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2025 IARP Fall Forum 
& IALCP Symposium

September 18-20, 2025 | Orlando, FL
at the Orlando World Center Marriott

Join us at the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP) 2025 Annual Fall Forum & 31st Annual IALCP Symposium, taking place September 18-20! This is the event where rehabilitation professionals worldwide will come together to build and grow their skills and relationships with fellow professionals.

At the IARP 2025 Fall Forum, you will see top-notch presenters who will provide credit-approved educational experiences designed to give you what you need to be successful in this industry.

Highlights of this year’s Fall Forum:

• Make treasured memories in Florida with your colleagues and IARP friends!
• Engage with others and learn more about our recently relaunched Mentoring Program
• Learn more about Life Care Planning and Disability Case Management best practices
• Connect with industry experts in the sessions and at the receptions

PLUS, MUCH, MUCH MORE!

Continuing Education:

IARP will be applying for the following continuing education credits: ABVE, CCMC, CDMS, CRC, CVE, CLCP-CCLP, MSCC, CVRP, NBCC, Nursing contact hours, and Ethics (for CRC, CLCP-CCLP, MSCC).

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September 18-20, 2025
Orlando World Center Marriott
Orlando, Florida

We are excited to announce that submissions are now being accepted for presentations for the 2025 IARP Fall Forum and IALCP Symposium, and for additional virtual learning opportunities. We will be accepting submissions for these at the same time and ask that on the submission form you indicate your preference to present in-person at the Fall Forum, at other virtual events, or both.

We are looking for proposals that go well beyond the broad spectrum into the fine detail of the expert's methodology, introduce innovative ideas and skills for rehabilitation and life care planning professionals and create/formulate opinions based on best practices and solid evidence-based research.

The 2025 IARP Fall Forum and IALCP Symposium will continue IARP's legacy of highlighting best practices, industry developments from recognized leaders and issues critical to the rehabilitation community. We are looking for conference presentations that provide knowledge, resources, and tools, increasing performance and productivity for rehabilitation professionals. Panel presentations comparing and contrasting methodologies using actual case examples would be very welcome. Takeaways that give participants tools they can immediately use in practice are highly desirable.

All submissions must be made via the online system by 5:00pm CST on March 7, 2025.

We hope you will consider sharing your ideas and expertise with our members!

2024 IARP Fall Forum & IALCP Symposium

November 7-9, 2024 | San Francisco, CA
at the Marriott Marquis

The IARP Fall Forum 2024 is the perfect opportunity to connect, learn, and grow in your career. Join us in San Francisco for two and a half days of presentations and networking opportunities. Learn about the latest research and best practices in rehabilitation, connect with other professionals in your field, and explore the beautiful city of San Francisco.

Here are just a few of the highlights:

• Presentations on ORS methodology, a new calculator resource for Vees, and volunteer engagement activities.
• Roundtables for section members to discuss specific needs and issues.
• Opportunities to network with vendors and learn about new products and services.
• Explore the beautiful city of San Francisco and enjoy its many attractions.

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2024 IARP Fall Forum
& IALCP Symposium

November 7-9, 2024 | San Francisco, CA
at the Marriott Marquis

Join us at the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP) 2024 Annual Fall Forum & 30th Annual IALCP Symposium, taking place November 7-9, 2024! This is the event where rehabilitation professionals worldwide will come together to build and grow their skills and relationships with fellow professionals.

At the IARP 2024 Fall Forum, you will see top-notch presenters who will provide credit-approved educational experiences designed to give you what you need to be successful in this industry.

Highlights of this year’s Fall Forum:

• Attend the fascinating Keynote Session presented by John Berg, “The Perils of Paralysis; A Families Trauma”
• Make treasured memories in San Francisco with your colleagues and IARP friends! Unique sight-seeing discounts available!
• Engage with others and learn more about our recently relaunched Mentoring Program
• Learn more about Life Care Planning and Disability Case Management best practices
• Connect with industry experts in the sessions and at the receptions

PLUS, MUCH, MUCH MORE!

Spring Virtual Mini Series

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Mini Series Tracks:

• Rehabilitation and Disability Case Management (RDCM)
• Forensics for Emerging Professionals (FOR/EMP)
• Life Care Planning (LCP)
• Social Security Vocational Expert (SSVE)

Credits: Attend all four tracks to earn 12 CEUs. Each track earns 3.0 CEUs of the following: ABVE, CCMC, CDMS, CLCP-MSCC, CRC-CVE (Pending Approval).

