NCE: Career Counseling Questions & 100%
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Merrill
✓ ~~> developed curriculum that combined academic with technical
and vocational instruction
Parsons
✓ ~~> "Father of vocational guidance";
Credited with starting the "guidance movement"
His landmark work was "Choosing A Vocation"; He also wrote "History of
Vocational Guidance"
created Trait and Factor approach; emphasized:
-gain of self-understanding
understand the world of work (requirements, compensation opportunities)
-true reasoning (ability to combine an understanding of self with knowledge
about the world to make a career decisions.)
Williamson
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✓ ~~> -founded the Minnesota Viewpoint
-designed a directive counseling approach where counselors share their
widsom
Super
✓ ~~> Lifespan life-space career theory
-life stages and developmental career tasks
-life roles have an impact on career choice
-emphasizes self-concept
(MEMORY DEVICE: self-concept and Super both begin with "s")
Crites
✓ ~~> developed the career maturity inventory
Holland
✓ ~~> Vocational choice based on personality and work environment
types which matches person to environment
6 personality types RIASEC
Krumboltz
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✓ ~~> developed the social learning theory of career counseling
Career decision making is a lifelong process
Harris-Bowlsbey
✓ ~~> developed computerized vocational systems
NBCC
✓ ~~> National Board of Certified Counselors
NCDA
✓ ~~> National Career Development Association
CRCC
✓ ~~> Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
(FLSA)
✓ ~~> established a national minimum wage, minimum standards for
overtime, and prohibited employment of minors
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA)
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✓ ~~> safe and healthy working conditions
Section 504
✓ ~~> discrimination against people with disabilities in programs
sponsored by federal agencies or receiving federal funding
Family Medical Leave Act of 1993
✓ ~~> 12 weeks unpaid sick leave--ensures employees will not lose job
Individual with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004
✓ ~~> ensures that children with disabilities receive special ed and other
services related to their needs, mandates transition services to facilitate
move from school to work
Job
✓ ~~> position that requires a specific skill
occupation
✓ ~~> primary activity that engages ones time (occupation exists
regardless of whether person is employed or not)
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