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ICF-Based Process Management in Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Spinal Cord Injury

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This chapter illustrates first experiences with the practical application of a participation-oriented rehabilitation management strategy in the Swiss Paraplegic Centre (SPZ), a specialized rehabilitation clinic for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). The SPZ follows a rehabilitation strategy based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). In this chapter, we focus on the application of this strategy in the context of vocational rehabilitation (VR). In a first step, we will describe the organizational and legal context in which VR takes place at the SPZ. Then we show how the ICF is implemented in the structures and processes of the SPZ in general and of the Institute of Vocational Counseling (IBF) as part of the SPZ in particular. In so doing, we focus on the introduction of specific goal categories in the rehabilitation process. In addition, and using a concrete case example, we illustrate the recently developed treatment process, vocational measures. The chapter will conclude with reflections on open issues and future strategies.

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  1. Swiss Paraplegic Center, Nottwil, Switzerland

    Stefan Staubli & Klaus Schmitt

  2. Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland

    Urban Schwegler & Bruno Trezzini

  3. Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Urban Schwegler

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  1. Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA

    Reuben Escorpizo

  2. Research Unit, Directorate for Labour and Welfare, Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Sören Brage

  3. Department of Rehabilitation and Counsel, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin, USA

    Debra Homa

  4. Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Luzern, Switzerland

    Gerold Stucki

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Staubli, S., Schwegler, U., Schmitt, K., Trezzini, B. (2015). ICF-Based Process Management in Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Spinal Cord Injury. In: Escorpizo, R., Brage, S., Homa, D., Stucki, G. (eds) Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation. Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08825-9_17

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