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Issues in Career Decision Making for Workers With Developmental Disabilities
Author(s) -
HAGNER DAVID,
SALOMONE PAUL R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1989.tb00417.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychological intervention , plan (archaeology) , career development , sign (mathematics) , vocational rehabilitation , vocational education , applied psychology , rehabilitation , medical education , social psychology , medicine , pedagogy , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , neuroscience , psychiatry , history
Persons with developmental disabilities are not usually given the opportunity to make meaningful choices concerning career options. There are, however, five types of partial involvement in career decision making they may experience. Counselors have considered client expressions of occupational preferences prior to deciding on appropriate vocational goals, have merely asked workers to sign a prepared rehabilitation plan, or—at the highest level of client participation—have involved workers and their families in team planning meetings. Several recommendations for both systemic and personal interventions to facilitate career decision‐making by workers with developmental disabilities are discussed.