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ERIC Number: ED324531
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1990-Jun
Pages: 51
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Cooperation between Special Education and Vocational Rehabilitation: An Examination of Role Functions, Inservice Needs, Attitudes and Values.
Miller, Marinell
This study examined the relationships between Vocational Adjustment Counselors (VACs) and Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors (VRCs) in Missouri and identified factors that are related to cooperative programming between special education and vocational rehabilitation. The population for the study consisted of all VACs (n=147), all state-federal VRCs assigned to cooperative education programs, and state-federal VRCs with other types of assignments in Missouri (n=145). Usable surveys were returned by 74% of this sample (VRC-83%, VAC-64%). Some of the findings of the study were the following: (1) VACs are spending more time teaching and less time supervising students on work sites, or developing work stations; (2) VRCs also were spending less time on job development or supervision; (3) clarification is needed regarding responsibilities and roles of VACs and VRCs in supported employment and job placement; (4) perceptions of the groups toward the other was more negative if they had not worked together in special education; and (5) the groups shared more similarities than differences in values, but VRCs valued economic returns more than did VACs, VACs valued responsibility more. Further training was recommended regarding aspects of work roles for key transition personnel. VAC and VRC surveys are appended. (KC)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Special Education.; Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Vocational and Adult Education.
Authoring Institution: Missouri Univ., Columbia. Dept. of Practical Arts and Vocational-Technical Education.
Identifiers - Location: Missouri
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A