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Click for details	Social Security Vocational Expert Testimony and Psychiatric Impairments: How does the SSVE respond to Non-Exertional Limitations in Hypotheticals Currently 41% of adults aged 18-64 that are receiving Social Security Disability Benefits have a primary diagnosis that is mental and this diagnostic category is the fastest growing diagnostic group at application and hearing level. This webinar will review the common types of hypothetical non-exertional limitations presented at a hearing level. Presentation will include how to utilize reliable occupational information, research and how to present information that is in conflict with the DOT to respond to non-exertional hypotheticals and identify appropriate occupations and job numbers.
Click for details	Education Law: A New Frontier for Vocational Rehabilitation Transition planning, assessment and rehabilitation counseling are among the components addressed in The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997. Unfortunately, schools are ill equipped to provide vocational assessments and realistic transition planning for special education students, yet they are attempting to do so. Education law attorneys and parents are beginning to learn the importance of vocational assessments and rehabilitation counseling and are requesting these services. This presentation will provide the beginning tools to add transition planning and broaden your practice.
Click for details	Starting or Steering Your Forensic/Expert Witness Practice A forensic/expert witness practice is a unique profession, with special requirements, challenges and benefits. Because an expert consultant is part of the legal system, the marketing parameters are also unique. Considering that most of our webinar attendees are already involved in legal consulting, we will (quickly) review the components of being an expert witness, and then devote most of our time to maximizing your marketing to increase the quantity and quality of your engagements.
Click for details	The Complex World of Healthcare Ethics Ethics begins with each and every one of us. It is the gray area where answers are elusive and complicated. Ethics can be a way of protecting oneself and one’s agency against potential disaster. The presentation on ethics will provide participants with a broad view of ethics in the healthcare arena. We will discuss the role of Ethics Committees and Institutional Review Boards. Other ethics issues to be discussed include boundaries, dual relationships and eugenics.
Click for details	Internet Based Forensic Rehabilitation Power Tools for the 21st Century This presentation demonstrates how to work smarter, not harder, when conducting occupational and labor market research. Participants will be able to exploit the latest interfaces between social media and Web content to maximize forensic rehabilitation research outcomes.
Click for details	Decoding a Neuropsychological Report; Are You Interpreting This Correctly? Cognitive functioning found in neuropsychological evaluations often translates into the work place. By establishing knowledge in the different cognitive domains and an understanding of potential deficits, vocational professionals will be better able to make more accurate recommendations for realistic return to work efforts and ongoing treatment.
Click for details	Social Security Vocational Expert Testimony Regarding Limitations and Transferability Occasionally the SS VE is presented with hypotheticals that will not allow a clear-cut decision about whether or not occupations exist within the limitations posed. Part of this presentation will discuss how the occupational base becomes more and more eroded for hypotheticals in these marginal areas. In addition, the presenters will discuss transferability for the older worker.
Click for details	Self Awareness Deficits in Brain Injury: Impact on Life Care Planning Can you imagine your world if you were not able to identify and correct mistakes you make every day? If the foundation you build as the basis of your reality is built upon error after error? This is often the world faced by survivors of acquired brain injury with frontal lobe injury leading to impaired self awareness (ISA), or “Anosognosia”.
Click for details	Clinical Judgment This program addresses the meaning and intent of “clinical judgment” within the context of forensic rehabilitation consulting based on peer-reviewed journal articles regarding this methodology. Ample time will be reserved for questions and comments.
Click for details	Job Numbers and Labor Market Resources for Occupations This presentation examines different types of available public information for occupations, labor markets, government sources and self-report vs. employer-reported. Also reviewed are relationships of various data resources, current methods of estimating employment number, in-depth examples of the "Industry context" approach, impact of the estimation methodology by groups of occupations, "Unskilled, Sedentary" DOT occupations, and the future evolution of the "industry context" model.
Click for details	SSA Vocational Experts - Basics This program is designed for the entry level practitioner or those considering entering into the SSA-VE specialty. The presenters will explain practice fundamentals including a description of commonly used industry “jargon”. The session will discuss how vocational experts (VEs) work for Social Security.

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