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ABVE Requirements

The ABVE requires 42 CE points during a three-year cycle. (ABVE has changed from the clock hour method to the point method. (Adopted March 16, 2007)

Courses offered by the ABVE - Points are calculated at 1.5 times the credit hour earned - this ONLY applies to CE acquired by courses offered by the ABVE and not from those acquired from any other providers.

ABVE Couress offered on OnlineCE.com Courses Earn 1.5 ABVE Points for Each Credit Hour. OnlineCE.com Certificates of Completion will report and verify attendance in clock hours

 

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Ethics in Forensic Science 201 : A Brief History of Ethics
2.0

Cindy Grimley, MS, CRC, CCM, IPEC

$50.00 USD

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  • Define the term meta-ethics
  • Compare and contrast normative ethics and applied ethics
  • Describe the concept of moral psychology
  • Summarize the major theories of descriptive ethics
  • List the similarities and differences of the classic Greek philosophers
  • Compare and contrast the theories of the 20th century philosophers with those of the 15th to 19th centuries

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 2.0 hr = 3.0 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Ethics in Forensic Science 202 : The Forensic Practitioner's Quest for Truth
2.0

Cindy Grimley, MS, CRC, CCM, IPEC

$50.00 USD

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  • Describe the basic differences amongst the major religions
  • Explain the roles of the scientist in the ethics of truth
  • Outline the sources of risk to maintaining ethical standards in the laboratory
  • List the responsibilities of the forensic specialist when testifying in court
  • Describe how seeking truth in life translates into professional integrity
  • Integrate the “Seven Deadly Sins,” into the ethics of forensic science

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 2.0 hr = 3.0 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Ethics in Forensic Science 203 : Ethics Codes in Other Organizations: Structures and Enforcement
3.0

Cindy Grimley, MS, CRC, CCM, IPEC

$75.00 USD

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  • Explain the purpose of professional codes of ethics
  • Identify the factors that underlie the need for professional codes of ethics in government and politics
  • Outline attempts to bolster and diminish the codification and enforcement of ethics in Congress and the Executive Branch
  • Give examples of how ethics informs the educational process
  • Describe how religious and business practices are built on ethical standards
  • Discuss the medical code of ethics
  • Cite examples of how conflicting motivations can alter ethical behavior in sports and entertainment
  • List the principles of an ideal ethical structure

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 3.0 hr = 4.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Ethics in Forensic Science 204 : Ethics in Testimony
3.0

Cindy Grimley, MS, CRC, CCM, IPEC

$75.00 USD

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  • Summarize ethical practices when testifying
  • Indicate the statistical importance of forensic evidence in criminal case outcomes and sentencing
  • Describe the challenges facing the forensic scientist when testifying in court
  • Explain the issues surrounding payment for expert testimony
  • Recognize the benefits of having a standard certification of forensic scientists
  • Outline the confusion that exists concerning the term, “doctor.”
  • Recognize the ethical duty to avoid omissions, over-statements and obfuscation
  • Define scientific certainty versus probability

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 3.0 hr = 4.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 201 : Introduction to Vocational Rehabilitation
1.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$25.00 USD

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  • Describe the historical genesis and evolution of the field of vocational rehabilitation. 
  • Describe the origin and evolution of the vocational rehabilitation process.
  • Describe the sequential phases of the vocational rehabilitation process.

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 202 : History of Forensic Rehabilitation Counseling
2.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$50.00 USD

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  • Outline the known genesis of the use of forensic vocational consultants
  • Define essential terms with respect to forensic vocational practice
  • Identify important changes in legislation and case law leading to existing practice and its continued growth
  • Explain the need for the development of forensic methodologies and standard practices
  • Describe the evolution of the credentialing of vocational rehabilitation specialists

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 2.0 hr = 3.0 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 203 : Forensic Rehabilitation and Vocational Earning Capacity Models
2.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$50.00 USD

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  • Describe the range of vocational and rehabilitation assessment models published in the professional literature.
  • Describe the similarities and differences between published vocational and rehabilitation assessment models. 
  • Describe the range of factors and/or variables considered in each of the published assessment models.

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 2.0 hr = 3.0 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 204 : Medical Evidence and Residual Functional Capacity
2.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$50.00 USD

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  • Describe the similarities and differences between the two most common models of disability - the Biomedical and Biopsychosocial models.
  • Outline the evolution and application of medical impairment ratings and rating tools. 
  • Outline the importance of relying on an appropriate medical and functional capacity foundation to determine vocational potential.

