Relationship of perceptions of clients' functioning levels to rehabilitation outcome and closure

This research investigated the relationship between perceptions of clients' functioning levels and rehabilitation outcome and closure. A sample of forty-one (41) clients and nine (9) facility counselors was utilized. Existing data from the Client Goal Achievement Instruments (CGAI-I, counselor form and CGAI-II, client form) were utilized. In addition, follow-up client data obtained through the computer access information center was also studied. The data were analyzed through chi-square analysis; the .05 level of significance was used to test null hypotheses. This study concluded that there was no relationship between clients' perceptions of their functioning levels and their rehabilitation outcome and closure. In addition, there was no relationship between counselors' perceptions of clients' functioning levels and clients' rehabilitation outcome and closure. The study also concluded that facility counselors perceived those clients who had unsuccessful rehabilitation outcome and closure to be higher on levels of functioning than those clients who were successful. Furthermore, the study concluded that those clients who had unsuccessful rehabilitation outcome were more likely to have successful closure than those clients who had successful rehabilitation outcome. Finally, the study concluded that clients' perceptions of their functioning levels were more accurate than facility counselors' perceptions of the clients' functioning levels.