10999 Reed Hartman Room 214 Cincinnati, OH 45242 Office: (513) 985-9151 Fax 513-985-9156 e-mail: [email protected]
web site: www.castonassociates.com
Ph.D.
M.Ed.
B.S.
University of Cincinnati
Vocational Rehabilitation - 1987 Kent State University
Rehabilitation Counseling - 1972 University of Cincinnati Psychology - 1969 LICENSE: CERTIFICATION: PRIOR ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS:
Licensed Professional Counselor Certified Rehabilitation Counselor
University of Cincinnati, - Cincinnati, Ohio Wright State University, - Dayton, Ohio Capital University-Columbus, Ohio PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
Diplomate - American Board of Vocational Experts Fellow - American Board of Disability Analysts International Association of Rehabilitation Providers National Rehabilitation Association
Job Placement Division
National Rehabilitation Counseling Association
Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association Southwest Ohio Self-Insured Association
Ohio Self-Insured Association Ohio Rehabilitation Association
Ohio Rehabilitation Counseling Association Southwest Ohio Rehabilitation Association
Past President - Southwest Ohio Rehabilitation Association
Past Board Member - Ohio Rehabilitation Counseling Association Past Board Member-United Way Allocations Committee
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
1983 – Present Owner: Caston & Associates Cincinnati, Ohio
Title: Rehabilitation Counselor
Duties: Conduct vocational assessments and job placement assistance for disabled individuals. Also provide labor market research,
counseling and consultation on vocational issues for managed care organizations, government agencies such as the Veterans
Administration, attorneys, employers, educational institutions and others. Other services include assessments for personal injury, workers' compensation, life care planning, and assessment of lost earnings capacity. Provide case coordination, consultation, and training for other professionals.
1975-1983
Ohio Valley Goodwill Cincinnati, Ohio
Title: Rehabilitation Coordinator
Duties: Provided supervision for the vocational evaluation
department. Also assisted with job placement, dormitory facility, and program evaluation. Trained new staff, reviewed and audited reports, planed assessment projects, and coordinated evaluation activities with other staff and referral agencies.
1970 to 1975
Ohio Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation Brecksville, Ohio - VA Hospital
Title: Rehabilitation Counselor Counselor Manager
Rehabilitation Supervisor
Duties: Provided rehabilitation services for disabled veterans with psychiatric disorders. Performed initial assessments, case management of disabled individuals, job placement, and coordination of the
individual rehabilitation process. Supervised other rehabilitation counselors. Was promoted to rehabilitation supervisor and subsequently managed other field offices. Developed vocational assessment systems for veterans.
1969-1970 Summit Service League Akron, Ohio
Title: Rehabilitation Counselor
Duties: Provided rehabilitation services for residents of a psychiatric halfway house. Coordinated activities with other agencies, referral sources, physicians, social workers and psychologists. Assisted with job placement. Interviewed prospective residents and developed rehabilitation plans with the residents and their counselors. 1966-1969 Rollman’s Psychiatric Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio
Title: Activities Therapist
Duties: Assisted therapy groups for patients. Provided recreational activities for patients in a psychiatric hospital.
1962-1966 United States Air Force
Title: Ground Radio Operator
Duties: Operated SSB radios for SAC and 1st Mobil Comm Group. Duty stations included: Barksdale, La, Kessler, Ms, Lackland TX, and Clark, PI. TDY Perth, Au. Assisted in jungle survival school.
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:
Vocational rehabilitation consulting has been provided for disabled individuals since 1969. Consultation has been provided for organizations such as rehabilitation facilities, managed care organizations government agencies, third party administrators, self insured employers, attorneys, and non profit agencies. Clients have included companies such as Gates McDonald, U. S. Health Works, NovaCare, and the Veteran’s Administration. Consultation has been provided concerning vocational assessment, employability, court testimony, vocational counseling and labor market access of disabled individuals.
PRESENTATIONS:
Training programs and presentations have been conducted for the National Rehabilitation Association, National Rehabilitation Counseling Association, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Rehabilitation Association, Great Oaks Vocational School, Chase Law School, Ohio Workers' Compensation Rehabilitation Division, Cincinnati Bar Association, Ohio Trial Lawyers Association, Indiana Defense Lawyers, and others. Topics have included Vocational Assessment of the Injured Worker, Industrial Rehabilitation, Vocational Evaluation Planning, Labor Market Access, Life Care Planning, Americans with Disabilities Act, and other related topics.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
Successful completion of professional training is accomplished each year. Programs attended include but are not limited to: medical information, labor market research, American With Disabilities Act, catastrophic case management, life care planning, transferable skills, medical rehabilitation, rehabilitation engineering, job development, counseling techniques, mental health issues, and others. These programs are sponsored by organizations such as The Ohio Rehabilitation Association, The National Rehabilitation Association, Universities, National Rehabilitation Counseling Association, and others.
PUBLICATIONS:
Job Seeking Skills Training: A job search guide for individuals with a disability The Role of a Vocational Assessment in Life Care Planning
Employability Evaluations Used in the PTD Process Transferability of Skills:
Ability of an Injured Worker to Engage In Employment
Caston & Associates; Howard L. Caston, 2003
Life Care Planning for Catastrophic Cases: Training Manual Shelia J. Cottle &
Associates, 2002.
Workers’ Compensation Journal of Ohio Vol. 13, 1998
Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio Vol. 9, 1994
Vocational Assessment and
Rehabilitation in Workers' Compensation Vocational Assessment and Rehabilitation Outcomes
Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio 1990, Vols. 5 & 6, 1990
Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin; Vol. 34, No 1, 1990
PRESENTATIONS
DATE PROGRAM SPONSOR
3/15/07 Ethics in the Private Sector IARPS-Ohio 3/25/06 Is there junk science in
vocational assessments?
ABVE 2/26/06 Effectively and lawfully
handling preexisting injuries, repeat claimants, apportionment, and permanency issues
Council on Education in Management
2/17/06 Vocational assessments: the good, bad, and ugly
South West Ohio Self Insured Association 7/17/05 Adding Impact to your
presentations
American Board of Disability Analysts 1/12/03 Vocational assessment in life
care planning
Capital University, Columbus, Oh 9/8/00 Disability fraud & ethics NRA, Cleveland, Oh
2/26/99 Ethics VA , Louisville, Ky
10/10/96 Vocational evaluation CHART, Cincinnati, Oh
12/8/95 Life care planning Indiana Defense Lawyers, Indianapolis, In 4/7/94 ADA and rehabilitation NARPPS, Chicago, Il
10/7/93 Disincentives for rehabilitation ORA, Cleveland, Oh
7/16/93 ADA-ergonomics control University of Cincinnati, Department of Environmental Health, Cincinnati, Oh 4/30/93 Deposition and expert
testimony in case management
SWORA-Cincinnati, Oh
9/17/92 ADA University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Oh 7/23/92 ADA Southern State College, Georgetown, Oh 4/18/91 Non-medical factory and
disability evaluation
Ohio Trial Lawyers Association , Columbus, Oh
4/10/91 Malpractice concerns in rehabilitation counseling
Wright State University, Dayton, Oh 2/8/91 Legal issues in rehabilitation
counseling
NRCA, Cincinnati, Oh 9/14/90 Expert vocational witness ORA, Columbus, Oh 6/2/90 Vocational issues in divorce
litigation
Northern Kentucky Bar Association, Park Hills, Ky
