PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF EDMOND A. PROVDER

EDUCATION

      1971 B.S. Rehabilitation Counseling, Pennsylvania State University
      1973 M.Ed. Rehabilitation Counseling, Pennsylvania State University
      1977-1987 Rehabilitation Counseling Doctoral Candidate, 60 credits, N.Y.U.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

      Vocational Expert/Life Care Planner        August 1981 to Present
      Occupational Assessment Services

Evaluate the vocational potential and employability of able-bodied and disabled individuals through interviewing, reviewing records, and/or administration of vocational testing to provide a vocational appraisal as to the individual's ability to work in the competitive labor market. Develop and implement Life Care Plans for catastrophic individuals. Consult with industry and government agencies regarding Americans with Disabilities Act.

Provide initial assessment, vocational evaluation, counseling, case management, and job-placement services to assist industrial-disabled and able-bodied clients return to gainful employment, given their residual functional capacity. Approved vendor-New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, New York Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped.

Testimony accepted in Federal and State Courts-New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts; state courts-Florida, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois,
North Carolina.

      Vocational Consultant June 1997 to September 2000
      Social Security Administration October 1977 to September 1985

Provided impartial vocational testimony in Social Security Disability hearings as to claimants' ability to perform substantial gainful activity, given their residual functional capacity.

      Supervisor Vocational Facilities December 1979 to December 1981
      Mount Sinai Hospital July 1974 to August 1978

Supervised and administered the Sheltered Workshop and Vocational Evaluation Programs, which included the provision of supervision, counseling, work adjustment services, and job placement services to the physically disabled, mentally ill, visually impaired and industrially disabled.

      Vocational Consultant February 1975 to December 1979

Administered and developed vocational rehabilitation programs for South Beach Psychiatric Center, Staten Island Association for the Visually Handicapped and the Contemporary Guidance Service.

      Rehabilitation Counselor March 1973 to July 1974
      Federation of the Handicapped

Provided individual and group counseling, vocational evaluation, work adjustment, and job placement services to severely physically disabled, visually impaired and developmentally disabled clients.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (#18792); Diplomate, American Board of Vocational Experts (#00448)

Professional Member of National Rehabilitation Counseling Association; National Rehabilitation Association; Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association, Job Placement Division; Brain Injury Association, Inc.; IARPS; RESNA.