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| President's
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Dan
Irwin, President OARP
Having
objective data that demonstrates the effectiveness of vocational
rehabilitation counseling services is a concept we should not
overlook or minimize. Not having at least some service and outcome
numbers leaves us individually and collectively vulnerable to
subjective judgments about the efficacy and value of our efforts.
While being likeable is a valuable trait, it is not enough to base
a business or career on.
That is not to say the collection and shaping of meaningful
data will be easy. An owner or individual counselor may not
necessarily want to reveal to competitors how ones business is
going. The amount of time and effort must be appropriate for the
task to have meaning, but not so much as to negatively affect
productivity.
So how could such a task be structured and carried out? I have
some ideas. We could set up a committee from the Board to develop
the concept. I am willing to chair the committee and be
responsible for writing up the initial product. Board members
would ask members for input whenever possible and the subject
broached in the newsletter (as I am doing here). The topic would
be discussed at Board meetings, with the product revised and
ultimately approved by the Board. The product would then be
presented to members for approval, probably at the Spring
Conference.
What would the product look like? What I see is a report
published in the newsletter in the spring that showcases the collective
accomplishments of private sector members willing to
participate (no company need reveal any sensitive information in
public). The public sector need not be involved as enough outcome
data for that process is currently available. Basically, reports
would indicate what happened to referrals including specific
services provided and outcomes achieved. Successes could be
highlighted if desired (keeping in mind that success is frequently
in the eye of the beholder). Performance in a previous calendar
year would be the period used. Data would only be shared with the
committee or individual responsible for the creation of the
report.
How will the type of data thus described help our members? We
live in a service environment where measurable performance is
increasingly becoming a necessity. There are many potential
competitors for our services, particularly now that managed care
has appeared in the social service delivery system. Other
counseling-related professions are looking our way to develop new
opportunities, and businesses sensitive to the marketing potential
of outcome numbers will have an advantage.
We cannot let others define whether we are being successful,
nor take away business that we are doing very well.
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| Treasurer's
Report
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Fedor
Alvorado, OARP Treasurer, reported net assets of $ 10,171 as of
the last Board meeting on November 19, 2002. The Fall conference
in Newport was reasonably successful. As always, feel free to
contact any Board member to comment or recommend how you think
OARP might best utilize this money to benefit members.
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Rehab
Professional
of 2002
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Margaret
Moore was selected as the Rehabilitation Professional of the Year
for 2002 by OARP. An engraved plaque was presented at the Fall
Conference. Margaret has been a very active member of the OARP
Board for about 10 years now. She has been primarily involved in
the Program Committee, which she is chairing this year, and is the
person who arranges facilities and helps to arrange speakers for
OARP conferences. As many of you are aware, Margaret evaluates
CEUs as a service provided by IARP for members.
Margaret is a Vocational Case Manager with Standard Insurance.
She has worked in long-term disability with Standard for 15 years.
Prior to this, Margaret wandered all around the country, working
as a vocational counselor (and later managing a rehab office) in
California, Pennsylvania, Michigan and finally, Oregon. She is
very happy that she ended up working and living in Oregon.
When asked what people should know about her, Margaret
responded that she is a devoted grandma (her only son's, son),
that she has 2 cats and that she sings in her church's choir. She
also happily reported that she is finally "cast-less"
(she fractured both elbows and her left wrist when she tripped on
a handicapped curb cut)!
Congratulations to Margaret on her selection as the OARP
Rehabilitation Professional of the Year 2002.
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Holiday
Social
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OARP HOLIDAY SOCIAL
FOOD! FRIENDS! FUN!
Hosted by OARP
& PCC Professional Skills
Join us for our annual Holiday Social. This was
a big success last year.
