Career Counseling in Rural British Columbia

Abstract

Within the British Columbia Interior region, a one-person team, or services broker, approach has proven effective and economical in assisting visually impaired and blind clients to be educated, trained, and employed within their own communities, where most of them prefer to stay. It has been shown to be a viable option to the team of specialists approach; not by replacing it but rather by reworking its component parts into one job, which allows a career counselor to provide qualities services as needed, under the auspices of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the Canada Employment Outreach Programme.