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From: Marda.Anderson@f150.n321.z1.fidonet.org (Marda Anderson)
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Subject: interest tests
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Date: 27 Jun 90 20:29:50 GMT
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Hi, Ann.  I agree that interest tests, while they lmay be somewhat 
helpful for some people, to give them general characteristics, I think 
their usefulness is extremely limited and I hate to see it when the 
rehab professionals use them to try to force someone into a field which 
doesn't interest them in the least but which will be easier for the 
counselor to plug them into.  I've seen that happen often.  Of course, 
I've also seen cases where the tests indicated an interest which the 
person agreed with and wanted to pursue but which the rehab people 
thought was not for him.  They gave him a comprehensive vocational 
evaluation which confirmed his interest in computer programming.  Alas, 
they happened to be wanting to fill the local medical transcription 
program so they ignore both his wishes and the tests and put on his 
eval that he should be in medical transcription.  When he refused, they  
stopped giving him services.  As with so many things, either extreme can  
produce problems.
marda

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