Saturday, March 28, 2009 7:00 am - 8:00 am 8:00 am - 9:30 am # of CEU’s Available ABVE 2.25
Continental Breakfast The Iatrogenic and Bureaugenic Circumstances that Accompany Vocational Disability Jasen Walker, Ed.D., CRC, CCM, D/ABVE Being out of work, being "disabled", is a complex psychosocial phenomenon. The disability
All Other Bodies analyst adds value to the assessment process by understanding and describing the psychoso1.5 potential cial and social factors that cause and perpetuate lost work time following injury or illness. This
session will outline the many causes of vocational disability.
9:30 am - 10:30 am # of CEU’s Available ABVE 1.5
Malingering Kenneth J. Manges, Ph.D., D/ABVE
A recent Google© search indicates that there are approximately 489,000 entries for the term
All Other Bodies ‘malingering.’ Current estimates of malingering in civil ligation are reportedly within the range 1.0 potential of 20% to 40% for all cases. In the practice of vocational analysis, malingering is a crucial mat-
ter as we make assertions that could result in testimony about an individual's capacity to be employed based on spurious data, such assertions reflects poorly on the vocational expert’s credibility and opinions. Too often the issue of malingering is considered as either a yes or no decision - in reality the issue is a great deal more complex and deserves closer scrutiny. The label of malingering will travel with the plaintiff or claimant from one evaluator to another and once labeled, the accused typically spends the rest of his / her case time trying to overcome the alleged accusation. Even when falsely accused, the record continues to plague the plaintiff even if the accusation is inaccurate or poorly conceived by the accuser. This presentation will address a more comprehensive view of malingering to enable the vocational expert to understand the history behind malingering, and the current scientific thinking. Case examples will be used and psychological tests that purportedly measure the condition will be critiqued.
10:30 am - 10:45 am 10:45 am - 12:00 pm
Break Deception and the Art of Symptom Validity Testing Mark S. Wagner, Ph.D., ABPN, D/ABVE
# of CEU’s Available The purpose of this workshop is to increase the vocational expert’s knowledge regarding ABVE All Other Bodies strategies for the detection of exaggerated or non-credible complaints of examinees when look1.25 potential ing at cognitive and mental health factors and their application to the vocational arena. We will 1.88
look at freestanding cognitive and personality “effort” tests used today, as well as look at some of the cognitive and personality measures imbedded in other tests of effort commonly utilized.
ABVE Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon - Lunch Provided Direct and Cross-Examination: The V.E.’s Opportunity to Educate the Lawyers, Judge and Jury and to Demonstrate Our Knowledge and Earn Our Keep # of CEU’s Available ABVE All Other Bodies Phil Spergel, Ed.D., D/ABVE
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
2.25
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cross and direct examination is the opportunity for the vocational expert to establish rapport with the judge and the jury. He or she does so by making a professional appearance, speaking clearly and concisely, and avoiding the use of jargon as much as possible and speaking to and not down to the jury. The vocational expert must be thoroughly prepared, have met with the attorney and be aware of the facts of the case, so as not to be confronted with surprises. He or she should have all discoverable documents. It is important for the vocational expert not to testify beyond his or her expertise.
Electronic Data Sources Used to Calculate Economic Damages
Steven Wolf, CPA, MBA, CFE # of CEU’s Available ABVE All Other Bodies The goal of this presentation is to provide participants with a keen understanding of the complexities of preparing an earnings loss damages claim stemming from a small business own1.0 potential 1.5
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
er’s wrongful death, disability or business interruption when limited financial data is available. Information technology over the past decade has created a plethora of statistics that can be used by economists, vocational experts and forensic accountants to analyze and develop earning capacity loss claims. This presentation will instruct the participant how to effectively identify, obtain and use unsuspecting data sources to calculate such earnings capacity losses and to effectively analyze company specific statistical data and performance.
Break Military Service and Wage Earning Capacity Charles DeMark, M.S., D/ABVE & Peder Melberg, M.A., D/ABVE
# of CEU’s Available An overview of the issues associated with military service and wage earning capacity will ABVE All Other Bodies be discussed, including how these issues are important to the vocational expert. The 1.0 potential presenters will identify resources that can assist the vocational expert in analyzing the military 1.5
client's wage earning capacity in the civilian world and its applicability in testimony.