The Center for Work & Health Technologies (CWHT) was established at San Diego State University in 1991 to provide technical assistance to business and industry through research, organizational development, and education. This integral component of SDSU's Interwork Institute represents a unique collaborative effort of university and industry-based experts from health care, safety & health, human resources & risk management, and rehabilitation. The Center Director, Dr. Robert Hall, is an Adjunct Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling at SDSU.

The CWHT utilizes specialized areas of expertise in the above areas to pursue research, education, and development projects in the fields of rehabilitation and workforce development. Prior projects have focused on the following areas: disability management programs, health and safety programs, workers' compensation policy, occupational information systems, worker skills analysis & development, maximizing employee performance, job design & structuring, and organizational and workforce development issues.

The CWHT staff has over 40 combined years of experience working with public and private organizations, including:

• the establishment of medical & vocational disability case management services;
  
• establishment of comprehensive vocational evaluation services;
  
• designing assessment services in schools, medical environments, & rehabilitation centers;
  
• research/development and marketing of vocational assessment devices;
  
• training on vocational assessment equipment;
  
• representation and education of disability insurance, health care, and rehabilitation professionals and business entities on local, statewide and national levels;
  
• coordination and integration of services with community colleges and health facilities; and
  
• creation of disability management professional training and workforce development initiatives for major employers.

Our relationships with business and industry have included the workers' compensation and disability insurance industry, state disability and employment organizations, state rehabilitation agencies, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Veterans Administration, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, several university rehabilitation programs, community colleges, county and city human resources departments, organized labor, training programs, health care providers, and assessment instrument manufacturers and publishers.

Consultation and work activities of CWHT principals and partners have involved program design and evaluation, occupational analysis, functional capacity screening assessments, ergonomic solutions, comprehensive evaluations, ADA compliance, promotional and educational sales presentations, rehabilitation management and planning, career development, curriculum development, vocational placement, professional staff training, and professional seminars and training via classroom and distance education.

Previous cooperative efforts have been undertaken with by the CWHT with Sharp Healthcare, California Association of Rehabilitation and Reemployment Professionals, California Employment Development Department/Disability Insurance Branch, the Insurance Educational Association, the Disability Management Employer Coalition, the State of California - Division of Workers'

CWHT projects have included:

• Design and implementation of the statewide Consumer Needs Assessment for the California Department of Rehabilitation.
  
• Contract with the California Association of Rehabilitation and Reemployment Professionals to investigation costs and outcomes for the state workers' compensation vocational rehabilitation program.
  
• Cooperative effort with the Insurance Educational Association and the Disability Management Employer Coalition to deliver the Certificate in Disability Management Professional (CPDM) program via distance education.
  
• Post-graduate 21-unit graduate certificate program in Rehabilitation Administration and Disability Management Services.
  
• Privatization of the Nevada Department of Rehabilitation Vocational Assessment Centers: A Feasibility Study.
  
• Design and delivery of a "train the trainer" program in Managing the Injured Worker for supervisors and workers' compensation professionals for California state agencies
  
• Organizational Analysis of California State Disability Insurance Programs: A Focused Study of Practice, Process, and Management.
  
• Research on conceptual framework and occupational variants used in the Permanent Disability Rating Schedule - Contract with the Division of Workers' Compensation - Disability Evaluation Unit, State of California.
  
• Contract for Case Management Information Service for workers' compensation program outcomes and cost tracking for subscribing private rehabilitation providers located throughout California.
  

Contact Information:

The Center for Work & Health Technologies
3590 Camino Del Rio North
San Diego, CA 92108

Robert Hall, PH.D., CRC, CDMS
Tel: (619) 594-7466
Fax: (619) 594-8807
CWHT@interwork.sdsu.edu

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