6/13/90 Assessment of the injured worker
CONTINUING EDUCATION
DATE PROGRAM SPONSOR HOURS
3/15/07 BWC Update IARPS-Ohio 1/5
3/15/07 Transferability of skills update IARPS-Ohio 1/5 3/15/07 Forensic vocational work IARPS-Ohio 1/5 3/15/07 Ethics in the private sector IARPS-Ohio 1/5 1/26/07 Senate Bill Nr 7-Ohio BWC OSIA 6.5 1/19/07 Workers Compensation Update in Ohio Lorman 6.0 10/10/06 Ethics: don’t leave home without them ORA 2.0 10/11/06 Can ethics be an absolute in rehabilitation ORA 2.0 10/11/06 Keynote: Electroboy; memoir of mania ORA 2.0 10/11/06 Multicultural issues in ethics ORA 1.0
10/11/06 Putting ADA to work ORA 1.5
10/12/06 Behavioral interviewing ORA 1.0 10/12/06 Faith and ethics at work ORA 1.0 10/12/06 Kathy Buckley-Don’t buck with me ORA 1.0 10/12/06 Ethics in rehabilitation-3rd party disclosure ORA 1.0
10/13/06 Hidden job market ORA 1.5
10/13/06 Bell Greve: Greg Smith: on a roll ORA 1.0
6/28/06 BWC update OSIA .75
6/28/06 Ohio case law update OSIA 1.5 6/28/06 Effectively stating your case OSIA .5 6/28/06 Helping doctors make better decisions OSIA 1.5 6/28/06 New prescription medication rules OSIA 1.0 6/28/06 Analysis of diagnostic studies OSIA .75
6/28/06 Wound care OSIA .5
6/28/06 Privatization of Workers’ Compensation OSIA .5 6/28/06 Workers’ Compensation expert OSIA 1.25 6/30/06 Ethical concerns for the practitioner OSIA 1.0 6/30/06 Administrative and legislative changes OSIA 1.0 6/30/06 Industrial Commissioners OSIA .5 6/30/06 Treatment of rotator cuff injuries by surgery OSIA 1.0 3/15/06 BWC/BVR Partnership Training BWC & BVR 3.0 3/26/06 Video based job analysis ABVE 1.5 3/25/06 Pre & Post injury earning capacity analysis ABVE 1.5 3/25/06 Assessing earnings capacity ABVE 2.0 3/25/06 The roles and responsibilities of the physician &
vocational rehabilitation expert
ABVE 1.5 3/24/06 Life care plan development ABVE 2.0
CONTINUING EDUCATION
3/24/06 Reading people: the art of how juries are selected
ABVE 2.0
3/24/06 Knowledge enhancement ABVE 2.0
3/15/06 BWC/BVR Partnership Training BWC 1.5 10/21/05 Recovery Based Computer Training for Persons
with Mental Illness
ORA 1.5 10/21/05 Breaking the sound barrier-Bell Greve Lecture ORA 1.0 10/20/05 Mind your own business-self employment ORA 1.0 10/20/05 Recruitment trends from the human resource
perspective
ORA 1.5 10/20/05 Avoiding hiring consideration elimination ORA 1.5 10/20/05 Public Policy briefing and update ORA 1.0 10/20/05 Assistive technology in the workplace ORA 1.0 10/20/05 Ethics, narrow and broad ORA 2.0 10/19/05 Common hand disorders ORA 1.0
10/19/05 Placement ORA 1.0
10/19/05 Neuropsychological assessment of traumatic brain injury
ORA 1.5 10/19/05 Ethics and community rehabilitation programs ORA 2.0 10/18/05 Ethics in marketing, development and
implementation of transitional work programs
ORA 2.0 7/16/05 Assessing maximal effort: are tests valid ABDA 1.0 7/16/05 Cultural considerations in chronic pain and
disability management
ABDA 1.0 7/16/05 Surviving a new self after brain injury ABDA .75 7/16/05 Hypochondriac: What to do when your patient
enjoys ill health
ABDA .75 7/16/05 Out-patient rehabilitation agency ABDA .75 7/16/05 Augmented conversations ABDA .5 7/17/05 Innovations in functional capacity evaluations ABDA 1.0 7/17/05 EMG disability analysis ABDA 1.0
CONTINUING EDUCATION
DATE PROGRAM SPONSOR HOURS
7/17/05 Courtroom battles, jury wars and expert witness ABDA .5 7/17/05 Methadone as an anti-depressant ABDA .5 7/17/05 Cognitive behavior therapy and the Nitawgi
Farm Experience
ABDA .5 7/17/05 Adding impact to your presentations ABDA .5
10/8/04 Bell Greve- J. R. Harding, Ed.D. The road to independence
ORA 2 10/8/04 Illness as an Occupation ORA 1
