Counselling Persons with a Disability: A Professional Challenge

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  • Marvin J. Westwood
  • Jeff Nayman

Abstract

One of the key factors which should influence the direction of a counsellor education program is "client need". In this society there exists a significant number of people with disa- bilities for whom the process of personal and vocational adjustment requires the expertise of a counsellor with special training in rehabilitation. Unlike the United States, Canada does not have a graduate training program in rehabilitation counselling. The writers point out that such specialization in rehabilitation counselling can be developed with little diffi- culty within the existing graduate counsellor education programs ongoing in this country. Program development in training counsellors to work with clients with disabilities is a major challenge to counsellor education in Canada.

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Published

2012-04-01

How to Cite

Westwood, M. J., & Nayman, J. (2012). Counselling Persons with a Disability: A Professional Challenge. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 15(4). Retrieved from https://dev.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/rcc/article/view/60412

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