| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction to vocational rehabilitation -- History of forensic vocational rehabilitation consulting -- Forensic rehabilitation and vocational earning capacity models -- Medical evidence and residual functional capacity -- Psychometric assessment in forensic vocational rehabilitation -- Transferability of skills : historical foundations and development -- Job analysis -- Labor market survey -- Occupational and labor market information -- Introduction to the American legal system and rules of civil procedure : a primer for vocational experts -- Case conceptualization : achieving opinion validity through the lens of clinical judgment -- Interpreting rehabilitation research -- Understanding rules of evidence and their application to expert testimony -- Consultation in social security disability law -- Consultation in civil injury litigation -- Consultation in marital dissolution and family law -- Consultation in employment law -- Consultation in workers' compensation law -- Introduction to life care planning -- Worklife expectancy models and concepts -- Issues in the handoff to a forensic economist -- Professional identity, standards, and ethical issues |
| Summary |
This is the first fundamental text to focus specifically on forensic vocational rehabilitation, a field that is forecast to grow rapidly. Forensic vocational rehabilitation consultants evaluate the vocational and rehabilitation needs of individuals in an array of legal settings such as civil litigation, workers' compensation, Social Security disability, and others. The text is unique in its exploration of the vocational rehabilitation process from a biopsychosocial perspective that views disability as a complex and multidimensional construct. The book comprehensively describes the parameters a |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Vocational rehabilitation -- United States
|
|
Forensic psychiatry -- United States
|
|
Forensic psychiatry
|
|
Vocational rehabilitation
|
|
United States
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
1306183278 |
|
9781306183277 |
|
9780826199287 |
|
0826199283 |
|
