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A Guide to Becoming a Vocational Expert with The Social Security Administration carries the reader through the 5-Step process an administrative law judge use to determine disability, defines the roles of persons appearing in the hearing, including the ALJ, the hearing reporter, medical expert(s), the claimant's representative, the claimant, and the vocational expert, follows the hearing process used to evaluate disability, shows ways the VE evaluates the past work of claimants, examines the criteria ALJs use to formulate hypothetical questions for the VE, presents typical ways VEs respond to hypothetical questions, outlines the criteria attorneys use to cross-examine vocational experts, and presents vocational factors VEs use formulate their responses during a hearing. Administrative Law Judges examining the manuscript have made the following unsolicited responses: It's actually a great manuscript, and is spot on There is so little out there to help vocational experts. This fills a void in our program This is a must-read book for rehabilitation counselors, vocational experts, attorneys with a practice in disability. and anyone desiring to become a vocational expert.

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Asheley D. Wells, BS, MA and her father, Gerald K. Wells Ph.D., CRC are active vocational witnesses offering expert testimony for the Offices of Disability, Adjudication and Review (ODAR) in Charlottesville and Roanoke, Virginia. Both are in professional practice with the rehabilitation counseling firm of Wells & Associates that offers a full range of services: vocational counseling, labor market surveys, personal injury consultation, employability and wage-loss assessments, counselor training and job placement. They are co-authors of the recent publications, The Rehabilitation Counselor in Professional Practice and The Job-Search Organizer . Both hold national certifications with the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification and certifications to practice in the State of Virginia.

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