Evaluation for Workplace Disability
20 hours | 20 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on Evaluation for Workplace Disability is presented by Lisa M. Drago, Ph.D., ABPP. This badge-earning program can be shared digitally on platforms like LinkedIn or your resume and counts towards a certificate. Enroll in this program to earn credit towards Civil Forensic Assessment Certificate and share your new digital credentials with prospective employers and colleagues.
This program provides a conceptual framework and practical strategies for forensic evaluations in matters involving disability statuses such as ADA, disability insurance, and social security. The program begins with an overview of various types of disability cases, emphasizing the underlying legal context, including recent changes to social security regulations.
Next, the basis for the evaluation of a disability is explored, focusing on functional assessment. Specific subtopics include avoiding ethical pitfalls, understanding the role of diagnosis, assessing dissimulation, and identifying examiner-related threats to validity.
This is followed by a discussion of practical strategies for designing an effective assessment, organizing and weighing data, and communicating the findings. Participants will have the opportunity to practice these skills through in-depth case studies, including background information, test data, and collateral information.
Intended Audience
This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals
Experience Level
This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe the psycho-legal question to address in disability evaluations
Describe the importance of correctly identifying the definition of disability
Describe examples of potential ethical issues that may arise in disability evaluations
Describe why functional capacity is more important than a diagnosis in disability evaluations
Describe how condition, functional limitations, and work demands interact in the determination of disability
Describe how recent changes in Social Security law affect disability evaluations
Describe appropriate methods for data collection in disability evaluations
Describe how issues of cultural diversity can impact the examinee’s presentation in a disability evaluation
Describe strategies for the Assessmentof malingering in disability evaluations
Describe evaluation data presented in two case studies
Presented By
Lisa M. Drago, Ph.D., ABPP
Lisa Drago, Ph.D., ABPP is a board-certified forensic psychologist (ABPP). She has been in practice since 1994. Specializing in civil forensic matters, Dr. Drago is in private practice in Annapolis, Maryland. She has a particular interest in employment-related cases including disability, wrongful t...
Curriculum
1. Workplace Disability Introduction
2. Ethical Issues
3. Ms. Khalid Discussion
4. Legal Framework
5. Risk of Relapse
6. Evaluating Disability
7. PTSD
8. Substance Abuse and Traumatic Brain Injury
9. Job Demands
10. Ms. Khalid Discussion - Job Demands Discussion
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CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.