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Life Care Planning, Vocational Rehabilitation, Counseling, Mental Health, Litigation, Medical Summaries, Vocational Expert, Social Security Disability, Life Care Planning, Medical Case Management

EDUCATION

  • University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Life Care Planning, 2006
  • University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA Master of Education, 2003
  • University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, 2000

CREDENTIALS

• International Commission on Healthcare Certification
Certified Life Care Planner
• Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor
• Louisiana Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists
Licensed Rehabilitation Counselor
• Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselor Association
Licensed Professional Counselor

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

A Private Co., Vocational Expert and Certified Life Care Planner
2019- Present – Louisiana

  • Qualified to provide life care plans, life care plan rebuttals, future medical cost projections, and past medical bill reviews.
  • Appointed Vocational Expert with the Social Security Administration Adjudication and Review, testifying in over 6,000 hearings throughout the United States.
  • Qualified to perform vocational assessments to analyze earning capacity in cases of death, injury, divorce, employment discrimination, or wrongful termination
  • Authorized service provider for the Ticket to Work Program assisting with job placement assistance for disabled individuals who qualify.

RESEARCH AND PLANNING CONSULTANTS, Austin, TX
Consulting Associate, 2021 to present

  • Life Care Planning/Vocational Consultant providing vocational rehabilitation, life care planning, litigation support, and testimony.

A PRIVATE CO., Austin, TX
Contract Vocational Counselor, 2021 to present

  • Provide military members with a Personalized Career Planning and Guidance Program (PCPG) offered by the Veterans Administration.

BROADSPIRE SERVICES, INC., Sunrise, FL
Life Care Planner and Vocational Case Manager, 2012 – 2020

  • Skilled in catastrophic life care plans for pediatric and adult cases.
  • Rendered medical cost projections, medical reserve estimates, and surgical estimates in the form of a written report.
  • Coordinated and negotiated feasible accommodations for job opportunities through labor market research and job site analysis.

STOKES AND ASSOCIATES, LLC, Metairie, LA
Senior Rehabilitation Specialist and Life Care Planner, 2000 – 2012

  • Provided case management services and rehabilitation counseling in the private sector, including comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the economic, medical, and the financial impact of rehabilitation.
  • Assessed client rehabilitation potential to include future employability and wage-earning capacity.
  • Performed career counseling using specialized test instruments, transferable skills analysis, retraining potential appraisal, and on-site job analysis.

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