Dispelling Myths & Misconceptions About Disability and Work
Overview
This course is suitable for professionals who work with clients that experience challenges finding and keeping employment and / or with employers managing injury / illness prevention, sickness absence, employee recruitment, and employee retention. Other candidates that would benefit from this course include union representatives, medical practitioners, insurers, other benefits administrators, agency workers, educators, the worker’s co-workers and family members.
Course Content
Candidates will learn:
Definition of myths and misconceptions
The impact of myths / how supervisors and professionals do their job
Disability Management and Vocational Rehabilitation as professional examples
30 common myths and misconceptions in the field. 9 additional mental health myths in the video.
Arguments for dispelling these myths and misconceptions
The danger of not dispelling myths and misconceptions
Course Design
About the Instructor
Gail Kovacs
Director of Education and Professional Development
In her role as KMG’s Director of Education, Gail brings 44+ years of international experience in health care, disability management and vocational rehabilitation.
Her extensive teaching experience includes recent projects such as developing and delivering training courses to Foreign Trained Health Professionals in Ontario, creating the Study Guide, workshop and on-line training for the 8 professional domains of the Canadian Certified Vocational Evaluator (CCVE) exam, and developing training for front line construction supervisors in British Columbia in collaboration with WorkSafe B.C.
Gail is a Registered Rehabilitation Professional (RRP) and a Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Professional (CVRP). She is a Past President of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association of Canada (VRA Canada) and of the Canadian Assessment, Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Society (CAVEWAS). She has also been on the Board of Directors for the College of Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals (CVRP). She was a Trustee and Vice Chair of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association (VRA) in the UK and has been directly involved in the development of practice standards with the VRA in Canada, the UK Rehab Council, and the British Standards Institution.
Gail has a certificate in Human Resources Development and professionally practices as an Ergonomist. She is also a Canadian Certified Rehabilitation Counsellor (CCRC), a Certified Disability Management Professional (CDMP), and a Consensus Based Disability Management Auditor (CBDMA). She has been awarded the Fellowship of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association of Canada, the Award of Excellence from CAVEWAS, and a lifetime membership with the VRA UK all in recognition of her professional achievements in Vocational Rehabilitation and for her dedication and commitment to professional development.