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This thread is for any an all career related resources, ADD related or not that are useful to people with ADD/LD/other disability on this forum. There is a great need for support in this area. I read so many posts about problems getting, keeping, being satisfied, or enjoying your job or finding a career path.
In part, you all helped me refocus my career path to Career Development Services. NOTE: I am not in business or making any money or trying to make any money by starting this thread. If I do start a consulting business, I will follow forum guidelines for members offering professional services. I do hope I will do so in the future-and at a reasonable cost-I can't afford most career services offered online-so I hope to eventually have a reasonably priced set of services that won't break your bank. But.... that will be a longggg time in coming.
The article below should give us all hope-the issue of ADD/LD is being addressed by career development professionals. The book that is reviewed will be one of the first I purchase once I get employed! I plan on this as an area of specialization!
Suggestion: Copy and paste the article below in your word processor. Select all text and then choose the font size and style you find easiest to read!
04/01/2005
Mapping Careers with LD and ADD Clients: Guidebook and Case Studies
Book Review by Sarah Lucas Hartley and Beth Lulgjuraj
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1">Review of Janus, R. (1999). Mapping careers with LD and ADD clients: Guidebook and case studies. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
Are you well equipped to provide career counseling to individuals who have a learning disability or Attention Deficit Disorder? If not, you may want to read Mapping Careers with LD and ADD Clients by Raizi Abby Janus. Janus uses tables to summarize the wealth of information she shares in her book and shows practical utility through her case studies. She incorporates her 20 years of career counseling experience with her assessment and teaching background to provide readers with insight into the personal dimension of learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder.
Around 15 percent of the nation has been diagnosed with a learning disability (LD) or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Having a hidden disability makes individuals more vulnerable when looking for a job. When learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder are unknown by employers, this may lead to false impressions of one’s job performance and social behaviors. It is important for hidden disabilities to be recognized and for the individuals to understand how their strengths and limitations may affect their work so appropriate accommodations can be made.
Many career practitioners, members of the business community, and the public are not aware of the issues faced by individuals with LD or ADD. The author makes the point that educating these people about ADD and LD can improve the likelihood of individuals who have LD or ADD in attaining and maintaining employment as well as in preventing misconceptions of job performance and behavior. One main purpose of this book is to increase knowledge of LD and ADD issues, but the author has not made it extremely readable for people outside of the counseling profession.
Janus has much to offer employers and counseling practitioners on the issues faced by and best practices for working with individuals who have LD or ADD. This book is one of few that addresses the needs of counseling practitioners, employers, and individuals with LD or ADD. As Wren and Wren (2001) mention, this “book is the first to address career counsellors on these issues (p. 301).” We believe this book is important and relevant, despite its age because the career issues faced by these clients have not changed over the past six years. Janus provides a wealth of knowledge dealing with assessing, counseling, and referring clients with ADD or LD. If employers read this book, they might feel overwhelmed by the content, but appendices two through five provide relevant information in a clear and concise format. Appendix two describes the Americans with Disabilities Act, appendices three and four list occupations/job duties and their relation to level of functioning, and appendix five is very helpful in determining suitable and economical accommodations for four deficits. Some information can assist employers in working constructively with employees who have LD or ADD, but that is not the focus of the book. Certain sections of the book are useful for researchers who study adults who have LD or ADD by providing evidence from a variety of case studies, which document commonly encountered and more complex profiles.
The author informs the reader how to screen for learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder, but most career counselors do not do much of this because it is not their area of expertise. This is a good book for a career counselor who specializes in working with clients who have LD or ADD, but otherwise this may be an overwhelming amount of information for someone who does often not work with this population. The bulk of the information in this book is very specific and too in depth for brief staff-assisted career counseling. The majority of this book is more useful for individual counseling, especially the discussion of psychological assessments, such as the 16 PF and the MMPI-2. The assessments many brief staff-assisted counselors utilize are not addressed, including the Self-Directed Search and computer-assisted career guidance systems. With that said, there is also some very useful information for brief staff-assisted counseling that can be taken from this book, e.g., the importance of identifying goals and formulating steps to reach those goals; being very detailed when identifying strengths and weaknesses; understanding issues individuals with LD or ADD may be dealing with and the effects of the disability(s); and the importance of focusing on potential success, rather than previous failures. The book also includes examples of potential problems on the job as well as accommodations that career advisors may want to address with their clients.
Mapping Careers with LD and ADD Clients by Raizi Abby Janus not only provides guidelines for assessment and treatment, but also informs employers about the issues and effects of hidden disabilities. Wren and Wren (2001) point out that Janus’ book has great “potential for changing its readers’ minds and hearts (301).” This book enhances the reader’s awareness of the cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder. In addition, the appendices serve as a great reference tool allowing counselors to feel more confident in the services they provide to individuals with hidden disabilities.
Reference
Wren, T. E., & Wren, C. T. (2001). Fairness, the pursuit of happiness, and LD/ADHD. Journal of Moral Education, 30, 299-302.
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Sarah Lucas Hartley is a counseling psychology doctoral student and a research assistant at Florida State University’s Career Center and can be reached at shartley@admin.fsu.edu (%3C/i%3Eshartley@admin.fsu.edu)
Beth Lulgjuraj is the Assistant Director of Curricular-Career Information Service at Florida State University’s Career Center. She can be reached at blulgjuraj@admin.fsu.edu.
