Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Exam
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Key concepts in ADA -
Major life activities
Substantially limiting
Qualified individual with a disability
Essential function
Reasonable accommodation
Undue hardship
Major life activity -
An impairment must substantially limit one or more major life activities to be disability
covered by the ADA. These are activities that an average person can perform with little
or no difficulty
Substantially limiting -
An impairment is only a disability under the ADA If it substantially limits one or more
major life activities. An individual must be unable to perform or be substantially limited in
the ability to perform, an activity compared with an average person.
Qualified individual with a disability -
A person with a disability who satisfies the requisite skill, experience, education and
other job related requirements of the employment position such individual holds or
desires and who , with or without reasonable accommodation can perform the essential
functions of such positions
Essential function -
The position exists to perform the function
There are limited number of other employees available to perform the function or among
whom the function can be distributed. A function is highly specialized and the person in
the position is hired for special expertise or ability to perform it
Reasonable accommodation -
Reasonable accommodation is a modification or adjustment to a job, the work
environment, or the way things usually are done that enables a qualified individual with
a disability to benefit from equal employment opportunity
Reasonable accommodation 3 aspects -
,To ensure equal opportunity in the application process, to enable a qualified individual
with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job, to enable an employee with
a disability to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment
Undue hardship -
An action that requires significant difficulty or expense in relation to the size of the
employer, the resources available, and the nature of the operation.
The concept of undue hardship includes any action that is -
Unduly costly
Extensive
Substantial
Disruptive
Or that would fundamentally alter the nature or operations of the business
Privileged communication -
The legal right that exists by statute and protects the client from having his or her
confidence revealed publicly from the witness stand during legal proceedings without
her or his permission
Rehabilitation act amendments of 1984 -
Required each state rehabilitation agency to have a client assistance program
State rehabilitation agencies were mandated to increase the utilization of rehabilitation
engineering by persons with disabilities by the -
Rehabilitation act amendments of 1992
The rehabilitation act of 1973 mandated -
Program evaluation for state federal rehabilitation agencies. Endorsed more consumer
control over the process by requiring the counselor and consumer to jointly create the
IWRP ( IPE) for reaching rehab goals. Mandated consumer involvement in state agency
policy development.
1978 rehabilitation act amendments -
Provided that individuals with disabilities be guaranteed more substantial involvement in
the policies governing their rehabilitation
1990 Americans with disabilities act -
Furthered self determination by individuals with disabilities by ensuring rights in the
areas of employment, transportation, public service, and public accommodations
1992 and 1998 amendments -
Furthered supported consumer empowerment and self determination through client
informed choice guarantees regarding qualified service
The primary function of the Smith Fess act of 1920 was to -
,Launch the civilian vocational rehabilitation program in the United states
The CRC COde mandates the rehabilitation counselors cannot have sexual or romantic
relationship with former clients for -
A period of 5 years
The professional who have the primary responsibility for providing vocational
rehabilitation services and assistance to enable people with disabilities meet their needs
for equal employment opportunities and quality of life satisfaction are -
Rehabilitation counselors
One of the ethical responsibilities of the rehabilitation counselor is -
To safe guard clients from unauthorized disclosure of information given in the
therapeutic relationship that is confidential
The first piece of rehabilitation legislation enacted supporting of the practice of
vocational rehabilitation was -
The soldiers rehabilitation act of 1918
No discrimination in employment practices is mandated by which title of the ADA -
Title 1
The Barden LaFollette act of 1943 -
Made persons with mental Illnesses and persons with mental retardation eligible for
state VR services
The rehabilitation act of 1973 mandated the following as a high priority state federal
program rehabilitation service -
Persons with severe disabilities
Rehabilitation act of 1973 section 501 -
Requires affirmative action and prohibits discrimination in employment by federal
agencies of the executive branch of government
When can a rehabilitation counselor breach confidentiality -
When it is clear that a third party will be severely injured by the client
Randolph Shepard act of 1936 -
Enable individuals with blindness to operate vending machines on federal property
This refers to the framework of ideas and beliefs through which an individual interprets
the world and interacts with it based on their philosophy, values, emotions, and ethics? -
Worldview
The most common stressors for older adults are health related issues due to -
Chronic illness
Diminished functioning
Which disability model states that disability is not a personal attribute but caused by
society? -
Social model
This is the action carried out based on prejudice -
Discrimination
Negative attitudes -
Are invisible barriers from the environment that impact opportunities, access, help
seeking behavior, and overall rehabilitation success for persons with disabilities
Interventions for changing negative attitudes -
Contact of personal experience
Disability simulation
Classroom lecture
Individuals who experience disability at this developmental stage May experience loss
of identity, loss of status, and loss of economic security -
Middle adulthood
This model of disability defines disability as a pathology that lies within the individual -
Bio medical model
This refers to persons with disabilities taking control of their own lives, speaking up for
themselves, being in control of their own resources, and having the right to make life
decisions with out undue influence from others -
Self advocacy
Social support, architectural barriers, available health care and other institutional
resources, and accessibility to workplace are considered what factors that contribute to
response to disability -
Environmental
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