When: Thursday,
December 5, 2002
Where: Holiday Inn Convention Center
Windows Sky Room
1021 NE Grand Avenue
(near the Convention Center)
Portland, Oregon
What Time: 5:30 7:30 PM
Music by Free Range Tuna
Free parking underneath the hotel entrance
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| Editors'
Notes
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By
Adriane Gaffuri and Sandy Schramm
The Program Committee is busy trying to arrange the date and
location for the Spring Conference. The plan is to hold it at a
location in Salem.
We hope to see many of you at the Holiday Social, co-sponsored
by OARP and PCC Professional Skills Training Program. This will be
Thursday evening, December 5, 2002, at the Holiday Inn (Portland
Convention Center), located at 1021 NE Grand Ave. The Social
will be in the Windows Skyroom from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Music will be
provided by Free Range Tuna and the Social promises to be as
inviting as it has been for the past several years. Thanks to the
Membership Committee and to PCC Professional Skills for arranging
this event.
The Fall conference in Newport was quite successful. The
weather was spectacular and the speakers were among the best we
have ever had at a conference. Everyone did a great job of
providing information and being engaging. Congratulations and
thanks to the Program Committee members for all the work they did
to put the Fall conference together. We are all grateful to
Margaret Moore, Sandy Johnson, Grace Smith, Cheri Ballantine,
Linda Hill, Debbi Cross and Adriane Gaffuri for their hard work in
contacting speakers, vendors, and making all the other
arrangements
The Board of OARP would like to thank Linda Hill for her
willingness to continue to administer the OARP Injured Worker
Fund. Thanks to all of you who have contributed to the fund to
keep it going over the years.
As always, please continue to provide feedback about OARP At
Work or anything else related to OARP or the Rehab community to
any Board member (names and phone numbers are listed on the front
of this issue). The opinions expressed in any OARP At Work article
are those of the author of the article only and do not necessarily
represent the opinion of the OARP Board or any of its members.
NEW BY-LAWS APPROVED
The OARP members attending the business meeting at the Fall
Conference voted to approve the new OARP By-laws. The OARP Board
revised the By-laws in order to bring them in line with the
national and state of Oregon change in the organization to include
public as well as private rehabilitation professionals. A copy of
the current By-laws is available on the OARP website at
www.oarp.org
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| Injured
Worker
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The
Oregon Association of Rehabilitation Professionals created the
Oregon Injured Worker Fund in 1994. The fund was created to
provide assistance to injured workers with a variety of
return-to-work/vocational needs not covered by their insurance
carrier.
The fund currently has a balance of $1000.00. The latest
request was for $200 paid to an injured worker to cover rent
before their training plan started.
Anyone who wishes to make a contribution or who wants to
request information about the fund can contact any board member or
you can contact:
Oregon Injured Worker Fund
c/o Linda L. Hill
833 SW 11th Avenue, Suite 507
Portland, OR. 97205
OARP would like to thank each of you who have contributed to
the fund for your generous donation.
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RRU
Update
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by
Michele Nielsen, RN, CRC
Rebecca Folz and Rand Scledorn presented the topic
"Avoiding Vocational Disputes" and "Resolving
Vocational Disputes" at Oregon's Educational Conference on
October 21 and 22. Disputes often occur when injured workers are
determined ineligible for vocational assistance (88.5% of
disputes); when a requested change in vocational counselor is
denied; when such items as direct worker purchases are denied
(0.4%); and when the worker contends training was inadequate (2%).
Disputes are often resolved by Letters of Agreement (33%);
Orders of Dismissal (37%), of which 15% are CDAs and 21% are
otherwise resolved; Director's Review and Order (31%); and Order
of Deferral.
