Rehabilitation Institute

Specializations: Social Psychology of Disability, Rehabilitation Psychology, and Psychiatric Rehabilitation
 
Dr. James E. Bordieri is the Director and a Professor in the Rehabilitation Institute, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He earned a doctorate in Psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1980. He has received national research awards for his work in rehabilitation management, applications of attribution theory to rehabilitation, and validation of vocational assessment instruments. Dr. Bordieri has consulted on disability issues nationally as well as to organizations in China, Russia and Brazil. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and his current research interests are in the areas of performance enhancement and sport psychology.

Bordieri, J., Drehmer, D., & Taylor, D. (1997). Work life for employees with disabilities: Recommendations for promotion. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 40, 181-190.

Comninel, M., & Bordieri, J. (2001). Estimating WISC-III scores for special education students using the Dumont-Faro short form. Psychology in the Schools, 38, 11-16.

Kluesner, B., Taylor, D., & Bordieri, J. (2005). An investigation of the job tasks and functions of providers of job placement activities. Journal of Rehabilitation, 71, 26-35.

Kilbury, R., Eckert, J., Bordieri, J., Morton, D., McGraw-Hunter, M., & Rasheed, S. (2003). A comparison between Illinois’ vocational rehabilitation and home services (Medicaid waiver) programs: Implications for assisting individuals with the most significant disabilities. Journal of Rehabilitation Administration, 27, 95-100.

Upton, T., Bordieri, J., & Roberts, M. (2002). Australian relevance of community-based social skills and work readiness training for adults with traumatic brain injury. Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counseling, 8, 1-11.

Upton, T., & Bordieri, J. (2001). Development and initial provision of intensive social skills and work readiness training for adults with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury Source, 5, 30-34.