Found on NCDA (http://www.ncda.org/)website, click on Career Convergence button to access a plethora of articles!
In part, you all helped me refocus my career path to Career Development Services. NOTE: I am not in business or making any money or trying to make any money by starting this thread. If I do start a consulting business, I will follow forum guidelines for members offering professional services. I do hope I will do so in the future-and at a reasonable cost-I can't afford most career services offered online-so I hope to eventually have a reasonably priced set of services that won't break your bank. But.... that will be a longggg time in coming.
The article below should give us all hope-the issue of ADD/LD is being addressed by career development professionals. The book that is reviewed will be one of the first I purchase once I get employed! I plan on this as an area of specialization!
Suggestion: Copy and paste the article below in your word processor. Select all text and then choose the font size and style you find easiest to read!
04/01/2005
Mapping Careers with LD and ADD Clients: Guidebook and Case Studies
Book Review by Sarah Lucas Hartley and Beth Lulgjuraj
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1">Review of Janus, R. (1999). Mapping careers with LD and ADD clients: Guidebook and case studies. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
Are you well equipped to provide career counseling to individuals who have a learning disability or Attention Deficit Disorder? If not, you may want to read Mapping Careers with LD and ADD Clients by Raizi Abby Janus. Janus uses tables to summarize the wealth of information she shares in her book and shows practical utility through her case studies. She incorporates her 20 years of career counseling experience with her assessment and teaching background to provide readers with insight into the personal dimension of learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder.
Around 15 percent of the nation has been diagnosed with a learning disability (LD) or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Having a hidden disability makes individuals more vulnerable when looking for a job. When learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder are unknown by employers, this may lead to false impressions of one’s job performance and social behaviors. It is important for hidden disabilities to be recognized and for the individuals to understand how their strengths and limitations may affect their work so appropriate accommodations can be made.
Many career practitioners, members of the business community, and the public are not aware of the issues faced by individuals with LD or ADD. The author makes the point that educating these people about ADD and LD can improve the likelihood of individuals who have LD or ADD in attaining and maintaining employment as well as in preventing misconceptions of job performance and behavior. One main purpose of this book is to increase knowledge of LD and ADD issues, but the author has not made it extremely readable for people outside of the counseling profession.
Janus has much to offer employers and counseling practitioners on the issues faced by and best practices for working with individuals who have LD or ADD. This book is one of few that addresses the needs of counseling practitioners, employers, and individuals with LD or ADD. As Wren and Wren (2001) mention, this “book is the first to address career counsellors on these issues (p. 301).” We believe this book is important and relevant, despite its age because the career issues faced by these clients have not changed over the past six years. Janus provides a wealth of knowledge dealing with assessing, counseling, and referring clients with ADD or LD. If employers read this book, they might feel overwhelmed by the content, but appendices two through five provide relevant information in a clear and concise format. Appendix two describes the Americans with Disabilities Act, appendices three and four list occupations/job duties and their relation to level of functioning, and appendix five is very helpful in determining suitable and economical accommodations for four deficits. Some information can assist employers in working constructively with employees who have LD or ADD, but that is not the focus of the book. Certain sections of the book are useful for researchers who study adults who have LD or ADD by providing evidence from a variety of case studies, which document commonly encountered and more complex profiles.
The author informs the reader how to screen for learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder, but most career counselors do not do much of this because it is not their area of expertise. This is a good book for a career counselor who specializes in working with clients who have LD or ADD, but otherwise this may be an overwhelming amount of information for someone who does often not work with this population. The bulk of the information in this book is very specific and too in depth for brief staff-assisted career counseling. The majority of this book is more useful for individual counseling, especially the discussion of psychological assessments, such as the 16 PF and the MMPI-2. The assessments many brief staff-assisted counselors utilize are not addressed, including the Self-Directed Search and computer-assisted career guidance systems. With that said, there is also some very useful information for brief staff-assisted counseling that can be taken from this book, e.g., the importance of identifying goals and formulating steps to reach those goals; being very detailed when identifying strengths and weaknesses; understanding issues individuals with LD or ADD may be dealing with and the effects of the disability(s); and the importance of focusing on potential success, rather than previous failures. The book also includes examples of potential problems on the job as well as accommodations that career advisors may want to address with their clients.
Mapping Careers with LD and ADD Clients by Raizi Abby Janus not only provides guidelines for assessment and treatment, but also informs employers about the issues and effects of hidden disabilities. Wren and Wren (2001) point out that Janus’ book has great “potential for changing its readers’ minds and hearts (301).” This book enhances the reader’s awareness of the cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder. In addition, the appendices serve as a great reference tool allowing counselors to feel more confident in the services they provide to individuals with hidden disabilities.
Reference
Wren, T. E., & Wren, C. T. (2001). Fairness, the pursuit of happiness, and LD/ADHD. Journal of Moral Education, 30, 299-302.
<hr>
Sarah Lucas Hartley is a counseling psychology doctoral student and a research assistant at Florida State University’s Career Center and can be reached at shartley@admin.fsu.edu (%3C/i%3Eshartley@admin.fsu.edu)
Beth Lulgjuraj is the Assistant Director of Curricular-Career Information Service at Florida State University’s Career Center. She can be reached at blulgjuraj@admin.fsu.edu.
Found on NCDA (http://www.ncda.org/)website, click on Career Convergence button to access a plethora of articles!