In Salem, please contact the following in the event of
disputes:
- Rebecca.Folz@state.or.us - (503) 947-7797
- Daniel.Przybylowski@state.or.us - (503) 947-7774
- Warren.Patterson@state.or.us - (503) 947-7768
- Allen.Britton@state.or.us - (503) 947-7769
In Medford, please contact:
- Andre.B.Allen@state.or.us - (541) 776-6032, X244
- Rand.D.Schledorn@state.or.us - (541) 776-6032, X242 or Salem
(503) 947-7764
At the same conference, Brenda Turner and Mary Wood of the
Oregon Employment Department discussed the change from using the
Dictionary of Occupational Titles to O*NET. The DOT system has
never collected labor market information. The Occupational
Employment Statistics (OES) has collected labor market information
by OES codes for many years. 733 codes are used in Oregon. The
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) was updated in 2000 and
replaced OES. SOC has about 820 codes. It will still take a year
before labor market information is published by SOC.
OLMIS continues to collect data by OES code, though it is
expected to be converted to SOC by the summer of 2003. Please
refer to www.OLMIS.org.
The State offers iMatchSkills to match job
applicants with jobs. This will be released by Summer 2003 and
will be accessible via the Internet. Job seekers will be able to
find jobs based on occupational experience, education, licensure,
and skills. Employers will be able to view resumes, list job
openings, place job orders on the internet, contact applicants
directly, and obtain staff assistance if desired.
For more information, please contact Brenda and
Mary as follows:
- Mary.M.Wood@state.or.us - (503) 373-1953, X236
- Brenda.P.Turner@sta
te.or.us
- (503) 947-1233
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| RAU
Update
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An Interview
with Jerry Rutherford, RAU Manager
By Adriane M. Gaffuri, PhD, CRC, CCM
Jerry says there's not much new to report. The rules remain the
same. There have been no new additions to the RAU personnel. Linda
Strunk recently retired.
The Job Match Program has been in operation since this spring.
This program attempts to match preferred workers with employers
interested in utilizing the Preferred Worker Program. The web site
for the Job Match is www.oregonwcd.org, then click on Job Match.
Employers can place job orders on the web site and workers can
view the job orders and learn how to apply. RAU is in the process
of gathering statistics from employers and workers. They are
attempting to determine how well the program is working and if
there are ways to increase its effectiveness in matching injured
workers and employers.
Linda Strunk and Kerry King gave a brief presentation on the
Job Match program at the OARP Fall Conference in Newport. Bruce
Friedrichsen, David Onheiber and Heather Grogan gave presentations
at the Central Oregon OSHA conference on 9/18 at Eagle Crest. Tim
Kessel, Bob Williams, Dan Gammon and David Onheiber gave
presentations at the Educational Conference on 9/24 and 25 in
Portland.
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| Fall
Conference
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| The Oarp Fall
Conference was held Friday, October 11 and Saturday,
October 12 at the Hallmark Inn in Newport, OR. It was a
very successful conference with nice accommodations, good
food, many attendees and spectacular Fall weather. The
Program Committee put together a great bunch of speakers,
many nationally known.
Bruce Growick, PhD, is very involved at
the national level in IARP and legislative efforts to
promote vocational rehabilitation, especially with the
Ticket to Work legislation and he spoke on ACCESS.
IARP President, Dianne Simmons Grab,
lead a session that was part presentation and part
audience discussion on Ethics, all in a vocational
rehabilitation or case management setting. Kerry King and
Linda Strunk, from the Preferred Worker Program, gave a
brief presentation on the Preferred Worker Job Match
program. Visit www.oregonwcd.org and click on Job Match
for more information. Portland attorney, Margaret Weddell,
spoke on the new confidentiality laws. Tom Tielens, an
Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security
Administration, spoke on the process of application for
SSI and SSDI. Esther Gwinnell, MD, Psychiatrist, gave a
very interesting and informative talk on Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder.
Finally, Greg Crosby, a clinical
coordinator at Kaiser Permanente, spoke on "ADD/ADHD
and Dyslexia: The Journey Back to Work". He not only
discussed symptoms for these learning disabilities, but
emphasized several possible strategies for coping with
these learning disabilities that can make the difference
when learning or performing a job. He refers to the
"journey" as a series of experiments that
individuals can try that have worked for other individuals
in the past and that might work for the individual in
question. His presentation was hopeful in the sense that
the suggestion to keep trying different techniques until
you find something that works for the individual has lead
to numerous success stories in dealing with these learning
disabilities. For anyone interested in additional
presentations by Greg Crosby, please see the PSU
Continuing Education article in this issue of the
newsletter.
