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Author: Jay Spiegel | [ Next Thread |
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] Date Posted: 21:32:20 01/17/02 Thu Having reviewed the minutes I want to offer a clarification (from my perspective). I don't think we all agreed that employability is a change recommended by our group. That is, I hope that item IX is more reflective of VVRA intent. What I mean is that there should be a category of client's that we can professionally assess as not being able to return to a suitable wage. And that process would allow for review/informal conference. I hope that we very carefully approach the issue of moving from suitable work to simple suitability. I am not completely unsympathetic to the issue but believe that as counselors we have an ethical responsibility to move very slowly on such a signiciant change. I would like a much more detailed discussion of this matter, so that we more fully appreciate the implications of such a change. This statute has existed for how long? It clearly provides a protection to the client ( whether we agree with it or not). If we as a group go on record as supporting this change ( particularly if our deliberations are limited), what sort of credibility will we have for future interactions where we need to have the trust of our clients. I propose that VVRA suggest that some mechanism for studying possible satutory changes be considered well in advance of actually recommending such change. Additionally, is there some way that we can receive notice of when the DOL may submit legislation modifying the statute? When the current statute changes were made, few knew of the change before the fact. I think the DOL simply found a rep willing to sponsor the changes and off it went.I would like to know that we would know of pending legislation in advance. I would love to hear feedback on these suggestions, Jay Spiegel [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Iris Banks [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 08:07:17 01/18/02 Fri I think you've raised some very good points, Jay. I believe that there are situations where we just cannot get clients to suitable employment, but I'm concerned about what their recourse would be; there are certainly ethical questions here that need further exploration. I'd be interested to hear feedback from others on this issue. As far as the timing of statutory changes and our knowledge of them, I would propose that we request from the DOL to have continued/ongoing representation in discussion of any proposed changes to VR. I feel that our representatives to the task force have done a great job so far of sharing information between the DOL and the VR community and in the process have presented proposals which would provide services more efficiently and cost effectively which was one of the major purposes of the task force. I think that keeping this connection going would benefit all parties. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |