CRCC Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions

CRCC Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Advocacy The philosophical foundation of rehabilitation counseling includes the belief in advocacy and the rights of people with disabilities for opportunity, independence, empowerment, rehabilitation, and quality of life. Affect Feelins Attitudes The observable consequences of customs, practices, ideologies, values, norms, factual beliefs, and religious beliefs. "An evaluative statement (favorable or unfavorable) to a person, object, or event." Autonomy To respect the rights of clients to be self-governing within their social and cultural framework. Barriers to a clients rehabilitaion Limited social support systems, restricted mobility and transportation, architectural barriers, frequency and duration of hospitalizations, unavailable institutional support (medial services, educational programs and technological supports, political and religious groups), living conditions, availability of job opportunities and inaccessibility of work sites. Beneficence To do good to others and to promote the well-being of clients. Biomedical Model A pathology located within the individual and is a deviation from the norm. Treatment is therefore solely focused on "fixing" the individual. Cognotions Beliefs Confidentiality The ethical responsibility of the rehabilitation counselor to safeguard clients from unauthorized disclosure of information given in the therapeutic relationship. Conscious and subconscious stereotypical reactions to disability by rehabilitation that may impact the counseling process a. inaccurate perceptions; clients characteristics are obscured by the disability leading to underestimation of abilities, stereotypical impressions and paternalist treatment approaches.