IARPS MISSION

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IARPS MISSION

• International Association of Rehabilitation
  Professionals

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IARP

• Formerly known as NARPPS, or National Association
  of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private
  Sector, IARP was formed in 1975 by rehabilitation
  professionals whose purpose was to provide
  support and educational programs to providers of
  rehabilitation services. IARP unites
  rehabilitation professionals across North America
  and beyond to promote the availability of
  effective, multidisciplinary services for persons
  with disabilities.

Outstanding networking opportunities and
educational tune-ups continue to this day
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• Uniting Rehabilitation Professionals in their
  Quest for Education, Professional Growth and
  Opportunities
• IARP is dedicated to promoting effective
  multidisciplinary rehabilitation, disability
  management, and return-to-work services on behalf
  of persons with disabilities and the economically
  disadvantaged enhancing the competency of
  service providers supporting innovation in
  related business development and management and
  becoming the pre-eminent source for shaping
  public policy that affects rehabilitation.

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IARP STRIVES TOWARD THE FOLLOWING GOALS

• Maintain an organizational structure that
  addresses member issues and expectations while
  reflecting and promoting the highest level of
  volunteer and staff competency
• Promote high standards of training and practice
  through the development of innovative continuing
  education and career enhancement opportunities
• Foster high standards of ethical conduct
  throughout the profession and encourage high
  standards for professional performance
• Monitor and influence federal/state/regional
  government and industry policies that affect the
  rehabilitation profession

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• Promote the chartering of chapters through which
  members can work as an effective group to further
  the goals of IARP specific to their region and/or
  geographic area
• Encourage member networking with the goal of
  understanding issues and trends affecting the
  profession and competency of all members
• Promote rehabilitation research by collecting,
  interpreting, and disseminating information on
  effective rehabilitation practices, and by
  consideration of changing social, economic,
  governmental, and technological conditions that
  affect providers of rehabilitation services and
  consumers
• Maintain cooperative relationships and activities
  with other organizations in pursuit of the
  Associations mission

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What is IARP?

• IARP SERVES A DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP
• IARP SUPPORTS PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
• IARP FOSTERS REHABILITATION RESEARCH
• IARP STRIVES TO SHAPE PUBLIC POLICY

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IARPS STRUCTURE

• IARP INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• SPECIAL INTEREST SECTIONS FORENSIC, CASE
  MANAGEMENT, DISABILITY MANAGEMENT, INTERNATIONAL
  ACADEMY OF LIFE CARE PLANNING
• STATE AND INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERS WITH COUNCIL OF
  PRESIDENTS REPRESENTATION
• PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT OF IARP HEADQUARTERS BY
  BTF ENTERPRISES, INC.

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IARP CURRENT STRUCTURE
IARP HEADQUARTERS Executive Director Event
Planner Account Manager Membership
Services Membership Support Accounting
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FORENSIC SECTION

• Consists of practitioners who primarily
  perform litigation support services associated
  with personal injury/civil litigation, employment
  law, workers compensation, family law, Social
  Security disability determinations, etc
• Practitioners perform vocational evaluations to
  assess earning potential and loss of earning
  capacity, and/or prepare life care plans to
  evaluate the ongoing medical and rehabilitation
  needs of persons sustaining catastrophic injuries
  or where such needs exist due to the presence of
  a disability.

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DISABILITY MANAGEMENT SECTION

• The Disability Management Section was initiated
  to assist individuals with responsibilities to
  develop return to work programs, design medical
  care contingency systems, develop statistical
  tracking programs and all things related to the
  development, implementation, oversight and
  marketing of DM Programs, and to address
  issues pertinent to the work of rehabilitation
  counselors in a job placement setting.
  Membership in this section affords access to
  individuals with immediate or ongoing knowledge
  to assist in improving our professionalism.

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CASE MANAGEMENT SECTION

• Focus on providing medical case management to
  specific populations who need coordination of
  their care. Many case managers work with
  insurance carriers and employers workers
  compensation cases. Other groups who benefit
  from case management services are the elderly and
  those with catastrophic injuries such as head
  trauma, spinal cord injuries, burns, and
  amputations or any other person with a disability
  who requires assistance in coordinating their
  care needs.

