Topic Area


Accessibility: Includes accessibility, Section 504; Section 508; Section 503; universal design; civil rights; accessible software applications and operating systems; web-based information and applications; computers; telecommunications products; video and multi-media; and self-contained closed products.

Advocacy and Empowerment: Includes advocacy; client advocacy programs; client choice; due process; empowerment; individual empowerment and rights; informed consumer choice; self-determination; self-efficacy; structured discovery learning; and self-advocacy.

ASL/English Interpreting: Includes materials on various topics related to American Sign Language (ASL)/English interpreting.

Assessment: Includes assessment/appraisal; assessment methods and resources; assessment with people who have disabilities; comprehensive assessment; computer-based and online assessment tools; evaluation; interpreting assessment results; instrumentation; involving individuals in assessment; goal attainment scaling; logic models; measurement and statistics; outcomes; pretest/post-test; psychometric/measurement concepts; purpose of assessment, vocational evaluation, and tests.

Business Engagement: Includes ADA; Section 503; business development; business resources and terminology; demand-side employer issues; dual customer approach; disability prevention in the workplace; earnings/wages; educating employers about disability; employer consultation; employer development; job retention; and WIOA employer services.

Case Management and Community Resources: Includes benefits counseling; benefits planning; case management; caseload management; case recording and documentation; community resources; Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRPs); comparable services and benefits; providers; disability benefits systems; disability; prevention and management; emergency preparedness; financial planning; financial resources for rehabilitation services; government websites; health; healthcare benefits and delivery systems; health promotion and wellness information/records management; information and referral services; insurance programs life care planning; long-term disability insurance; managed care; Medicaid; medical insurance coverage; Medicare; other agencies and services; public support; referral sources; service coordination; services for specialty populations; social security programs and benefits; temporary assistance to needy families (TANF); wellness and injury prevention, and workers’ compensation.

Counseling Theories and Techniques: Includes behavior and personality theory; counseling; culturally affirmative mental health; practices and interventions; counseling skills and techniques; counseling theories; crisis response; diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM); group counseling techniques; group counseling theory; group dynamics; group leadership styles and techniques; individual counseling; internet-based counseling resources; motivational interviewing; mental health counseling; positive psychology; self-stigma; substance abuse counseling; team building; termination of counseling relationships; treatment planning; vocational rehabilitation counseling, and guidance.

Education and Transition: Includes special education and preparing for life after high school; apprenticeship training; basic remedial/literacy training; career pathways; community college training; disability service centers; distance learning; educational websites; financial aid; four-year college/university training; graduate college/university training; individualized education plan (IEP); occupational/vocational training; postsecondary education; pre-employment transition services; secondary education; Section 504 accommodation plan and work-based learning experiences.

Employment and Career Development: Includes career counseling; career development; career exploration; customized employment; employment; employment goal; hiring; individualized plan for employment; interpreting as a career; interpreting in vocational rehabilitation settings; interview skills; job accommodations; job analysis; job coaching; job development; job matching systems; job modification and restructuring; job placement; job readiness; job restructuring; job search assistance; job seeking skills; labor market; analyses/surveys; labor market information; natural supports; occupational information; on the job supports; on the job training; one-stop career centers; part-time/full-time work; placement planning; reasonable accommodation; retention; return to work; self-employment and business development; supported employment; telecommuting; transferable skills analysis; trial work experience; vocational consultation; vocational evaluation; vocational implications of functional limitations associated with disabilities; vocational planning; work adjustment; work conditioning/work hardening; workplace culture and environment workplace supports, and worksite modification.

Families: Includes families and disability; family counseling theories; family counseling techniques; family dynamics; family response to disability; family support interventions; parents; spouses; adult children; parent involvement in transition; and parenting with a disability.

Independent Living Services: Includes centers for independent living; centers for independent living for older people who are blind; community life; disability-related skills training; housing; inclusion; independent living services; living arrangement (RSA codes); maintenance; personal attendant services, and transportation.

Lifespan/Aging Human Development: Includes aging; disability across the lifespan; encore centers; end of life issues; human growth and development; personality development; retirement; and sexuality.

Medical, Functional, and Environmental Aspects of Disability: Includes accessibility; classification and evaluation of function; diagnosis and treatment of impairments; environmental aspects of disability; environmental barriers; environmental factors; ergonomics; functional capacities of people with disabilities; human body systems; implications of medications; interpreting in medical settings; medical aspects of disability; medical intervention resources; medical terminology and diagnosis; medication management; orientation and mobility aids; rehabilitation terminology, and significant disabilities.

Other

Professional and Ethical Practice: Includes counseling ethics; confidentiality; conflict resolution and negotiation; credentialing; certification; licensure and accreditation; critical thinking/clinical problem solving; cross disciplinary teamwork; ethical decision making models and process; ethical practices in rehabilitation; ethics; evidence-based practice; fiscal management; forensic rehabilitation/vocational expert; history and foundations of rehabilitation counseling; history; systems; philosophy of rehabilitation; interpreter ethics; legal and ethical issues; marketing rehabilitation services; professional roles and practices; rehabilitation careers; rehabilitation counseling scope of practice; rehabilitation practice settings; roles and functions; risk management and professional ethical standards; vocational rehabilitation practice and research, and vocational rehabilitation foundations.

Program Evaluation: Includes best practices; consumer or stakeholder feedback; effectiveness of services; program evaluation; quality assurance; rehabilitation research literature; research databases for locating validated interventions; research methods and statistics; research utilization and evidence-based practice; systematic review/meta-analysis, and vocational rehabilitation research.

Program Management: Tools to help programs and organizations manage or implement programs including systems change.

Psychosocial Aspects of Disability: Includes adjustment to disability; attitudes toward people with disabilities; attitudinal barriers; psychosocial and cultural aspects of disability; self-esteem; psychosocial and medical aspects of disability, and resilience.

Rehabilitation Services: Includes activities of daily living (ADL); assistive technology; augmentative communication; aural assistance; community-based rehabilitation; communication skills; disability management; eligibility determination; forensic rehabilitation; interpreter services; medical rehabilitation; programs for specialty populations; psychiatric rehabilitation; reader services; reasons for closure; rehabilitation engineering; rehabilitation technology; service costs; service delivery/disability services; substance abuse; treatment; vision services; and rehabilitation, technical assistance and vocational rehabilitation.

RSA Information: Includes guidance and information on various topics provided by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).

State Developed Resource: Includes materials of various topics developed by states.

Supervision and Staff Development: Includes asset development; certification/recertificaton; clinical supervision theories and techniques; continuing education; counselor supervision; leadership development; motivating employees; organizational and staff development, professional associations, and strategic planning.

TA Center Information: Includes materials of various topics developed by the Rehabilitation Services Administration’s (RSA) Technical Assistance (TA) Centers.

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA): Administrative resources; Adult Dislocated Workers; American Job Centers (One-Stop Centers); common performance measures; Department of Labor (DoL): Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Department of Education (ED): financial management; guidance; Innovation and Opportunity Network (ION); Office of Career and Technical Adult Education (OCTAE): Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA); reporting; infrastructure funding; integration of VR services within WIOA; partnerships; pre-employment; Section 511; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Unemployment Insurance; and Wagner-Peyser Act.