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Abstracts from the Journal of Rehabilitation Vol. 69, No. 3 July/Aug./Sept. 2003 Assessing Changes in Life Skills and Quality of Life Resulting From Rehabilitation Services Stanford E. Rubin Southern Illinois University Carbondale Fong Chan University of Wisconsin-Madison Deborah L. Thomas Southern Illinois University Carbondale ABSTRACT: The goal of the rehabilitation process is to promote the full integration of individuals with disabilities into American society, ideally, in a state of optimal economic self-sufficiency. Achievement of that goal can be expected to result from a process in which deficiencies in life skills are accurately diagnosed and reduced or removed via targeted rehabilitation services. Another important outcome goal is that the recipient of rehabilitation services should experience improvement in his/her quality of life. Therefore, changes in the life skills and quality of life of the individual with a disability from pre to post rehabilitation services can be considered as a valid index of the level of effectiveness of those services. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relevance of addressing those two outcome measurement areas for assessing the effects of rehabilitation services. Person-Centered Planning: A Gateway to Improving Vocational Rehabilitation Services for Culturally Diverse Individuals with Disabilities Rooshey Hasnain Paula Sotnik University of Massachusetts Claire Ghiloni Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission ABSTRACT: The person-centered planning approach has increasingly become popular in the rehabilitation arena, particularly for individuals from culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Given the rapidly changing U.S. demographics, this focus on ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity complements the principles of the person-centered approach, a process that embraces both cultural strengths and values. This article highlights the positive impact of the planning process for a group of individuals with disabilities who participated in the Statewide Employment Services Department of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission which is the agency that administers the state vocational rehabilitation program. Rehabilitation Counseling in Appalachian America William M. Bauer Marietta College Bruce Growick The Ohio State University ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the unique characteristics of Appalachian America, and the concerns that consumers with disabilities have in obtaining rehabilitative services. Rehabilitation counselors who work in this part of the country should be sensitive to the many challenges that can be encountered by individuals with a disability in this area. With the passage of Section 21 of the Rehabilitation Cultural Diversity Initiative of the 1992 Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, accessibility and equity of services for people with disabilities who live in this area of the country need to be brought to the forefront. The lack of rehabilitation services should not be the result of the cultural limitations and barriers placed on Appalachian Americans with Disabilities. Augmenting Vocational Outcomes of Supported Employment with Social Skills Training Hector W. H. Tsang The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ABSTRACT: Although social skills training and supported employment have been widely accepted as effective treatment modalities to improve social and vocational outcomes of persons with severe mental illness, they are regarded as two unrelated and sometimes even conflicting strategies. Limited effort has been made to combine these two techniques to produce a better vocational outcome. In this article, the author traced the development and evidence in support of supported employment, reviewed the role of social functioning in employment outcome, and argued that the vocational outcomes in terms of job retention using supported employment could be improved with the addition of social skills training program specially designed and developed for job tenure. A preliminary service protocol for this integrated service was described. The application of this protocol was illustrated via a case vignette. The Relation between VR Services and Employment Outcomes of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury David Gamble The Compass School Corey L. Moore Langston University ABSTRACT: This study examined the relationship between the provision of six vocational rehabilitation services to persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the employment outcomes of these individuals as measured by closure status and weekly earnings. The sample consisted of 1,073 vocational rehabilitation clients with TBI whose cases were closed in a southeastern state. The researchers employed a binary logistic regression analysis and a factorial ANOVA to evaluate the relationship between these services and employment outcomes. Logistic regression analysis identified a significant relationship between four services and closure status. A six-way between participants ANOVA yielded a significant main effect for one service on weekly earnings and a significant interaction for three services on weekly earnings. These findings are presented and discussed for closure status and weekly earnings. Evaluating Differences in Demographics, Services, and Outcomes for Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers with Hearing Loss Versus Consumers with Other Disabilities Michele E. Capella Mississippi State University ABSTRACT: Millions of Americans who are of working age experience a hearing loss, yet they have relatively low levels of participation in the vocational rehabilitation (VR) system and there has recently been a noted decrease in the successful outcomes for VR consumers with hearing loss. In order to evaluate VR service delivery for consumers with hearing loss, this study investigated whether differences exist between these consumers and all other VR consumers in terms of acceptance rates, demographic characteristics, the services received (type and quantity), and employment outcomes. Findings indicated differences between groups in several important areas, suggesting additional research is needed. 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