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IARP President, Dianne
Simmons Grab (left); Margaret Moore (center); OARP
President, Dan Irwin (right) at the OARP Fall Conference
luncheon.
Betty Roberts (left) chats
with Gene Frank (center) and Kathy Wallace.
Dan Irwin, Cheri Ballantine,
Sandy Schramm and Marlene Bastion.
Pictured above, left to
right: Susan Burkett, Career Directions; Gwen Brunton, PCC
Professonal Skills; Linda Strunk and Kerry King, Preferred
Worker Program; and, Margaret Shell of SAIF.
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Greg
Crosby
Greg
Crosby demonstrated breathing techniques relating to strategies to
deal with ADD/ADHD at the OARP Fall Conference.
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By Adriane Gaffuri and Marion Sharp
Check out these two upcoming classes at PSU. For the first time
PSU will deliver a workshop to rehabilitation professionals
throughout the state simultaneously. Thanks to videoconferencing,
we will be able to save travel time and expense and deliver a
timely topic (ADD/ADHD and Learning Disabilities) close to home.
In addition, we have an excellent course in ethics for those of
you needing to get your hours. You can't get a better course than
the Crosby-Rogers show at Portland State University in December.
Greg Crosby spoke at the OARP Fall Conference on ADD/ADHD and
Dyslexia and left many of us yearning for more. Crosby described
the "journey" that such clients take in search of
strategies that work for them in dealing with ADD/ADHD or
dyslexia.
Next spring Portland State University is bringing Greg Crosby
to the entire state through the marvels of videoconferencing. The
title of the workshop is ADD/ADHD and Learning Disabilities: The
Journey Back to School and Work and will be offered one day
(8:30am-4pm) during spring break, March 24-28. It will be
delivered in Portland on the PSU campus and simulcast to other
sites throughout the state. Mark your calendars for that week and
we will provide the finalized date and locations as soon as we
have that information.
The class will cover the symptoms and characteristics of ADD,
ADHD, and learning disabilities but the major emphasis will be on
learning and practicing strategies that help clients better manage
their ADD, ADHD and learning disabilities. William Bridges' work
on transitions in the change process and Norcross and DiClemente's
Stages of Change model will also be explored and applied to the
journey of rehab clients with ADHD/ADD and learning disabilities
If you ever thought a class on ethics was boring, think again!
For those of you who may be looking for an interesting and
relevant class on ethics and helping, PSU Continuing Education is
offering a class on Friday, December 6, 2002, from 8:30 am to 4
pm. The title is Issues in Ethics and Helping and the instructors
are Greg Crosby and Jeff Rogers. Both are very knowledgeable,
entertaining speakers who make a huge impact on their audiences.
In case you don't know it, Jeff Rogers is not only the City
Attorney of Portland who has taken a number of highly publicized
ethical/legal stands but he is also a clinical professor of
psychiatry at OHSU!
The class will explore legal and ethical issues such as
confidentiality, boundary violations, internet counseling, duty to
warn or protect, notes and record keeping, diversity issues, and
values influencing the helping relationship. Crosby and Rogers
will incorporate material and examples that relate specifically to
rehabilitation ethical issues.
For more information on either course, contact Marion Sharp,
Program Specialist in Continuing Education, PSU, at 503-725-4876
(1-800-547-8887 ext 4832) or sharpml@pdx.edu. To register by
phone, just call 503-725-4832 (1-800-547-8887 ext 4832). Visit the
website www.ceed.pdx.edu, click on Course Catalog, select the
topic: Human Services.
Other Greg Crosby/PSU workshops:
Cognitive-Behavioral Group Treatment for Addictions - Feb 14
Practicing Outside the Box - May 2
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