A Guide to Vocational Assessment

A Guide to Vocational Assessment is designed to provide an explanation of the varied approaches of vocational assessment, as applied to a wide diversity of clients who are physically or mentally disabled. In addition to offering basic information for those who will assist clients in the rehabilitation process, this text provides up-to-date information to those who have been working with clients for many years. Undergraduate and graduate students in rehabilitation counseling as well as rehabilitation practitioners and occupational therapists are provided with a comprehensive understanding of vocational evaluation. This third edition includes case studies, focuses more attention on those individuals representing varied ethnic backgrounds, addresses the role of environment in assessment, and discusses varied learning styles. It reexamines the definition of disability in the perspective of current policy and illustrates how measurement needs and demands emerge from this r