Journal of Occupational Psychology, employment and Disability Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2008
Editorial
- Editorial: Spring 2008 (43KB)
Standpoint
- Investigating unemployment: Capability and methodology – (91KB) Dr Roger James
Articles
Can the Psychological Contract Theory explain non-engagement to attend Work Focused Interviews? – Sharon Patmore
Peer perceptions of accommodation unfairness – Dr Ramona L. Paetzold, Dr Maria Fernanda García and Dr Adrienne Colella
A literature review of self-efficacy and effective jobsearch – David Booth and Dr Roger James
The added value of Motivational Interviewing within employment assessments – Victoria Graham, Simi Jutla, Danny Higginson and Alyson Wells
Book Reviews
- Vocational Rehabilitation (40KB) – Reviewed by Dr Clive Langman
- A self-determined future with Asperger Syndrome (46KB) – Reviewed by Gurcharn Dhillon
- Models of madness: psychological approaches, social and biological approaches to schizophrenia (40KB) – Reviewed by David Russell
- Experiencing recruitment and selection (41KB) – Reviewed by Rachel Kennedy
Journal of Occupational Psychology, Employment and Disability, Vol 9 No 2, Autumn 2007
Editorial
- Editorial: Autumn 2007 (1.11MB)
Standpoint
- Finding and Keeping work:
Specifying the issues, activities, roles and supports needed for those with
mental health needs (592KB) – David Booth, Simon Francis and Dr Roger James
Articles
Work Solutions Working Group: Past, Present and Future - Rebecca Hilton and Karen Lewis
Towards a Holistic Approach to Designing Work Solutions - Malcolm Jackson and Moira Coates
Ergonomics and Work Solutions Training - Malcolm Jackson, Dona Collingwood and David Hitchcock
What Do the Experts Say about Accessibility? - David Hitchcock and James O’Malley
The Continuing Development of AbilityMatch - David Hitchcock, Malcolm Jackson and Moira Coates
A Proposed Structure for AbilityMatch Case Studies - Richard Birkin, Michael Meehan, David Hitchcock and Nadine Geddes
AbilityMatch Case Study: Identifying Work Solutions to Aid Employment Retention - Frances Flynn
Journal of Occupational Psychology, Employment and Disability, Vol 9 No 1, Spring 2007
Editorial
- Editorial: Spring 2007 (40KB)
Standpoint
- Job-Capability Match, adviser skills and the Five Self-Efficacy Barriers to employment (498KB)– Dr Roger James
Conference report
- 7th conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (350KB)– Moira Coates
Articles
Improving labour force health through the application of health psychology - Anna Sallis
The added value of Solutions Focus within Work Focussed Interviews - Alyson Wells
Using CBT to improve employment outcomes for Incapacity Benefit customers: Interim report - David Winspear
Psychogenic Amnesia – a suitable case for employment? - Denise Moore
Book review
- The Complete Guide To Asperger’s Syndrome (313KB) – Debra Bodenham
Journal of Occupational Psychology, Employment and Disability, Vol 8 No 2, Autumn 2006
Editorial
- Editorial: Autumn 2006 (45KB)
Articles
Using AbilityMatch to identify potential work solutions for an employee with blepharospasm dystonia - Georgina Wong
Evaluating the accessibility of a public access kiosk for jobseekers - James O'Malley and David Hitchcock
An expert appraisal of a computer mouse intended to help upper limb disorders - David Hitchcock and Sue Swain
Employer willingness to consider workplace adjustments for people with mental health problems - David Russell
When empiricism and theory meet - Don Brennan
Test review
- Evaluation of Adult Directions (45KB)– Giselle Parker and Joanna Luckhurst
Journal of Occupational Psychology, Employment and Disability, Vol 8 no 1, Spring 2006
Editorial
- Editorial: Spring 2006 (27KB)
Standpoint
- Response to Nicola Dodu’s ‘Is
employment good for well-being? A literature review’ (27KB) – David Grubb
Articles
Exploring the impact of Psychological Assessment for Disabled Job Seekers - Katherine Bonney and Prof. Robert B Stammers
Employment Advisers in GPs' Surgeries: Some Potential Success Factors - David Booth
Workstation Accessibility and Usability: The Heart of Designing Work Solutions - David Hitchcock, Becky Hilton, Dona Teasdale, Evelyn Russell, Fari Haynes, Frances Flynn, Malcolm Jackson, Moira Coates and Rae Mortimer
