Disability and Vocational Rehabilitation in Rural Settings, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 Challenges to Service Delivery
Coordonnateurs : Harley Debra A., Ysasi Noel A., Bishop Malachy L., Fleming Allison R.
This first-of-its-kind textbook surveys rehabilitation and vocational programs aiding persons with disabilities in remote and developing areas in the U.S. and abroad. Contributors discuss longstanding challenges to these communities, most notably economic and environmental obstacles and ongoing barriers to service delivery, as well as their resilience and strengths. Intersections of health, social, structural, and access disparities are shown affecting rural disabled populations such as women, racial and sexual minorities, youth, and elders. In terms of responses, a comprehensive array of healthcare and health policy solutions and recommendations is critiqued with regard to health, employment, and service effectiveness outcomes.
Included among the topics:
- Healthcare initiatives, strategies, and challenges for people with disabilities in rural, frontier, and territory settings.
- Challenges faced by veterans residing in rural communities.
- The Asia and Pacific region: rural-urban impact on disability.
- Challenges after natural disaster for rural residents with disabilities.
- Meeting the needs of rural adults with mental illness and dual diagnoses.
- Capacity building in rural communities through community-based collaborative partnerships.
Disability and Vocational Rehabilitation in Rural Settings makes a worthy textbook for graduate students and upper-level undergraduates in the fields of social work, community and environmental psychology, public health, sociology, education, and geography. Its professional audience also includes vocational rehabilitation counselors serving these dynamic populations.
Debra A. Harley, Ph.D., CRC, LPC is a Professor in the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Mental Health program and co-coordinator of the Rehabilitation Counseling Education, Research, and Policy Doctoral Program at the University of Kentucky. She received her Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Dr. Harley has over twenty-three years of experience in teaching and research. Dr. Harley holds the distinction of Provost’s Distinguished Service Professor. She has published over 85 journal articles and 47 book chapters. Dr. Harley is past editor of the Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling and the Journal of Rehabilitation Administration and guest editor of numerous special issues of rehabilitation journals. She is co-editor of several books, Contemporary Mental Health Issues Among African Americans and the Handbook of LGBT Elders: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Principles, Practices, and Policies. Dr. Harley is a facultyaffiliate with the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, the Center on Research on Violence Against Women, and the Human Development Institute at the University of Kentucky. She is recipient of the 2006 National Council on Rehabilitation Education Educator of the Year Award and a National Rehabilitation Association Switzer Scholar.
Noel A. Ysasi, Ph.D., CRC, is an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Mental Health program at the University of Kentucky. He acquired his Ph.D. from the University of Texas Pan-American. Dr. Ysasi’s professional work experience involves over seven years of teaching in higher education; forensic rehabilitation; working with the veteran population. His research interests include the veteran population, people with spinal cord injuries, forensic rehabilitation, and perceptions of individuals with disabilities. Dr. Ysasi has been the recipient of multiple awards, including a LifetimeAchi
Date de parution : 08-2018
Ouvrage de 735 p.
17.8x25.4 cm
Date de parution : 11-2017
Ouvrage de 735 p.
17.8x25.4 cm
