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Selection Criteria for a Career Development Program for the Mentally Ill: Evaluation of the Self‐Directed Search (SDS)
Author(s) -
LOUGHEAD TERI A.,
BLACK DAVID R.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1990.tb01383.x
Subject(s) - mentally ill , selection (genetic algorithm) , vocational education , psychology , curriculum , scale (ratio) , career development , medical education , medicine , psychiatry , mental health , mental illness , social psychology , computer science , pedagogy , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
Criteria were developed for the selection of a career development program appropriate for the mentally ill. The criteria were based on the Career Development Curriculum (CDC) for the mentally ill and the Purdue Stepped Approach Model. The Self‐Directed Search (SDS) was chosen as a program because it met all the selection criteria. Mentally ill program participants showed a significant change (p<.035) on the My Vocational Situation Identity Scale. The findings support the selection of the SDS as a program and the feasibility of offering career development services to mentally ill clients.