Test review
- Evaluation of tests from the Vienna Test
System for Work Psychologist Use within Jobcentre Plus (56KB) –
Giselle Parker & Nicola
Oliver
Journal of Occupational Psychology, Employment and Disability, Vol 7 no 2, Autumn 2005
Editorial
- Editorial: Autumn 2005 (40KB)
Standpoint
- Climbing out of the Ditch: a Personal View (47KB) – Nick Edwards
Articles
Exploring the impact of Psychological Assessment for Disabled Job Seekers - Katharine Bonney and Prof. Robert B. Stammers
Evaluating the Manchester Occupational Guidance Goals and Interest Exercise (MOGGIE) - David Hitchcock, Tim Edmonds, Stephen Burchill and Michael Hussey
Supported employment experiences of workers with mental health or learning disabilities. – Yvonne Butcher
Dyslexia and the Workplace - Wendy Pain and Giselle Parker
Employment assessments for customers over retirement age - Giselle Parker & Helen Hughes
The Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI): An Overview and Case Studies in Occupational Assessment. - Thomas Garland
Test review
- The Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) (54KB)– Thomas Garland
Journal of Occupational Psychology, Employment and Disability Vol 7 No 1, Spring 2005
Editorial
- Editorial: Spring 2005 (341KB)
Standpoint
Comment on the Use of AbilityMatch in Employment Assessments (2.39MB) – Justine Webb
Conference Report - Special
Employment Issues and the 20th World Congress of Rehabilitation International (2.38MB) – Richard Birkin and Dr Michael Meehan
Articles
Is Employment Good for Well-being? A Literature Review - Nicola Dodu
The Use of Colour in Interface Design and its Impact on Accessibility: A Guide - Gret Higgins
A Case Conferencing Model for Advisers with ‘Harder to Help’ Clients - Richard Hooper
Musculoskeletal Disorders, Case Management and Rehabilitation: A Review – David N. Lee
The use of cognitive behavioural therapy within JobCentre Plus: helping customers with disabilities and health problems back to work – David Winspear and Caroline Robertson
Journal of Occupational Psychology, Employment and Disability Vol 6 No 2, Autumn 2004
Editorial
- Editorial: Autumn 2004 (35KB)
Standpoint
- Working in health:
the occupational psychology contribution (46KB) – by Helen Orpe
Articles
Can the Activity Matching Ability System contribute to Employment Assessment? An initial discussion of job performance and a survey of work psychologist views – by Richard Birkin, Victoria Haines, David Hitchcock, David Fox, Nick Edwards, Stephen Duckworth, Rosie Gleeson, Tanya Navarro, Anna Hondroudakis, Tony Foy and Michael Meehan.
Fear of reduced income as a disincentive to seek employment among IB claimants: an experimental investigation – by Tim Edmonds
Is inclusive design ready to improve employment opportunities? – by David Hitchcock
The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) and its use within the occupational assessment process – by Michael Tombs
Book reviews
- The human-computer
interaction handbook: fundamentals, evolving technologies and emerging
applications (47KB) – Reviewed by David Booth
- Asperger Syndrome
Employment Workbook: an employment workbook for adults with Asperger Syndrome (54KB) – Reviewed
by Helen Hughes, James Jardine and Allan Whiteside
- Asperger Syndrome
Employment Workbook: an employment workbook for adults with Asperger Syndrome (48KB) – Reviewed
by Colleen Makray and Richard Birkin
Journal of Occupational Psychology, Employment and Disability Vol 6 No 1, Spring 2004
Editorial
- Editorial: Spring 2004 (18KB)
Standpoint
- Talk, walk
or drive with Employment Assessment? Thanks for the Obee-Snodgrass jump start (15KB) – by
Richard Birkin and Michael Meehan
Articles
P values and power in psychological research: do your research statistics tell the whole story? – by David Fox
Limitations in using the ‘At Risk’ quotient of the Dyslexia Adult Screening Test: a technical note – by Malcolm Jackson
Factors affecting the employment of individuals who report mental health difficulties: an exploratory study – by Sharon Patmore
Development of a web-based vocational guidance tool for jobseekers with disabilities – by Emily Rye, David Booth and Rachel Green
Read abstracts of the above articles
Test reviews
- Size (PASS
2002) Software: A Review of Power Analysis and Sample (17KB) – Reviewed
