Advancing Rehabilitation Counseling Professional Identity in Australia
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چکیده
Purpose The past few decades have witnessed significant growth in the disability sector and rehabilitation counseling profession has responded by broadening its scope of practice to serve a range people who experience illness, injury, social disadvantage. Despite sector's profession's flexible response it, Australia continues face challenges relation professional identity. purpose this article is identify these present solutions reviewing literature professionalization responses United States. Method In article, we examine ways transcending identity faced Australian community. This achieved firstly defining characteristics professions their application second, suggesting possible actions advance profession. Results necessary identified include need for stronger governance, further development evidence base, strict membership regulations. These goals will require input bodies members, universities, regulators, employers, with disabilities, families. Conclusions Rehabilitation valued allied health human service work injury sectors. By drawing on States, authors issues facilitate sustainability advancement Australia.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2168-6653', '2168-6661']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1891/re-20-29