Vocational
Disability Assessment: an analysis of the impact of physical
and/or mental impairment upon an individual's employability and wage earning
capacity.
The
components of this assessment may include the following:
- Review
of all pertinent documents - medical reports, resume, work
history and educational records
- Interview
- with the individual to gather pertinent information concerning work
history, schooling, training, skills, and perceived functional capacities
- Testing
- to assess general learning ability, aptitudes, and interests (need
for testing determined on an individual basis)
- Transferable
skills analysis - an analysis to determine future potential
employment options with or without training; analysis is conducted
utilizing a combination of a computer program (the McCroskey Transferable
Skills Program) and the traditional manual process. This analysis
takes into account the individual’s work history, education,
test results and current medical issues.
- Rehabilitation
planning - if appropriate and feasible, recommendation of
services needed to facilitate an individual's ability to compete for
positions in the open labor market; vocational feasibility (whether
the individual can benefit from a rehabilitation plan) is also considered
- Employability
assessment - the individual's potential to access occupations
in the labor market related to medical work restrictions and other
vocational factors
- Wage
earning capacity - potential to earn wages at the present
and in the future related to specific occupations
A Day in the Life Video: a movie that captures the primary
impact of the impairment upon the individual's activities of daily living.
As a skilled consultant and digital videographer, I interview and film
individuals with catastrophic injuries in order to obtain an accurate
depiction of the nature and severity of their impairment. For a short
example of my work, click on this link: ADL
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