A Focus on the Future Begins with Individual Assessment

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Description

In this session, Dr. Karen Wolffe will provide attendees with an overview of a vocational evaluation tool developed by the author in collaboration with the Florida Blind Services Foundation and Division of Blind Services. The tool is designed to highlight a test taker’s strengths and need for intervention in areas pertinent to finding, securing, and maintaining employment. Attendees will learn how to access and use the new vocational evaluation tool.

Session Objectives

Attendees will be familiarized with the Blind Services Foundation Vocational Evaluation Tool (BSFVET) and learn:

How the BSFVET was developed and what other tools are similar.
How to administer the BSFVET using either the online or a hardcopy option.
How to interpret student/client scores and establish training goals collaboratively.

This session is presented by Karen Wolffe, Ph.D., Career Counseling & Consultation, LLC.

Contributors

Karen Wolffe

Dr. Karen Wolffe manages a private practice as a career counselor and consultant in Austin, Texas. She coordinates content for the World Blind Union’s employment resources website, Project Aspiro, consults with organizations and schools worldwide on employability skills training and transition programming for individuals with visual disabilities, and teaches distance education courses. Dr. Wolffe has written extensively and lectured worldwide on the importance of careers and employment, social skills development, self-determination, and transition in the lives of people with visual disabilities.