10/8/04 Independent Living Services-VA programming ORA 1
10/7/04 NRA Legislative Agenda ORA 1
10/7/04 Rehabilitation Services Administration ORA 1 10/7/04 Job Coaching the professional consumer ORA 1 10/7/04 Psychiatric rehabilitation ORA 1.5
10/7/04 Coping with grief ORA 2
10/6/04 Expert Witness ORA 2
10/6/04 Counselor, social worker licensure update ORA 2 10/6/04 Ethical practice and counseling ORA 2 10/6/04 Keynote-Vocational Rehabilitation-past present
& future
ORA 1.5 10/5/04 Rehabilitation professionals and ethics ORA 2
4/6/04 Cognitive behavioral interventions in chemical dependency
Heisel & Assoc
6.0
3/21/04 Ethics and issues ABVE 1.5
3/21/04 New technologies of law ABVE 20 3/20/04 Vocational correlates of neuropsychological
assessments
ABVE 1.5 3/20/04 Basic Skills for VE, interview interpretation, and
administration of tests
ABVE 1.5 3/19/04 Quantifying psychological injury in employment
law, medical malpractice, and other cases
ABVE 2.0 3/19/04 Employment law and sexual harassment ABVE 1.0
3/19/04 MVQS Volcano III labor market program ABVE1 2/5
1
3/26/04 Supervising and ethics Cohen & Yassenoff
6.0 3/11/04 Assistive technology Ohio State
University
10/31/03 Bell Greve Lecture ORA 1.0
10/31/03 Psychiatric rehabilitation: ethical perspective ORA 2.0 10/30/03 Successful employment strategies for persons
with mental illness
ORA 1.5 10/30/03 Assistive technologies ORA 2.0
10/29/03 Ethical dilemmas ORA 2.0
10/29/03 Keynote-Doug Wead ORA 1.0
10/29/03 Ticket to work & RSC ORA 1.0
2/21/03 HIPAA CCU2 6
1/30/03 BWC issues OSIA 0.5
1/30/03 HIPAA OSIA 0.5
1/30/03 Wage loss OSIA 0.5
1/30/03 Employment OSIA 0.5
1/30/03 Contested claims OSIA 0.5
1/30/03 Psychiatric injury management OSIA 0.5
1/30/03 IDET procedure OSIA 0.5
1/30/03 Assessments OSIA 0.5
1/30/03 Legal update OSIA 0.5
1/30/03 Subrogation OSIA 0.5
10/18/02 Ethics-professional boundaries ORA 2
10/18/02 Bell Greve ORA 1
10/17/02 Employer based work adjustment ORA 1 10/17/02 Illness as an occupation ORA 1
10/17/02 Diversity awareness ORA 1.5
10/17/02 Transferable skills ORA 1
10/17/02 Private practice ORA 1.5
10/16/02 Ethics-A daily walk ORA 1
10/16/02 COVA-Helping TANF recipients ORA 1
10/16/02 Ticket to success-SSA ORA 2
2
CONTINUING EDUCATION
DATE PROGRAM SPONSOR HOURS
10/16/02 Adaptive software for learning disabilities ORA 1.5
10/8/02 Ergonomics BWC 1.5
10/8/02 Employment Law BWC 2
10/8/02 Injury management BWC 1.5
10/24/02 Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Lorman 6 2/28/02 Agency partnership day Great Oaks 4
9/26/01 Bell Greve lecture-Don Barlette ORA3 1
9/25/01 Learning style and task analysis ORA 1.5
9/25/01 The psychology of joy ORA 2
9/25/01 Low tech assistive technology ORA 1 9/25/01 Unified approach to pain management ORA 2 9/25/01 Alternative health resources ORA 1 9/24/01 Ethics-counselor perceptions of dual
relationships
ORA 1.5
9/24/01 Ethics-empathic manner ORA 2
9/24/01 Assessing personal readiness for education and work
ORA 1.5 9/4/01 Helping the employer put the working injury
management pieces together
OH IARP4 2 8/24/01 Employment and labor law Lorman 6 3/21/01 Workers compensation in Ohio Lorman 6
2/5/01 Ohio self insurer’s: nuts & bolts OSIA5 5 9/9/00 Rehab in 21st century ecological approach NRA6 2 9/9/00 Explaining OSHA proposed ergonomic standards NRA 2
9/9/00 Impact of diversity in rehabilitation NRA 2 9/8/00 Keynote – Hilarity therapy NRA 1 9/8/00 Detecting symptom magnification NRA 2 9/8/00 Ethics-Disability fraud-ethical role of counselors NRA 2 9/8/00 Ethics-Dual relationships in rehabilitation NRA 1.5
9/7/00 O*NET the improved DOT NRA 2
3
Ohio Rehabilitation Association
4
Ohio division of the International Association of Rehabilitation Providers
5
Ohio Self Insured Association
6
