Resource Center
Employment Related Resources
Business Development and Self-Employment
Career Guidance and Exploration (O'NET Online - Occupational Information Network)
RehabJobs.org - Careers in Vocational Rehabilitation
rehabjobs.info Recruitment Center for State VR Counselors. Region I RCEP has expanded job listings to cover the entire country in December, 2005.
Social Security (SSI/SSDI Work Incentives, Ticket to Work, Work Incentives Improvement Act, Medicaid-Medicare)
Job Accommodation Network (JAN): (free consulting service designed to increase the employability of people with disabilities by: 1) providing individualized worksite accommodations solutions, 2) providing technical assistance regarding the ADA and other disability related legislation, and 3) educating callers about self-employment options.)
Regional Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs)
U.S. Business Leadership Network (US-BLN)
Business Leadership Networks (BLN) (Links to BLNs in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas)
Business Leadership Network (NM-BLN) (BLNs in New Mexico)
Disability Related Resources
Independent Living (National and International IL Resources and Region 6 IL Resources and Centers in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas)
Disability (International, U.S. Federal and Region 6 state Government Resources, Disability Resources on the World Wide Web, Legislative and Law Resources and Advocacy)
Regional Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs)
Rehabilitation Education, Continuing Education-Research-Technical Assistance
Rehabilitation Counseling Education Programs (Region 6 - Rehabilitation Counseling university education program websites, education related organizations and accreditation, certification information, self-study resources and distance learning sites related to Rehabilitation Counseling.)
Distance Education: References and
Resources (a "gateway" to distance education/learning, instructional
technology, application methods, commentary, research, organizations and
bibliography.)
Regional Continuing Education Programs (RRCEPs)
Community Rehabilitation Programs - Regional Continuing Education Programs (CRP-RRCEPs)
Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs)
Regional Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs)
Vocational Rehabilitation Related Resources
Region 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Programs (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR)
National Council of State Agencies for the Blind (NCSAB)
State/Federal Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Programs (All States) (contact and website information on the Social Security - State Rehabilitation Providers website.)
Regional Disability and Business Technical
Assistance Centers (DBTACs)
National Clearinghouse for
Rehabilitation Training Materials (NCHRTM)
RehabJobs.org - Careers in Vocational Rehabilitation
Functional Limitations of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Consumers - Final Report (Submitted to: U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Rehabilitation Services Administration Prepared by: Beth Overman, Holly Schmidt-Davis, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, N.C. - 2006.)
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Research findings related to the following eight research questions:
- What functional limitations do VR consumers have?
- What is the relationship between functional limitations and selected consumer characteristics?
- What are the interrelationships between functional limitations and the designation of individuals as: a) most significantly disabled; b) significantly disabled; c) nonsignificantly disabled; and d) Social Security recipients who “automatically” meet the first of the three criteria in the definition of “significant disability”? Are persons with these different designations of disability significance different from each other in terms of their functional limitations?
- What are the relationships between consumers’ functional limitations and each of the following areas?
- Are there differences in functional limitations for consumers whose cases were closed: a) without receiving services; b) despite the fact that they were nonrehabilitated after receiving services; c) when they were rehabilitated into noncompetitive employment; or d) when they were rehabilitated into competitive employment?
- Are functional limitations a more consistent predictor of vocational outcome than: a) severity of disability designation; or b) other consumer characteristics, including type of disability, age, sex, education, employment experience, receipt of public assistance, and race and ethnic group?
- What is the relationship between functional limitations and: a) the earnings levels of persons closed into competitive employment; b) other rehabilitants by category (e.g., homemaker, unpaid family worker); and c) stability of employment over time?
- Do functional limitations change over time, especially with receipt of VR services?
State Rehabilitation Council (SRC) Conference (Region 6 and 8 - August 2 and 3, 2005 Training Movie Modules - Annotated Scripts in Word (.doc) format)
Module 1 - History of Rehabilitation
Module 2 - Overview of the Rehabilitation Act
Module 3 - VR Policies and Priniciples
Legislation and Advocacy
Legislative, Advocacy, Law Resources, International, U.S. Federal Resources
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Resources
Regional Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs)
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) (Employment and Training Agency - U.S. Department of Labor website for Workforce/WIA resources and information.)
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - 1998 Amendments
Ticket to Work (Comprehensive site maintained by MAXIMUS, Inc. for all information and status of the Ticket to Work programs and Employment Networks.)
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