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For over fifty-five years, IRI has been a national
forum for discussing the important challenges facing
the State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services
Program. It is the longest running event of its kind
in the rehabilitation field, and one of the longest
in the human services profession. The IRI has enjoyed
a long and fruitful history of cooperation and affiliation
among state VR agencies and Rehabilitation Services
Administration (RSA).
The IRI Planning Committee
has employed numerous strategies to identify the topics
selected with major input from the VR agency representatives.
These topics are a result of the call for topic materials
disseminated under the signature of the Commissioner
of RSA. The IRI monographs are widely used by VR counselors
and supervisors, Human Resource Development (HRD)
specialists, community-based rehabilitation service
providers, administrators, researchers, and education
and policy analysts.
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