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Enrique N. Vega, M.S., CRC, CDMS is a vocational expert with Vocational Economics, Inc. He provides expert vocational testimony specific to earning capacity and worklife
expectancy for persons with a disability. He is a board certified rehabilitation counselor,
certified disability management specialist, a certified rehabilitation counselor by the U.S.
Department of Labor, and a vocational expert under contract with the Social Security
Administration.
Mr. Vega holds a master's of science degree in counseling with an emphasis in
rehabilitation counseling from California State University, Los Angeles, and an
undergraduate degree from Yale University in Comparative Literature.
Enrique Vega has significant
experience in terms of working with both
physically impaired and psychiatrically impaired
persons with a disability. Especially common are
services he provides to individuals who sustained traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress disorder, and physical impairments severely restricting exertional capability. Mr. Vega has a
thorough understanding of the way in which a worklife expectancy for persons with a
disability is computed and the practical experience of applying a worklife expectancy value to a specific individual with a work disabling condition.
Mr. Vega is currently the president of the California chapter of the International
Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP) 2008 - 2009 and also serves as board member in the disability management (DM) section of IARP. He has also served on the boards of the California Association of Rehabilitation and Re-employment Professionals (CARRP), and the Organization of Bilingual Rehabilitation Associates (OBRA).
Mr. Vega has written articles on issues related to employment of persons with disabilities on several issues of CARRP's Keeping California Working newsletter. He is co-editor of the 2008 Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS) Study Guide published by Elliot & Fitzpatrick. He is a presenter and lecturer on career, employment, and earnings issues related to persons with disabilities. He is an active member of several professional organizations, including the National Rehabilitation Association, the Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Association, the National Workforce Development Professionals, and the American Board of Vocational Experts. He has an active practice developing vocational rehabilitation plans and doing job placement of persons with disabilities for the federal
Office of Workers' Compensation Program (OWCP), the Social Security Administration's Ticket-to-Work program, the California state worker's compensation programs, and the Veterans Administration Chapter 31 rehabilitation services for disabled veterans. He has testified at Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board throughout California.
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