Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation: Application and Implementation of the ICF (Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability)

This book presents the state of the art in the application and implementation of the WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in the areas of vocational rehabilitation as a primary topic and disability evaluation as a secondary topic. Application of the ICF and implementation strategies toward a holistic and comprehensive approach to work disability and vocational rehabilitation programs are presented along with clinical cases and exercises. The ICF as a topic in health and disability has been gaining momentum since its approval by the World Health Assembly in 2001, and great progress has been made since then. However, the integration if the ICF in the realm of vocational rehabilitation has been lacking despite the fact that work and employment are a major area in people's lives, particularly those who have work disability. This book will advance the professional practice of vocational rehabilitation, rehabilitation counseling, occupational medicine, and allied health science. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Conceptual Framework: Disability Evaluation and Vocational Rehabilitation....Pages 3-10 Conceptual Framework: Functioning and Disability....Pages 11-41 ICF from a Population Health Perspective: The Impact of Chronic Disease on Work Participation and Its Consequences for Intervention and Treatment....Pages 43-53 Workplace Integration Through Disability Management....Pages 55-71 Vocational Rehabilitation....Pages 73-103 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 Work Disability Evaluation....Pages 107-139 Legal Dimensions of Disability Evaluation: Work Disability and Human Rights....Pages 141-160 Vocational Assessment and Job Placement....Pages 161-186 State of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions....Pages 187-198 Functioning and Disability Evaluation as an Asset for Vocational Rehabilitation in Neurological Conditions....Pages 199-238 Spinal Cord Injury: Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation....Pages 239-261 Traumatic Brain Injury....Pages 263-294 Mental Health Management in Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation: Applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Conceptual Framework....Pages 295-316 Critical Issues for Mental Health Management in Vocational Rehabilitation: DSM-5, ICD-10-CM, and Implementing the WHODAS....Pages 317-333 Serious Mental Illness, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Employment....Pages 335-354 Using WHO’s ICF Model on Service Needs of Patients with Pneumoconiosis....Pages 355-369 ICF-Based Process Management in Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Spinal Cord Injury....Pages 371-396 Applying the ICF in Disability Evaluation: A Report Based on Clinical Experience....Pages 397-410 Front Matter....Pages 411-411 Selection of ICF Core Sets for Functioning Assessment in Disability Evaluation Toward the Assignment to Return to Work Programs and/or Disability Benefits....Pages 413-435 Survey of Patient-Reported Questionnaires Using the ICF as a Reference: An Illustration Using the ICF Core Set for Vocational Rehabilitation....Pages 437-452 Front Matter....Pages 411-411 Clinician-Reported Outcome Measures: Experiences from Multicenter Follow-Up and an Overview of Commonly Used Measures in Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation....Pages 453-469 ICF-Based Tools in Rehabilitation Toward Return to Work: Facilitating Inter-professional Communication and Comprehensive Documentation....Pages 471-493 Development and Testing of an ICF-Based Questionnaire to Evaluate Functioning in Vocational Rehabilitation: The Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ)....Pages 495-520 Applying the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire WORQ: A Case Illustrating Its Use in Evaluating Functioning of a Person After a Traumatic Brain Injury in an Interprofessional Vocational Rehabilitation Setting....Pages 521-542 Front Matter....Pages 543-543 Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 545-557 Back Matter....Pages 559-571 For persons with chronic illnesses and disabling injuries, work prospects--especially for meaningful work with decent conditions--have traditionally been poor. With global efforts from the UN, WHO, ILO, and other bodies focusing attention on this wide-reaching issue, innovative tools are needed to translate large-scale goals into real-world outcomes. {OCLCbr#A0}The framework offered by the Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation highlights the complex challenges and opportunities involved in enabling re-entry into the workforce. Geared to ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health) standards, this timely reference outlines current science-based methods in assessing impairment and capabilities and emerging approaches to management specifically relating to work participation. Separate chapters are devoted to evaluation and rehabilitation guidelines for individuals with brain injury, chronic musculoskeletal pain, mental illness, and other disabling conditions. And the chapters on ICF-based functioning measurement review the data on widely-used clinician- and patient-reported instruments and the recent Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ). Featured in the Handbook: The impact of chronic disease on work participation and its implications for intervention and management. Vocational assessment and job placement. Spinal cord injury: vocational rehabilitation and disability evaluation. Critical issues for mental health management in vocational rehabilitation. Clinician-reported outcome measures: experiences from multicenter follow-up. ICF-based tools in rehabilitation toward return-to-work. The Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation is of critical interest to researchers, educators, and students in disability- and work-related fields. It is also a practical resource outside the campus setting, aiding those providing services to, as well as policymakers involved in improving the lives of, persons with disabilities. {OCLCbr#A0} For persons with chronic illnesses and disabling injuries, work prospects--especially for meaningful work with decent conditions--have traditionally been poor. With global efforts from the UN, WHO, ILO, and other bodies focusing attention on this wide-reaching issue, innovative tools are needed to translate large-scale goals into real-world outcomes. The framework offered by the Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation highlights the complex challenges and opportunities involved in enabling re-entry into the workforce. Geared to ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health) standards, this timely reference outlines current science-based methods in assessing impairment and capabilities and emerging approaches to management specifically relating to work participation. Separate chapters are devoted to evaluation and rehabilitation guidelines for individuals with brain injury, chronic musculoskeletal pain, mental illness, and other disabling conditions. And the chapters on ICF-based functioning measurement review the data on widely-used clinician- and patient-reported instruments and the recent Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ). Featured in the Handbook: The impact of chronic disease on work participation and its implications for intervention and management. Vocational assessment and job placement. Spinal cord injury: vocational rehabilitation and disability evaluation. Critical issues for mental health management in vocational rehabilitation. Clinician-reported outcome measures: experiences from multicenter follow-up. ICF-based tools in rehabilitation toward return-to-work. The Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation is of critical interest to researchers, educators, and students in disability- and work-related fields. It is also a practical resource outside the campus setting, aiding those providing services to, as well as policymakers involved in improving the lives of, persons with d isabilities