison of Recertification Requirements" (DeGraw, Stroud); "Using Behavioral Rating Scales as Part of Vocational Assessment" (McKenna); "Critical Vocational Behaviors" (Modahl); "Technology Considerations during the Vocational Evaluation Process" (Smith, McClain); "Assessing Needs, Supports, and Environments in Vocational Evaluation" (Sabousky et al.); "Work Adjustment Job Coach Service" (Davis, Barron); "Modifying Evaluation Process to Determine Reasonable Accommodations" (Parhamovich); "Vocational Expert Testimony" (Strauss); "Documenting Functional Performance Criteria in Work Capacity Evaluations" (May); "Report Writing" (Adams-Webber);"Facilitating Self-Determination with Vocational Assessment in Multi-Cultural Settings" (Akridge, Farley); "Expanding Vocational Evaluation Process through Assistive Technology" (Reed et al.); "Establishing Vocational Direction Utilizing Fantasy with Persons Who Are Severely Disabled" (Braunig); "Transition of Persons with Cognitive Disabilities" (Robinson); "Vocational Evaluation of Older Worker with a Disability" (Hursh); "Vocational Assessment of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury" (Krankowski, Culbertson); "Vocational Evaluation" (May); "Vocational Evaluation Using Adaptive Equipment for People with Vision Impairments" (Yang); "Learning Style Assessment and Reasonable Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities" (Sylvester); "Voc-Ed Exploration Survey" (Ensley);"Self-Determination" (Ginavan, Jozwiak); "Pre-Vocational Training" (Johnson); "Vocational Assessment of Students with Disadvantages" (Nolte, Waechter); "Vocational Assessment of Persons with Severe and Profound Disabilities" (Shanahan); and "Results of 1992 Multi-Cultural Task Force Survey" (Nussbaum et al.). (YLB)