This service provides vocational counseling to eligible North Carolina residents with blindness, deaf/blindness or vision loss.  It helps individuals set job goals that best suit their abilities, skills, interests and resources.

Services are provided by trained vocational rehabilitation counselors, staff of the Rehabilitation Center for the Blind in Raleigh, and Evaluation Unit staff. Key areas for counseling include:

-Making an informed choice about a vocational goal

-Understanding the individual eye conditions and adjusting to blindness or low vision

-Developing the skills needed to get, keep or regain a job

-Understanding the training program and job duties

-Managing stress during training and the job search

Vocational counseling is provided to eligible individuals by trained vocational rehabilitation counselors, Rehabilitation Center for the Blind staff, and Evaluation Unit staff, so individuals can select a vocational goal that best suits their abilities, skills, interests, capabilities, resources, and informed choice. Counseling is provided by Rehabilitation Counselors and Rehabilitation Center for the Blind staff about their eye conditions and adjustment to blindness, deaf/blindness or low vision. Counseling and guidance is provided to individuals about compliance with training services and job duties.