Members: $120 per track

Non-Members: $150 per track

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Full Details

On-demand recordings are available with CE credits for one year from the date they are made available following the conference.

Check out our exciting schedule full of engaging content from global thought leaders, all focused around the essential areas of Forensics, Life Care Planning, Rehabilitation & Disability Case Management, Social Security, and Vocational Transition Rehabilitation Services.

Session Highlights:

103. Changes to Florida Law Affecting Life Care Planning

Presented by Gil Spruance, Spruance and Associates, Inc.; Rick Staggard, Farah and Farah; Kristen Van der Linde, Esq, Boyd and Jenerette; Brian Flaherty, Esq, Farah and Farah

Senate Bill 236 was recently signed into law affecting PI cases going forward. A review of the law and implications for Life Care Planners working in Florida will be reviewed. Possible implications include future business volume, LCP methodologies for pricing. As this is a new change and is still being studied and debated, we will hear from 2-3 practicing attorneys representing both sides of the bar.

501. Occupational Requirements Survey: Nits, Grits and Gripes - 1.5 NBCC Hours

Presented by Jeffrey Truthan, SkillTRAN, LLC

With a huge investment by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to collect evidence-based data to support a new Occupational Information System (OIS), this session will summarize the similarities and differences between the currently used Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) classification system and the new Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2018 code-based system used in the Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS).

601. Legislative and Governmental Affairs Update

Presented by Michelle Aliff, Aliff Vocational Consultants, LLC

This presentation will provide an overview and update on SSVE's lobbyist and governmental affairs work over the past year. Topics covered will include the many issues plaguing the SSA system, including the backlog of cases at the DDS level, the reduced number of hearings, and the status of ORS implementation. Further legislative issues including WIOA will be briefly discussed.

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Register by Friday July 28, 2023 to receive the discounted early bird rate!

Join the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP) at the 2023 Annual Fall Forum & 29th Annual IALCP Symposium from October 26-28, 2023. This is the premiere event where rehabilitation professionals from all around the world will come together to build and grow their skills and relationships with fellow professionals.

At the IARP 2023 Fall Forum & Symposium, you will see top-notch presenters who will provide credit-approved educational experiences designed to give you what you need to be successful in this industry.

Here are Highlights of This Year's Event

• Keynote Address, Day 2: Strengthening the “I” in IARP
  Kathleen Deery, PhD
• Keynote Address, Day 3: Taking My Life Back —A Quadruple Amputee’s Story of Survival
  Amanda Flores Bordoy
• Concussive Brain Injury: Controversies, Caveats, and Conundrum’s
  Nathan Zasler, MD, DABPM&R, FAAPM&R, FACRM, BIM, CBIST
• Status Report on Development of Costing Framework
  Laura Woodard, MA, CRC, CLCP, CCM
• PEEDS-RAPEL© 20 Years Later: Best Practices in Pediatric Earnings Capacity Assessment
  Ann Neulicht,  Ph.D., CRC, CLCP, CVE, CDMS, ABVE/D, LCMHC, PLLC
• Making Courtroom Appearances Fun
  Gil Spruance, MS, CRC, CVE, CLCP, MSCC, CCM
• Digital Marketing 101: How to Build a Digital Presence for Your Business
  Marcus Allmon, Google Digital Marketing Certification

PLUS, MUCH, MUCH MORE!

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We look forward to seeing you at this exciting and informative 2023 Fall Forum & Symposium!

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Join the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP) for the 2023 Virtual Annual Conference August 18-19, 2023, where rehabilitation professionals from all around the world will come together to build and grow their skills and relationships with fellow professionals.

At the IARP 2023 Virtual Annual Conference, you will see top-notch presenters who will provide credit-approved educational experiences designed to give you what you need to be successful in this industry. Register by July 28, 2023 to receive the discounted early bird rate!

Virtual Conference Highlights

1. Learn about the latest industry changes to better your career. The Conference Planning Committee has put together a comprehensive program with attention to all interests for rehabilitation professionals.
2. Strengthen your network with industry leaders and your peers. The IARP Virtual Annual Conference is a great place for career enhancing networking and connections.
3. Professional development, increasing performance and productivity, for yourself and your teams.

