Rehabilitation counselor variables in initial interview and assessment of client vocational needs

It was the purpose of this study (1) to compare predicted rankings of client vocational needs made by vocational rehabilitation counselors upon completion of an Initial interview with tested needs rankings obtained by the client on the Minnesota Importance Questionnaire and (2) to evaluate taped recordings for five counselor variables from these initial interviews for the purpose of comparing counselors who did and those who did not match successfully with the client's vocational needs as ranked from the Minnesota Importance Questionnaire.