Career counseling and services : a cognitive information processing approach / James P. Sampson ... [et al.].

This book blends the study of vocational behavior (the factors that shape the choices that we make about work and life) with the study of career assistance (the career resources and career services we provide to help persons make informed career choices). This book is intended for counselors and other human service practitioners (counselors and other human service workers) who are helping persons to more effectively cope with issues related to their work, as well as with connection between work and various personal, social, and family issues. After reading this book, all practitioners (irrespective of specialty) should know how to better intgerate career issues into the counseling process, how to perform some basic career counseling functions and how to identify a competent career counselor in order to make appropriate referral for thier client. The book is also intended for career practitioners who specialize in the design and delivery of career resources and career services. After reading this book, career practitioners should know how to translate the Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) approach into practice, how to integrate counseling theories and other career theories with the CIP approach in delivering career services, how to apply a cost-effective approach to delivering career services, how to use readiness assessment to improve the cost-effectiveness of service delivery, how to deliver slef-help, brief staff-assisted, and individual case-managed career services, how to design career resource rooms to deliver career resources and services and how to design, manage, and evaluate career services. Practitioners-in-training can use this book to add to their understanding of client needs and the resources and services available to meet those needs. Experienced practitioners can use this book to evaluate their current practice and add selected resources and strategies to improve their practice.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Practitioners or practitioners-in-training seeking to apply the principles included in this book should seek appropriate supervision as they work with clients.

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