Midterm Flashcards
- Means of providing a financial or other source of reward to support our daily existence and help us to meet our need for food and shelter
- Area of occupation encompassing an enormous number and wide variety of individual occupations
Work
Key drivers of change in work industry
Aging population, evolving technologies, increasing racial diversity and immigration
Includes work skills and patterns, time management, relationship with coworkers/managers/customers, creation, production and distribution of products and services, initiation, sustainment and completion of work, compliance with work norms and procedures
Job performance
Determining community causes, organizations, or opportunities for unpaid “work” in relationship to personal skills, interests, location, and time available
Volunteer exploration
Performing unpaid “work” activities for the benefit of identified selected causes, organizations, or facilities
Volunteer participation
Focus of legislation was federal funding for state vocational education programs
1917 Smith-Hughes Act
Focus of legislation emphasized that vocational rehabilitation of persons with disabilities is a social responsibility and provided permanent authorization of the federal Vocational Rehabilitation Program
1935 Social Security Act
Focus of legislation expanded the VR program, including emotionally and disturbed and intellectually disabled, began physical restoration services, authorized separate blind agencies to administer VR program, and required states to submit a written state plan to the federal government
1943 Barden-LaFollette Act
Expanded services to a broader population of rehabilitation clients and provided federal funds to help construct new rehabilitation centers and workshops
1965 Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendements
Established the priority to serve persons with severe disabilities. Established title VI civil rights protection for people with disabilities, including section 504, which prohibits discrimination against otherwise qualified persons with disabilities in any program or activity receiving federal funds
1973 Rehabilitation Act
Authorized special cash payments and continued medicaid eligibility for individuals who receive supplemental security income benefits but nonetheless engage in gainful activity
1980 Social Security Act Ammendments
Broadened the act’s purposes, including rehabilitation engineering and supported employment services, and emphasizing services for persons with severe disabilities and individualized service planning. Specified that states must plan for individuals making the transition from school to work
1986 Rehabilitation Act Amendments
Provided a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities, including titles on employment, public services, public accommodations, telecommunications, and miscellaneous provisions
1990 Americans with Disabilities Act
Improve support services to students with disabilities, especially in the areas of transition and assistive technology. Placement in the least restrictive environment emphasized
1990 IDEA
Reversed many US Supreme Court decisions that restricted the protections in employment discrimination cases and authorized compensatory and punitive damages under title V of the Rehabilitation Act and title I of the ADA
1994 School-to-Work Opportunities Act
improved HC access to millions of Americans by guaranteeing that private health insurance is available, portable, and renewable and limited pre-existing condition exclusions
HIPAA
Consolidated several employment and training programs including the rehabilitation act into statewide systems of workforce development partnerships.
1998 Workforce Investment Act
Established the ticket to work and self-sufficiency program to provide SSDI and SSI beneficiaries with a ticket they can use to obtain vocational rehabilitation services, and other support services from an employent network of their choice
1999 Ticket to Work and Incentives Improvement Act
Rejected strict interpretation of the definition of disability, prohibited the consideration of mitigating measures such as medication, prosthetics, and AT in determining whether an individual has a disability, reasonable accommodations in the work place
2008 Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA)
Providing individual intervention and indirect consultation to prevent injuries at the workplace through job analysis, workplace redesign, and employee education in proper body mechanics and safety
Injury prevention
Assessment of a potential employee’s capacities to determine if the individual is capable of performing essential job duties
Pre-employment screening
Protective settings that provide employment opportunities for people with disabilities and.or those from disadvantaged backgrounds, such as ethnic minority groups, the long-term employed, and those returning to the workforce after a period of rehabilitation
Sheltered workshops
Provision of job coaching, employment counseling, skills training, and other supportive services to a worker who is employed in a competitive paid position
Supported employment
Designing work systems and environments by applying theory, principles, data, and methods in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance
Ergonomic assessment and intervention