Roger A. Thrush, Inc. Vocational Rehabilitation Services Since 1982    Roger A. Thrush, Ph.D. has provided vocational rehabilitation services, leadership and education as a board certified professional rehabilitation counselor for more than 20 years. Dr. Thrush started his career coordinating vocational rehabilitation services on behalf of California’s largest worker’s compensation insurance carrier. He was recruited by the University of California, Irvine Campus and UCI Medical Center to develop, implement and coordinate their first disability management-return to work program. He has been providing vocational rehabilitation and expert witness services in Southern California since 1982. Dr. Thrush’s professional services include: • vocational case management services to individuals at the request of insurance carriers or third party administrators, employers and legal representatives; • job analyses and disability management services to employers; • litigation support services as requested by plaintiffs’ and defendants’ attorneys; • continuing education seminars for rehabilitation counselors, nurses, attorneys, and human resource professionals Contact Dr. Thrush directly at his San Diego County, California office to discuss your specific questions, referrals and how to best use his services by: mail at 7777 Alvarado Road, Suite 257, La Mesa, California 91941-3645; telephone at (619) 465-2784; FAX at (619) 749-8828; e-mail at rthrush@rogerthrush.org ******************************************************************************************************************** Vocational Case Management Services Roger A. Thrush, Ph.D. is a national board Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) and a Registered Professional Rehabilitation Counselor (RPRC) in California. At the request of worker’s compensation, disability and retirement benefit providers, employers and attorneys a wide range of vocational case management services are provided in accordance with the governing benefit guidelines. Job Analyses Roger A. Thrush, Ph.D. is recognized as a job analysis expert. He has developed a through and efficient methodology that includes going to the job site to observe the work and to interview knowledgeable individuals about the work being analyzed. He was one of the first to include photos of the job and accurate weights and measurements, obtained with scales and measuring devices, of the physical demand aspects of the job in his job analysis reports. Job analyses are utilized by employers, healthcare professionals and insurance carriers to identify for a specific position and/or occupation at a place of employment: • Essential functions (duties and tasks) • Work pace • Education, skills, abilities, and experience required • Environmental conditions • Physical demand criteria (strength, mobility, agilities) • Mental demand criteria (dealing with data and people) • Methods of modifying the position (reasonable accommodations) Dr. Thrush has trained vocational, medical and human resource professionals in California and across the United States and Canada on how to perform job analyses and document job related information. Dr. Thrush’s book, "ADA Essential Function Identification, A Definitive Application of Title I", was published in 1993. This technical treatise is a self-guided training manual to learn the “how to” of performing and documenting job analyses and identifying essential functions. Disability Management Services Roger A. Thrush, Ph.D. is a national board Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS). He has completed a 21 unit post-graduate certificate course at San Diego State University in “Rehabilitation Administration-Disability Management Services”. Dr. Thrush’s published doctoral dissertation was, "A Comparison Study of Disability Management Practitioners’ Use of Disability Management Knowledge Competencies Based on Methods of Training". Dr. Thrush developed, implemented and coordinated on behalf of the University of California, Irvine campus and UCI Medical Center their first disability management-return to work program. Disability management services to employers include: • Preparation of job descriptions and job analyses • Essential function identification recommendations • Ergonomic evaluations, analyses and recommendations • Job site modification analyses and recommendations • Reasonable accommodation recommendations • Return to Work and Light Duty program development and coordination • ADA and FEHA compliance analyses and recommendation Litigation Support Services Roger A. Thrush, Ph.D. is a national board Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) and a Registered Professional Rehabilitation Counselor (RPRC) in California. Dr. Thrush is also certified in Rehabilitation Economics (CRE). Dr. Thrush provides litigation support services and expert witness testimony on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. Dr. Thrush has qualified as a vocational rehabilitation expert witness in superior and federal courts and binding arbitrations. Dr. Thrush has also provided vocational rehabilitation expert witness testimony in Social Security Administration and California Worker’s Compensation Appeals Board hearings. Dr. Thrush has been retained as a vocational rehabilitation expert witness in the following types of litigation matters: Personal Injury Construction Defect Product Liability Employment Medical and Legal Malpractice ERISA (Long Term Disability benefits) Maritime Family (Spousal Support) Litigation support services provided to plaintiff and defendant attorneys may include: • Forensic Analyses of records • Vocational Evaluation of Plaintiffs • Transferable Skills Analyses • Labor Market Research • Employability Analyses (Pre/Post Incident) • Wage Earning Capacity Analyses (Pre/Post Incident) • Return to Work Rehabilitation Plan Preparation and Recommendations • Coordination of information with Attorneys, Physicians, Life Care Planners and Economists/CPAs