by David Fox
- Manchester
Occupational Guidance Goals and Interest Exercise (MOGGIE) (13KB) – Reviewed
by Anne Hinchliffe
- Computerised
testing in Jobcentre Plus: a review of the Destiny Series (22KB) – Reviewed
by Giselle Parker, Helen Hughes and Richard Snodgrass
Book review
- Confronting
company politics (15KB) – reviewed by Barbara Mills
Website review
- Internet
searching tips for psychologists (13KB) – reviewed by Karen Gommersall
Journal of Occupational Psychology, Employment and Disability Vol 5 No 2, Summer 2003
Editorial
- Editorial: Summer 2003 (16KB)
Standpoint
- Putting 'work'
into good practice: a response to J Obee’s article, “Good practice
in the assessment of dyslexic clients” (14KB) – by Richard Snodgrass
- Putting 'work'
into good practice: a rejoinder to Richard Snodgrass (14KB) – comments
by John Obee
- A proposed section
for the Psychology of Inclusion (14KB) – by Elaine Chamberlain and
Dr Mick Meehan
- General letters
Articles
Disability and work: the case for women with Fragile X – by Dr Fehmidah and Dr Kim Cornish
Alternatives to face-to-face assessments: some implications from a highland perspective – by Margaret Saunders
Attention Deficit Disorder and the Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder scales (Brown ADD scales): an overview and case studies in employment assessment – by Allan Whiteside
Test reviews
- The Brown Attention Deficit Disorder Scales (134KB) – reviewed by Allan Whiteside
- Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS) (139KB) – reviewed
by Elaine Chamberlain
- Work Personality Profile (134KB) – reviewed by Richard Hooper
Book reviews
- Dyspraxia: the hidden handicap by Dr Amanda Kirby (7KB) – reviewed by Gurcharn
Dhillon
Journal of Occupational Psychology, Employment and Disability Vol 5 No 1, Winter 2002
Editorial
- Editorial: Winter 2002 (21KB)
Articles
From the outside looking in: the relationship of learning disabled job seekers to the world of work – by Elaine Chamberlain
Good practice in the assessment of Dyslexic clients – by John Obee
Occupationally focussed interpretations of the WAIS III in employment assessments – by Alyson S Wells, Giselle Parker and Richard Snodgrass
Test reviews
- A synopsis of the Vienna Test System: a computer aided psychological diagnosis (134KB) – reviewed
by Allan Whiteside
- Assessability (139KB) – reviewed
by Jilly Gibson
- WRAT 3: Wide
Range Achievement Test (134KB) – reviewed by Giselle Parker
Journal of the Application of Occupational Psychology to Employment and Disability Vol 4 No 1, October 2001
Editorial
- Editorial: October 2001 (17KB)
Articles
Exploring the role of assessment in Access To Work: information from two case studies – by Richard Birkin, Michael Meehan and Barbara Willoughby
Enabling an individual with manic depression to obtain employment: the role of personal advisers and employability – by Peter Ley, Richard Birkin and Michael Meehan
Employment rehabilitation following Traumatic Brain Injury: a single case study – by Dr Andrew W McAnespie and Anna Lawrence
Employment assessment for unemployed and disabled people: could item response theory offer a fairer deal? – by David Fox
Computerised testing: a literature review – by Tessa Hollingsworth
Test reviews
- The Test
of Everyday Attention (TEA) (17KB) – reviewed by Dr Andrew W McAnespie
- Customer
first – a measure of customer service skills (18KB) – reviewed
by Debra Bodenham
- Coping
Scale for Adults (CSA) (25KB) – reviewed by Jilly Gibson
Book reviews
- Jobs,
technology and people by Nik Chmiel (9KB) – reviewed by Val Sinclair
Journal of the Application of Occupational Psychology to Employment and Disability Vol 3 No 1, October 2000
Editorial
- Editorial: October 2000 (60KB)
Articles
A case study using the future Education Training Series – by Anna Lawrence
The use of WAIS III when assessing a client who has experienced a brain haemorrhage in infancy – by Emma Myring
The use of interpreters when conducting interviews in the employment assessment of people who are pre-lingually deaf – by Sarah-Louise Hudson
The vocational card sort used in career counselling with disabled ex-services people – by Migel Jayasinghe
Book reviews
- Living
with Dyspraxia – a guide for adults with developmental dyspraxia
