CDMS Vocational Rehabilitation and Return-to-Work Programs 3

Question 1

What is the Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) in state VR programs?

Accepted Answer

A written agreement between the VR counselor and consumer outlining employment goal and services

Answer

An employer's written reasonable accommodation plan

Answer

A structured interview form used by vocational evaluators

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A federal disability benefit application form

Question 2

Which factor most often predicts a worker's successful return to work following a significant workplace injury?

Accepted Answer

Employer willingness to offer modified duty and the worker's positive recovery expectations

Answer

The severity of the physical injury alone

Answer

The amount of the workers' compensation indemnity benefit

Answer

The injured worker's age at time of injury

Question 3

What does 'work conditioning' differ from 'work hardening' in occupational rehabilitation?

Accepted Answer

Work conditioning focuses on physical restoration only, while work hardening addresses physical and behavioral work readiness

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Work conditioning involves multidisciplinary teams while work hardening does not

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Work conditioning is reserved for cognitive impairments; work hardening is for physical injuries

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Work conditioning is administered by physicians; work hardening by counselors

Question 4

Which vocational rehabilitation concept involves placing a worker in a job with structured support and gradually fading that support over time?

Accepted Answer

Supported employment with natural supports fade

Answer

Work hardening

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Transitional employment

Answer

Situational assessment

Question 5

A disability management specialist determines that an injured worker cannot return to their previous occupation due to permanent restrictions. The NEXT step is to:

Accepted Answer

Conduct a transferable skills analysis and labor market survey to identify feasible alternative occupations

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Close the claim as permanent total disability

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Immediately enroll the worker in a two-year degree program

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Request an independent medical examination to dispute the restrictions

Question 6

What is the role of 'natural supports' in supported employment programs?

Accepted Answer

Co-workers, supervisors, and workplace resources that provide assistance without external funding

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Government-funded job coaches assigned to every supported employee

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Workplace accommodations paid for by the VR agency

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Employer incentive programs funded by WIOA