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Chetwyn C. H. Chan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The effect of a “training on work readiness” program for workers with musculoskeletal injuries: A randomized control trial (RCT) study
Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2006Co-Authors: Edward J. Q. Li, Cecilia W. P. Li-tsang, Chetwyn C. H. ChanAbstract:Background : This is a clinical randomized trail (RCT) to investigate the effects of a three-week training program on work readiness designed for musculoskeletal injured workers with long-term sick leave who had difficulties resuming their work role. The program was planned to help injured workers overcome the psychological and psychosocial problems and to facilitate their Work Readiness on Return to Work (RTW) based on the Employment readiness model. Methodology : A total of 64 injured workers were recruited and randomly assigned into the training (T) and control (C) groups. Observations were blinded between service providers and evaluators. A three-week intensive training on work readiness program was given to the T group while subjects in the C group were given advice on job placement by social workers in a community work health center. The training program was comprised of individual Vocational Counseling and group therapy using cognitive behavioral approach to alleviate symptoms of stress, pain and anxiety. The Chinese Lam Assessment of Stages of Employment Readiness (C-LASER), the Chinese State Trait and Anxiety Inventory (C-STAI) and the Short form of Health Survey (SF-36) were used to evaluate all subjects’ psychological health status and behavioral changes on job readiness before and after the intervention. Results : Subjects in the T group showed significant improvement in their work readiness ( p < 0.05), level of anxiety ( p < 0.05) and their self perception of health status measured by SF-36 ( p < 0.02) when compared with subjects in the C group. Control of chronic pain, negative motivation, and anxiety level were some of the key behavioral changes found from the study. Conclusion : The TWR program appeared to improve injured workers’ motivation and employment readiness. Further study on the employment outcomes of subjects is recommended.
Edward J. Q. Li - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The effect of a “training on work readiness” program for workers with musculoskeletal injuries: A randomized control trial (RCT) study
Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2006Co-Authors: Edward J. Q. Li, Cecilia W. P. Li-tsang, Chetwyn C. H. ChanAbstract:Background : This is a clinical randomized trail (RCT) to investigate the effects of a three-week training program on work readiness designed for musculoskeletal injured workers with long-term sick leave who had difficulties resuming their work role. The program was planned to help injured workers overcome the psychological and psychosocial problems and to facilitate their Work Readiness on Return to Work (RTW) based on the Employment readiness model. Methodology : A total of 64 injured workers were recruited and randomly assigned into the training (T) and control (C) groups. Observations were blinded between service providers and evaluators. A three-week intensive training on work readiness program was given to the T group while subjects in the C group were given advice on job placement by social workers in a community work health center. The training program was comprised of individual Vocational Counseling and group therapy using cognitive behavioral approach to alleviate symptoms of stress, pain and anxiety. The Chinese Lam Assessment of Stages of Employment Readiness (C-LASER), the Chinese State Trait and Anxiety Inventory (C-STAI) and the Short form of Health Survey (SF-36) were used to evaluate all subjects’ psychological health status and behavioral changes on job readiness before and after the intervention. Results : Subjects in the T group showed significant improvement in their work readiness ( p < 0.05), level of anxiety ( p < 0.05) and their self perception of health status measured by SF-36 ( p < 0.02) when compared with subjects in the C group. Control of chronic pain, negative motivation, and anxiety level were some of the key behavioral changes found from the study. Conclusion : The TWR program appeared to improve injured workers’ motivation and employment readiness. Further study on the employment outcomes of subjects is recommended.
Bartlett D. Moore - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Psychosocial support of the pediatric cancer patient: Lessons learned over the past 50 years
Current Oncology Reports, 2008Co-Authors: Martha A. Askins, Bartlett D. MooreAbstract:Advances in pediatric cancer treatment over the past 50 years have dramatically improved survival rates. Once considered almost uniformly fatal, pediatric cancer’s overall survival rates now approach 85%. Formerly, little psychosocial support existed for the child with cancer other than that provided by nurses and family. The prospect for long-term survival was so remote that plans for the future (eg, school, social relationships, late effects of treatment, and emotional adjustment) were abandoned. As the survival rate for children with cancer improved, so did the need for and quality of psychosocial care, largely because of hope for a cure. Today children with cancer benefit from comprehensive behavioral pediatric psychosocial support programs in psychiatry, psychology, neuropsychology, child life, education (school), creative arts, chaplaincy, social work, and career and Vocational Counseling. Pediatric psycho-oncology research has provided insights into clinical care and the psychosocial adaptation of children and families to cancer treatment and survivorship.
David Lubinski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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neglected aspects and truncated appraisals in Vocational Counseling interpreting the interest efficacy association from a broader perspective comment on armstrong and vogel 2009
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2010Co-Authors: David LubinskiAbstract:: Invited commentary on Armstrong and Vogel's (2009) article on interpreting the interest-efficacy association stimulated an appraisal from a broader perspective. Like empirical research, scale development, and theorizing emanating from social cognitive career theory (SCCT), their conclusion about the importance of assessing both interests and self-efficacy in applied settings and speculations about the developmental sequencing of these attributes need to be evaluated in the context of what decades of longitudinal research reveal are critical determinants of educational and Vocational choice, performance after choice, and persistence. For our interventions to be effective and our theory development to be meaningful, we must ensure that innovative measures possess incremental validity relative to cognitive abilities and educational-Vocational interests, which are already well established as salient predictors of long-term educational-Vocational outcomes. Broader historical, philosophical, and scientific perspectives are provided to enhance practice, research, and theory development. These broader perspectives reveal how well-positioned Vocational Counseling is for further advances if it builds on (rather than neglects) its longstanding tradition of developing a cumulative psychological science.
Ian D Cameron - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Vocational Counseling for australian spinal cord injury inpatients defining Vocational role expectations and behavior
Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling, 2020Co-Authors: Deborah Johnston, James W Middleton, Gregory C Murphy, Ian D CameronAbstract:A novel inpatient Vocational Counseling service (named “In-Voc”) was developed and evaluated in three Australian spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation hospitals, aiming to improve Vocational outcomes after SCI. The program provided a trained Vocational Counseling Coordinator who worked alongside the allied health team, medical, and nursing staff at each hospital. The Coordinators were interviewed to examine the role expectations and role behaviors associated with the introduction of their novel, Vocationally focused, occupational role. The Coordinators’ descriptions of their role behavior were very similar to those defined by rehabilitation counselors in North America. They reported the novel role to be a productive and satisfying one. Encouragingly, the In-Voc program was associated with significantly higher post-injury employment outcomes.
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Vocational Counseling for Australian spinal cord injury inpatients – Defining Vocational role expectations and behavior
Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling, 2020Co-Authors: Deborah Johnston, James W Middleton, Gregory C Murphy, Ian D CameronAbstract:A novel inpatient Vocational Counseling service (named “In-Voc”) was developed and evaluated in three Australian spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation hospitals, aiming to improve Vocational outcomes after SCI. The program provided a trained Vocational Counseling Coordinator who worked alongside the allied health team, medical, and nursing staff at each hospital. The Coordinators were interviewed to examine the role expectations and role behaviors associated with the introduction of their novel, Vocationally focused, occupational role. The Coordinators’ descriptions of their role behavior were very similar to those defined by rehabilitation counselors in North America. They reported the novel role to be a productive and satisfying one. Encouragingly, the In-Voc program was associated with significantly higher post-injury employment outcomes.
