NL0906C: THE REHAB REPORTER™ -- SEPTEMBER 2006

Methods AND Models of Empowerment of the Disabled 8 CE hours TAKE THIS COURSE NOW !

OBJECTIVES

1. Define Empowerment and discuss several Empowerment Models.
2. Describe guidelines and other system enhancements that facilitate personal empowerment.
3. Describe the Self-Determined Career Development Model.
4. Identify employment and career challenges encountered by people with disabilities.
5. Describe the structured-discovery method of instruction used to train blind students at the Orientation Center.

OUTLINE

ARTICLE #1: Alternative views of empowerment: social services and civil rights - Editorial

ARTICLE #2: How Empowerment Changed My Life

ARTICLE #3: Enhancing Personal Empowerment of People with Psychiatric Disabilities

ARTICLE #4: Self-Determined Career Development

ARTICLE #5: Self-Determination and the Empowerment of People with Disabilities

ARTICLE #6: Empowering People with Disabilities Through Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

ARTICLE #7: Slaying Dragons: Building Self-Confidence and Raising Expectations Through Orientation Center Training

Appendix -- Code of Ethics for Rehab Counselors and Disability Management Specialists

• New Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors
  Effective January 1, 2010
  
• CDMS Code of Professional Conduct