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International Academy of Life Care Planners
Section

• Life Care Planning is an advanced practice which
  is collaborative in nature and includes the
  patient, family, care providers and all parties
  concerned in coordinating, accessing, evaluating
  and monitoring necessary services. The IALCP
  Section believes professionals who develop life
  care plans must have a foundation of knowledge
  and practice, have an appropriate experience
  base, conduct an active practice which
  demonstrates application of the appropriate
  professional processes, perform specific
  methodologies demonstrating advanced practice,
  participate in professional organizations, and
  participate in community and national
  organizations.

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PROGRAMS OFFERED BY IARP

• ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
• ANNUAL FORENSIC CONFERENCE
• QUARTERLY PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION OFIARP
  JOURNAL, IN THE REHABPRO
• IALCP Section Journal of Life Care Planning
• STATE CHAPTER-SPONSORED MEETINGS
• LISTSERV FOR EACH SECTION
• LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT
• PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE
• PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING

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BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

• ANNUAL CONFERENCE
• IARP has provided me with wonderful networking
  opportunities and excellent educational forums.
  The Annual Conference continuously offers
  relevant topics and top notch presenters. I
  always leave this conference with the feeling
  that I have gained additional knowledge in my
  field.

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TESTIMONIALSI started as a Vocational
Evaluator 32 years ago and now I manage
disability for thousands of working Americans.
IARPs state chapter seminars and national
conferences, has helped me grow as a professional
and maintain my certifications and licenses. The
contacts I have made through IARP has provided me
with not only the resources to provide
outstanding service to my clients, but at times,
the resources I needed to move my career to the
next level.
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RehabPro

• As a professor of Rehabilitation Counseling, I
  rely on IARP to keep me current and up to date on
  issues and trends in private sector practice.
  RehabPro is always a must read!

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I feel that your seminars are second to none,
and the RehabPro is the most useful professional
magazine that I have read in my 25 years as a
nurse case manager!
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Section Listservs

• Now that I have made professional and personal
  friends through the IARP-Forensic Listserv, I
  attend the national or forensic conference every
  year to meet them in person! From my friends , I
  have received sample reports, research articles,
  billing and collection ideas, software
  recommendations, visits, conference roommates for
  shared expenses, encouragement to pursue a LCP
  certification. My practice has grown and
  diversified with the help of all my wonderful,
  generous, smart and too fun IARP friends.

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LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT

• IARP has helped me to stay ahead of the curve
  with regard to the legislative changes that
  impact our profession. By staying informed and
  on top of the changes, I am able to make
  responsive changes to my business in ways that
  minimize negative legislative changes, and find
  business assets in other changes.

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NETWORKING

• My involvement in IARP has allowed me to develop
  business relationships (and friendships)
  throughout the USA which has been very helpful to
  our organization and to our customers and
  clients. I can always find coverage for a
  referral even in states where we do not normally
  provide services. The friendships have been
  rewarding at both a personal and business level.

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IARP MILESTONES

• Founders of IARP/NARPPS defeat 1975 legislation
  that would have created a government monopoly for
  the delivery of vocational rehabilitation
  services by the California Department of
  Rehabilitation.
• IARP/NARPPS incorporates in 1981 as a US National
  501(c)6 nonprofit corporation
• IARP/NARPPS professional peer review process
  based on formal standards and ethics criteria is
  endorsed at the first annual NARPPS conference
• Association To Association (ATA) Network evolves
  from alliances among professional rehabilitation
  organizations.
• IARP/NARPPS engages in a four year legislative
  effort to remove the monopoly enjoyed by public
  state vocational rehabilitation agencies in the
  provision of services to Social Security
  Disability beneficiaries.
• NARPPS changes its name in 2000 to the
  International Association of Rehabilitation
  Professionals (IARP). The new name positions
  IARP to become the pre-eminent interdisciplinary
  organization representing rehabilitation
  professionals worldwide.

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Why should I join?Whats in it for me?

• I would recommend IARP membership for those
  entering the field as well as long term veterans
  to keep informed and up to date as well as to see
  emerging trends in our industry.
• The professional benefits of being a member are
  numerous. For a successful career you cant
  afford not to join!

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How to Join IARP

• Go online to www.RehabPro.org
• or
• Call IARP Headquarters _at_ 847-657-6964