[Nfbofnc] What Every Rehab Counselor and Client Should Know

Fri Oct 21 21:57:10 UTC 2011

The author of this email is a top staff person at BLIND, Inc, one of the 3 NFB training centers.  He knows this business well.

From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org On Behalf Of Dick Davis
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:10 AM
To: Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List; Jobs for the Blind
Subject: [Jobs] What every rehab counselor and client should know.

Hi,

Over the last ten years, I've done a lot of training for NFB members and rehabilitation professionals on the subjects of informed choice and writing your own rehabilitation plan (IPE).  These four documents provide key information that will be of benefit for everyone, consumer and professional.  They contain a little legalese, but are pretty user-friendly otherwise.  I think if everyone were to read and adhere to them, there would be much less in the way of disagreements between consumers and their counselors.

What are they?  Policy Directives (PD's) and Technical Assistance Circulars (TAC's) interpret the law and regulations for agencies (referred to as "Designated State Units" or "DSU's") and tell those agencies how to stay in compliance with them.  Unfortunately, I don't think many rehabilitation counselors see them.  The only consumers I know who have seen them got them from me, and hopefully passed them on.  Thanks to Dr. Schroeder, who made such clear intepretations of the law and regulations when he was RSA Commissioner.

Dick Davis

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