Kyra Breitweiser

Kyra Breitweiser is a certified rehabilitation counselor and a certified life care planner who has provided services for the severely disabled, including those with physical and mental impairments, since 2014.

Ms. Breitweiser is credentialed by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification and the International Commission of Health Care Certification. In her career, Ms. Breitweiser has provided rehabilitation services to and evaluated the vocational and employability potential of many individuals.

As someone familiar with the needs of disabled individuals, Ms. Breitweiser has administered vocational evaluation testing, job placement, and provided case management for individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries, Strokes, MS, and Spinal Cord Injuries.


SPECIALTIES

Vocational, Occupational Assessment
Evaluating Earning CapacityRehabilitation Counseling
Life Care Planning of the Catastrophically Injured

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Springfield College, Bachelor of Science, Art Therapy, 2014
Springfield College, Master of Education, Rehabilitation Counseling & Services, 2015

POST GRADUATE TRAINING

120-Hour Life Care Planning Course
FIG Services, Inc., 2017

ACCREDITATIONS

Certified Rehabilitation Counselor
– The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification License # 00146318, 2015

Certified Life Care Planner
-The International Commission on Healthcare Certification # 1439, 2018

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP)
American Board of Vocational Experts (ABVE)
Association of Vocational Rehabilitation in Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (AVRASA)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Occupational Assessment Services
Rehabilitation Counselor – Vocational Expert / Life Care Planner
Lodi, NJ
September 2017 – Present

Interfaith Medical Center
Vocational Therapist & Psychiatric Rehabilitation Counselor
New York, NY
January 2017 – September 2017

Odyssey House: Manor
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
New York, NY
May 2016 – December 2016

Phoenix House, Hampden County Community Corrections Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clinician
Springfield, MA
August 2015 – May 2016

Cooley-Dickinson Hospital
Psychiatric Counselor (In-patient Hospitalization)
Northampton, MA
December 2014 – May 2015

 

“Know the Value of Your Case!™”

 

Kyra Breitweiser is a certified OAS rehabilitation counselor and a certified life care planner

Kyra Breitweiser, MEd, CRC, CLCP

Kyra Breitweiser, M.Ed., CRC, CLCP, Vocational Consultant, is a Certified Rehabilitator Counselor and a Certified Life Care Planner at Occupational Assessment Services, Inc. and is regarded as an expert in Vocational Evaluator Services, and in Employability and Social Security.