Plus much, much more!

Join us for 2 days of continued learning

Enjoy an exciting two-day inventory of educational sessions presented by renowned speakers and includes topics for all sections of IARP. View the session descriptions and the full schedule of events!

Get more details on the IARP 2023 Virtual Annual Conference Central.

We look forward to seeing all at an exciting and informative 2023 Virtual Conference! Register by July 28 to save with our early registration discounts.

PLEASE NOTE:

Recorded content is not included in Virtual Conference registration. Recordings of tracks 1, 2, and 3 will be available for purchase in early October. Virtual Conference attendees will be eligible for a 50% discount per track. If you plan to purchase post-event track sessions, it is recommended that you follow one track during the Virtual Conference to maximize your experience.

For more information about what's included with your registration fee, see our Virtual Conference FAQs.

October 19 & 20, 2022  • IALCP Symposium & IARP Preconference
October 21 & 22, 2022 • IARP Conference

Can't Attend the In-Person Conference?

We've got you covered! The post-conference on-demand bundle packages are now available for pre-purchase. Session bundles are a great way to get your CEUs from the comfort of your own home.

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Note: bundle purchases are a separate transaction from Conference registration.

Bundles will be available within 30 days after the conference.

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2022 IARP Annual Conference & IALCP Symposium

You Are Invited to Participate!

The International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals is excited to invite our Sponsors and Exhibitors back to the 2022 IARP Annual Conference and Annual IALCP Symposium, taking place October 19-22 in Austin, TX.

Sponsorship and Exhibitor opportunities are available at every price point to help connect Sponsors and Exhibitors with the 400+ rehabilitation professionals in attendance! CLICK HERE to review Sponsor and Exhibitor options and make sure to complete your registration before the September 15th deadline.

Awards Presented at Annual Meeting

February 2020, St. Paul, MN - The International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP), an association of over 2,400 rehabilitation professionals from across the world, announced its principle award winners at the association’s 2019 annual meeting in Portland, Oregon on November 1, 2019. The awards highlight the IARP member who has made lifetime contributions benefiting the total rehabilitation community. Equally important are the awards for outstanding professional member, distinguished leader, and notable emerging professionals in the field.

IARP Lifetime Achievement Award

Amy Vercillo was honored with the IARP Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes the individual professional member who has demonstrated a history of distinguished service and life-long commitment to the rehabilitation profession. The award also identifies significant and notable contributions both to the organization and profession throughout their career. Dr. Vercillo has been actively involved for decades in IARP. She has dedicated her time towards the Social Security Vocational experts’ quest to receive fair pay and ensure appropriate qualifications for individuals serving as SSVEs. Dr. Vercillo was instrumental in obtaining a fee increase for SSVE members, first increase in nearly 30 years. This is a tangible outcome that greatly benefited IARP members. Recently, Dr. Vercillo was also asked to chair the Governmental Affairs and Legislative committee to assist all of IARP in governmental affairs and advocacy for the profession. She has gladly taken this additional responsibility on in addition to her continued service for the SSVE board. She has been active in leadership roles in IARP for well over ten years. She is always willing to help or assist in any way she can.

IARP Emerging Professional Award

Dr. Tracy Witty was awarded the IARP Emerging Professional Award. This award is given to the individual professional member who has expanded the role of rehabilitation professional through IARP participation, leadership, volunteering, and professional growth, thereby representing and promoting the mission of IARP to a larger audience. Tracy Witty, who has been granted CLCP credential within the last five years, has also completed a doctorate and published her thesis which promotes the professional practice of Life Care Planning within the occupational therapy field. Furthermore, she has encouraged and supported each of her associates to attain the CCLCP credential and IARP memberships. Tracy has also started multiple writing projects with colleagues; the goal of which is to publish in the area of LCP within IARP and OT professional journals.

IARP Outstanding Professional Member Award

Michael Blankenship was honored with this achievement because of his activities both inside and outside of IARP. He has given countless hours to IARP and represented members in Washington DC as part of the IARP Government Relations team. He exemplifies professional association leadership not only with his skills but with his positive attitude and good nature. When fundraising for a lobbyist to represent SSVE’s he challenged members to meet a goal with the promise of wearing a pink tutu to the national conference. Not only did Mike’s encouragement help the section meet the goal he looked very stylish in his pink tutu. Mike in generous with his time for the benefit of others, has mentored new members, provided outstanding leadership and did it all with a warm smile.

