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NEWSLETTERS:
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CURRENT ISSUES:
Facilitating an understanding of roles within client-counselor relationships and encouraging the safe exchange of information.
QUARTERLY LEGAL TRENDS:
Sington versus Stokes: Where are we now?
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Newsletters & Company Presentations 
January (Employment Agencies as Resources for Job Placement)
February (Independent Medical Examinations: Effects on Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes)
March (Important Job Development Resources; Exploring Return to Work Disincentives)
April (Multi-Perspective Approach when Exploring Employment Options for Felons)
May (Improving Rehabilitation Outcomes by Proper Vocational Testing Administration)
June (Environmental Considerations: Conducive Measures in Promoting Rehab Success)
July (Using Comprehensive Job Development Programs to Facilitate Job Retention)
August (Facilitating an Understanding of Roles Within the Client/Counselor Relationship)
July (Sington v. Stokes: Where are we now?)
Understanding and Interpreting Sington (2005) 
Professional Development and Third Party Resources
The following information contains a combination of professional publications and presentations developed and published by third party organizations. They do not specifically represent the views or opinions of HFA, and merely are to be viewed as supplemental resources and methods of study as it applies or may apply to vocational rehabilitation practices under the Michigan Workers' Compensation and Disability Act.
Vocational Rehabilitation in Michigan Workers' Compensation (Dave Campbell, MA, CRC, Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant, State of Michigan, Michigan Workers' Compensation Agency 2004)
Disability, Dysfunction, or Deception: Explaining Acquired Occupational Disability , Spring 2006, The Forensic Examiner v.15 Issue 1, Author(s): Jasen Walker, EdD, CRC, CCM, and Fred Heffner, EdD
High Tech Enables Employees: Assistive technology helps make the workplace more accessible and disabled workers more productive, Author: Frank Jossi. HR Magazine, , Vol. 51, No. 2, February 2006
CDL Informational Resources: CDL Manual, Eligibility Requirements, Testing Information, and Hazmat Endorsement Requirements
Application to Set Aside Conviction (Rev 2004)
Rights and Responsibilities under Workers' Disability Compensation(May 2004),
Vocational Rehabilitation for Injured Workers (Jan 2004)
A Guide to the Vocationally Handicapped Provisions of the Workers' Disability Compensation Act
Appellate and Supreme Court Decisions
Haske v. Transport Leasing Inc. (1997)
Greenwald-McCallister v. Walmart Stores Inc., (2001)
Sington v. Chrysler Corp (2002)
Nessel v Schneck Pegasus Corp and Michigan Tooling (2003)
Henry v. City of Midland (2004)
Suliman v. Ann Arbor Ceiling & Partition (2004)
Henry v. City of Midland (2005) [on appeal]
Nessel v Schneck Pegasus Corp and Michigan Tooling (2006) [on appeal]
Nowak v. City of East Lansing (2005)
Stokes v. Daimler-Chrysler Corp (2006)
Stokes v. Daimler-Chrysler Corp - Supreme Court Opinion (2008)
Lofton v. Autozone - Supreme Court Opinion (2008)
Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969 and Administrative Rules
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