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EDUCATION
- PhD: Rehabilitation Counselor Education — University of Iowa
- MS: Health Science/Rehabilitation Counseling — University of Florida
CERTIFICATION
- CRC Certified Rehabilitation Counselor since 1994 (#12014)
Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification
SUMMARY: REHABILITATION EXPERIENCE
- 22 years: counseling people with disabilities
- 20 years: freelance writer and editor
- 17 years: vocational rehabilitation consultant, counselor & case manager
- 14 years: university and college instructor and lecturer
- 3 years: assistant clinical supervisor — University of Iowa's rehabilitation counseling graduate program
Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant — Private Practice 2000 — Present
Provide vocational evaluations, case management, vocational rehabilitation counseling, career planning and expert testimony services in cases involving personal injury, marital dissolution, Workers' Compensation, long term disability, medical malpractice and Social Security Disability.
Conduct vocational assessments with individuals representing a variety of disabilities. Develop rehabilitation plans addressing the unique needs of each client.
Interpret medical, vocational and social information; select realistic vocational alternatives. Coordinate services with employers, service providers and insurers. Conduct research, as well as access community and governmental resources on behalf of clients.
Conduct job analysis, employment assessment, prepare resumes, develop employment leads, contact employers of behalf of clients in search of employment and promote client's consideration for hire. Selectively place client in employment.
University Instructor & Lecturer — University of Iowa 1994 — Present
Instruct graduate students in the medical aspects of disability, rehabilitation counseling, vocational rehabilitation, counseling theory and practice, and the psychology of aging. Lecture, conduct presentations and facilitate workshops for a variety of healthcare and helping professionals, people with disabilities and their families.
Assistant Clinical Supervisor, Rehabilitation Counseling Graduate Program University of Iowa 1996 — 1998
Supervised graduate-level rehabilitation counseling students during their experience working with a variety of people with disabilities.
PhD Practicum, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics 1997
Conducted group and individual counseling with cognitively-impaired individuals and their families focusing on adjustment to life with disability.
PhD Practicum, Veterans Center — Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1994
Conducted group and individual counseling with veterans and their families focusing on employment, substance abuse, adjustment to life with disability.
PUBLICATIONS (Rehabilitation or Disability Focus)
- Is Your Job Next? — Employment Times 2008
- Overcoming Adversity — Employment Times 2007
- Writing Wrongs — Social Work Today 2007
- Persistence Pays — Employment Times 2007
- Ethics and Long-term Care Administration — CEU course — Mountain Plains Consortium 2007
- Substance Abuse & Disability — Gale Nursing Encyclopedia 2006
- Psychiatric Rehabilitation — Gale Nursing Encyclopedia 2006
- Substance Abuse Counseling — Gale Nursing Encyclopedia 2006
- Ethics and Healthcare Management — CEU course Care2Learn.com 2005
- Disability and Substance Abuse — CEU course Care2Learn.com 2005
- Cross-examining the Vocational Expert — Iowa Lawyer 2004
- Meaningful Work for Employees with Disabilities — Horizon 2003
- Vocational Expert Testimony Can Be Challenged — Iowa Lawyer 2003
- Persistence Pays — Careers & the disABLED 2002
- Can Nutrition Help Recovery From Alcoholism? — Alive 2002
- Addiction — Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (2nd Ed.) 2001
- Alcoholism — Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (2nd Ed.) 2001
- Surviving a Brain Tumor — Alive 2001
- From Brain Tumor to PhD — University of Iowa Alumni Magazine 2001
- Healing on Her Mind: Surviving a Brain Tumor — Whole Life Times 2001
- From Bars to Books — SUCCEED 2000
- Meditation and Heart Disease, Journal of Well Being 2000
- PTSD & Gulf War POWs — Academic Consulting 2000
- Is Caffeine Making Me Tired? Catalyst 2000
- Forensic Rehabilitation Academic Consulting 1999
- Raison D'être in Recovery International Forum for Logotherapy 1999
- Trauma and Transformation CAREERS & the disABLED 1999
- Nutritional Support for Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy & Surgery Catalyst 1998
PRESENTATIONS (Rehabilitation or Disability Focus)
- Vocational Rehabilitation & Workers' Compensation — sponsored by the Iowa Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee — Des Moines — 2008
- Vocational Evaluation in Litigation — Scott County Bar Association CLE series 2007
- Vocational Rehabilitation in Divorce — ITLA Family Law Seminar 2007
- Therapeutic Writing for Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Health — Halcyon House 2007
- Catastrophic Illness & Transformation, University of Iowa Hospital — Oncology 2006
- Vocational Rehabilitation in Divorce — Linn County Bar Association, Family Law 2006
- Stress Management, Cedar Rapids Insurance Adjusters Association 2006
- Writing for Health, Grinnell Medical Center 2006
- Vocational Rehabilitation in Divorce — Iowa State Bar Conference, Family Law Division 2005
- Vocational Rehabilitation — Mental Illness Disability Claims Conference, New York City 2005
- Writing for Health, Iowa Governor's Conference 2005
- Writing to Discover Meaning in Life — workshop — University of Iowa, School for Helping Professionals 2005
- Vocational Rehabilitation in Workers' Compensation — seminar, Lorman Education Services, Iowa 2003 — 2004
- Writing to Discover Your Direction in Life — Iowa City Public Library 2003
- Alternative Medicine and Disability, NRCA Rehabilitation Counseling Conference, Boston 2000
- Writing to Discover Your Direction in Life — Iowa City Public Library 2000
- Changes in Medicine, Iowa Governor's Conference 1999
- The Eden Alternative, Iowa Governor's Conference 1998
- Overcoming Adversity, Iowa City Senior Center 1997
- Peer Counseling and the Search for Meaning, Iowa Governor's Conference 1996
- Resources for People with Mental Illness — Iowa City Public Library 1995
COMMUNITY SERVICE
- SAFE anti-substance abuse coalition — Washington, IA 2007 – 2008
- American Cancer Society — Washington, IA 2007 &mdash Present;
- Lions Club, Crawfordsville, Iowa 2006 — Present
- Facilitate Substance Abuse groups MECCA, Iowa City: 2000 — 2005
- Facilitate Substance Abuse groups Johnson County Jail: 2000 — Present
- Workplace Learning Connection speaker, Iowa City: 2002 — Present
- Facilitate Addition group Oakdale Prison, Coralville, IA: 2001 — 2007
- Facilitated Anxiety/Depression support group, Mercy Hospital 1999 — 2000
- Editor, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Johnson County 1998 — 2000
- Tutor, University of Iowa Student Disability Services 1994 — 2000
- Board of Directors — Conner Center for Independent Living, 1996 — 1997
- Hospice Volunteer — Gainesville, FL 1992 — 1994
- Lions Club — Gainesville, FL 1991 — 1994
- Kiwanis — University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 1988 — 1991
- St. Anthony's Hospital — St. Petersburg, FL — Counseled people with disabilities 1986 &mdash 1991
- Facilitated Substance Abuse groups Pinellas County, FL Jail: 1986 — 1990
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, Forensic Division
- University of Iowa Speakers Bureau
ACADEMIC AWARDS
- International Conference on Human Functioning: Grand Prize 2000
- NRCA Rehabilitation Counseling Conference: Third Place 2000
- University of Iowa Fellowship, University of Iowa 1994 — 1998
- University of Florida Fellowship 1991 — 1994
- Who's Who Among Students in American Universities 1990
- Outstanding Graduate, University of South Florida 1990
- Outstanding Senior, University of South Florida 1990
© 2001-2008 Bill Asenjo
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