IARP Outstanding Leadership Award

Michelle Aliff was recognized as the winner of the IARP Outstanding Leadership Award. This award is given to the individual professional member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the service of IARP, either at the section level, international level, or within a particular chapter. Michelle has served as the chair of SSVE for the past two years and has spent a considerable amount of her own personal money and time to improve the landscape for all SSVEs. In terms of contributing her own personal money, for several years she has donated several thousands of dollars to support a lobbyist to assist with improving qualifications of vocational experts testifying in administrative law hearings, increase fees paid to SSVEs for testimony and case review provided, and continuously travels (paying her own way) to Washington to advocate with a small team of vocational experts and the lobbyist to further support the mission of IARP. Not only is Michelle effectively communicating with decision-makers within the Social Security Administration, it appears they are reshaping qualification standards of vocational experts. In terms of contributing her time, she is constantly communicating on the list-serve with developments of lobbying efforts, extending the discussion on several topics (sharing resources that can be used by all SSVEs), resolving disagreements in a professional manner so that members do not feel attacked, and regularly meets with SSVEs to solve their issues when she can.

IARP Outstanding Chapter Award

IARP continued with the formal recognition of the outstanding work being done within IARP Chapters by giving out its second Outstanding Chapter Award. All IARP Chapters were invited to participate by describing how their chapter performed against a set of criteria, which included; leadership and organization involvement, learning and career development, membership growth and retention, integration of younger members, strategic planning, and creative activities. The winner for 2019 was IARP Washington! As the winner of the Outstanding Chapter Award, IARP Washington was presented with a banner that commemorates their accomplishment and can be used at future chapter events.

The IARP member recognition program was developed by a special subcommittee of the IARP Membership/Marketing Committee. The subcommittee was chaired this year by Mitchell Schmidt from Pennsylvania. Others contributing to the review of all nominations were: Todd Gendreau, Janice Marrero, Sara Shugars, Matthew Sprong, and Laura Woodard.

FLCPR Presents Annual Awards

Continuing its tradition of recognizing outstanding members of the life care planning community, the Foundation for Life Care Planning Research (FLCPR) presented its annual awards during a special reception for the Life Care Planning Section on October 31, 2019 in Portland, OR. Established in 2002 as a non-profit research organization, the Foundation's scope has broadened to include support for any well-developed research design within the field of rehabilitation that advances the field and/or makes a significant contribution to the population of individuals with a disability. The FLCPR works with several state universities, private practitioners, university academics and doctoral students, and enjoys a long history of supporting successful research projects as well as supervising several doctoral students in the completion of their dissertation work. For a summary of FLCPR projects, see www.FLCPR.org.

Congratulations to the 2019 FLCPR Award Recipients:

Sheri Jasper Memorial Recognition Award

Dana Penilton was awarded the Sheri Jasper Memorial Recognition award in recognition of her contributions to the life care planning community that exemplify the consummate professional. Dana continues to be a positive influence in the specialty practice of life care planning and embodies many of the same qualities as Sheri Jasper, the award’s namesake, through her consistent positive, supportive, friendly and encouraging attitude toward colleagues and clients. Dana’s tireless energy is evident in her passion for the principles of rehabilitation, case management, life care planning, and rehabilitation nursing. A strong believer in and advocate for giving back to the profession, Dana’s time and insight can be found not only in her clinical work, but also her contributions to the professional association and colleagues in the field. Dana stepped up and assisted this year’s conference committee in helping to plan the IARP conference and, more specifically, the successful and highly rated Life Care Planning Symposium and pre-conference.

FLCPR Lifetime Achievement Award

Dan Bagwell was honored with the FLCPR Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given to an individual in recognition of their dedication and countless contributions to the specialty practice of life care planning. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly to the body of literature in life care planning and have advanced the specialty practice of life care planning through word and/or deed. Dan Bagwell received the Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award for his extensive experience in the field of life care planning, his generosity of both time and resources, including serving on important committees, presenting at symposium events, and mentoring other life care planners for more than twenty years. Dan has also authored co-chapters on organ transplantation and spinal cord injury in the Life Care Planning and Case Management handbook. Through all his activities, Dan has been a major advocate for the field and many of us have had the opportunity to benefit from his energy, insights, and friendship.

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