by Mary Colley and the Dyspraxia Foundation Support Group (12KB) – reviewed
by Emma Myring
- Test
interpretation and diversity: achieving equity in assessment by Jonathan
Sandoval et al (13KB) – reviewed by Rae Vermeulen
Journal of the Application of Occupational Psychology to Employment and Disability Vol 2 No 2, April 2000
Editorial
- Editorial: April 2000 (25KB)
Articles
Use of WAIS III when assessing a client with hypopituitarism – by Helena Barker
Vocational rehabilitation after severe Traumatic Brain Injury: II specialist interventions and outcomes – by Andy Tyerman and Kerry Young
Innovation in the workplace: new directions - by Emma Myring
Assessing and managing development Dyslexia in the workplace – by Diana Bartlett and Sylvia Moody
The Dyslexia Adult Screening Test (DAST): a review – by Lucy Gunn
How do you know when and if a candidate with a disability needs a test accommodation? – by Paula Lanchbury and Anne Kearns
Test reviews
- The Dyslexia
Adult Screening Test (DAST) (18KB) – reviewed by Debra Bodenham
- Future
Education and Training Series (FEATS) (26KB) – reviewed by Rosemary
Bristow, Anna Lawrence and Linda Steele
Book reviews
- Traumatic
Brain Injury rehabilitation for everyday adaptive living by Jennie
Ponsford et al (14KB) – reviewed by Juliet Walsh
Journal of the Application of Occupational Psychology to Employment and Disability Vol 2 No 1, October 1999
Editorial
- Editorial: October 1999 (27KB)
Articles
The use of cognitive behavioural techniques in the assessment of a client with anxiety – by Katherine Brown
Cognitive behavioural interventions and unemployment: a personal view of its relevance and possible applications to Disability Service client groups – by Prue Terry
The influence of cognitive, behavioural and humanistic psychology on work preparation/vocational rehabilitation programmes – by Jonathan Leach
The key dimensions of employability for disabled people – by Richard Birkin and Michael Meehan
Vocational rehabilitation after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: evaluation of a specialist assessment programme – by Andy Tyerman and Kerry Young
Developing employment services for people with a history of long-term mental health difficulties under the New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) pilot in Bolton – by David Booth
Introducing a framework for evaluating Psychological Assessment Materials (PAM) for use in employment assessment situations – by Richard Birkin and Michael Meehan
Book reviews
- Personnel
selection (third edition) by Mark Cook (10KB) – reviewed by Emily
Morris
- Measuring
health: a review of quality of life measurement scales (second edition)
by Ann Bowling (14KB) – reviewed by Rae Vermeulen
- Enabling
technology: disabled people, work and new technology by Alan Roulstone (10KB) – reviewed
by Elaine Chamberlain
- Essential
of WAIS III assessment by AS Kaufman and EO Lichtenberger (10KB) – reviewed
by Anne Kearns
Journal of the Application of Occupational Psychology to Employment and Disability Vol 1 No 2, April 1999
Editorial
- Editorial: April 1999 (23KB)
Articles
Time, Tenacity and Making Use of Other Professions and Disability Specific Information to Ensure a Positive Outcome in a Complex Retention Case – by Paula Lanchbury
The Use of the Consultancy Cycle in Mental Health Cases – by Emily Morris
The Use of Psychometric Tests in the Employment Assessment of Pre-Lingually Deaf People – by Hugh Gladden
A Review of the Work Readiness Profile – by Malcolm Jackson
Journal of the Application of Occupational Psychology to Employment and Disability Vol 1 No 1, October 1998
Editorial
- Editorial: October
1998 (17KB)
Articles
Insights gained into Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised from collaborating with speech and language therapist - Helena Barker
Spina Bifida/Hydrocephalus: Possible implications for clerical/administrative work (Retention case study) - Di Balding
British Quality Foundation (BQF) and the Team Climate Inventory - Karen Rainbird
Tips for good practice when dealing with clients with mental health difficulties - Helena Barker
Operationalising the construct of employability - Rae Vermeulen and Anne Kearns
Test review
- Informal review
of the adult memory and information processing battery
(31KB) – Paul T Weldon