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 2.0 hr = 3.0 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 205 : Psychometric Assessment in Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation
3.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$75.00 USD

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  • Describe the differences between vocational assessment and vocational evaluation.
  • Outline the essential assumptions inherent in psychometric assessment.
  • Apply basic statistical concepts essential in meaningfully administering and interpreting psychometric testing.

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 3.0 hr = 4.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 206 : Transferability of Skills: Historical Foundations and Development
1.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$25.00 USD

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  • Describe the historical evolution of the concept of transferable skills analysis.
  • Describe resources utilized by Vocational Experts in completing a transferable skills analysis.
  • Detail the steps for carrying out a transferable skills analysis. 

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 207 : Job Analysis
2.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$50.00 USD

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  • Describe the historical evolution of job analysis.
  • Articulate the state of the current research on job analysis.
  • Describe applications and uses of job analysis in the vocational rehabilitation process.

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 2.0 hr = 3.0 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 208 : Labor Market Survey
3.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$75.00 USD

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  • Describe the history and use of labor market survey.
  • Describe the 12 step labor market survey model.
  • Analyze ethics concerns and issues applicable to labor market survey.

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 3.0 hr = 4.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 209 : Occupational and Labor Market Information
3.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$75.00 USD

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  • Cite specific data resources useful to the forensic vocational consultant
  • Describe the history and use of occupational and labor market information in forensic rehabilitation
  • Outline suggested criteria for selecting occupational and labor market data

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 3.0 hr = 4.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 210 : Introduction to the American Legal System and Rules of Civil Procedure: A Primer for Vocational Experts
2.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$50.00 USD

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  • Describe the relationship of common law, constitutional law, and statutory law
  • Distinguish the roles of the federal, state and local court systems
  • Explain the rules of civil procedure
  • List the aspects of a civil action
  • Recognize the role of vocational experts in civil procedures

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 2.0 hr = 3.0 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 211 : Case Conceptualization: Achieving Opinion Validity through the Lens of Clinical Judgment
1.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$25.00 USD

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  • Define the concepts of clinical judgement and opinion validity
  • Describe the process of achieving opinion validity in the course of vocational assessment
  • Define the general guidance of the development of defensible vocational opinions and conclusions.

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 212 : Interpreting Rehabilitation Research
1.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$25.00 USD

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  • Explain the uses and applications of research in vocational rehabilitation assessment
  • Describe the most common research designs used in vocational rehabilitation and related research
  • Describe common statistical procedures used in research and data analysis.

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 213 : Understanding Rules of Evidence and Their Application to Expert Testimony
1.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$25.00 USD

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  • State the basic principles of the rules of evidence
  • Explain the distinction between lay witnesses and expert witnesses
  • Summarize the four major decisions that shaped the principles of admissibility of expert testimony

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 214 : Consultation in Social Security Disability Law
1.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$25.00 USD

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  • Identify the vocational factors in evaluating adult disability claims
  • Summarize the 5-step sequential evaluation process
  • Describe the role of the vocation expert in the determination of disability

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 215 : Consultation in Civil Injury Litigation
1.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$25.00 USD

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  • Summarize key decisions in the history of civil injury litigation
  • Describe the role of the vocational expert in civil injury litigation
  • Cite common vocational issues in civil injury litigation

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 216 : Consultation in Marital Dissolution and Family Law
2.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$50.00 USD

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  • Describe the role of the forensic vocational consultant in family law
  • List four indicators that may prompt the need for a forensic vocational consultation
  • Explain the role of the different parties involved in a divorce proceeding
  • Outline the basic methodologies used in performing vocational evaluations in family law
  • Recognize how health, age, language and cultural differences, and childcare are considered in family law
  • Summarize the components of the written vocational consultation report

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 2.0 hr = 3 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 217 : Consultation in Employment Law
1.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$25.00 USD

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  • Summarize the evolution of employment law in the United States
  • Describe the role of the forensic vocational rehabilitation consultant in employment law
  • Interpret case law relevant to forensic vocational consultants and employment law

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 218 : Consultation in Workers Compensation Law and Introduction to Life Care Planning
1.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$25.00 USD

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  • Summarize the basic concepts of workers’ compensation law
  • Outline the components of a life care plan
  • Describe the role of the forensic vocational rehabilitation consultant in workers’ compensation law and life care planning

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 219 : Worklife Expectancy Models and Concepts
2.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$50.00 USD

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  • Describe the history and evolution of the concept of work life expectancy
  • Describe the major work life expectancy models
  • Articulate the most significant critiques of the work life expectancy models.

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 2.0 hr = 3 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 220 : Issues in the Handoff to a Forensic Economist
1.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$25.00 USD

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  • Describe the loss factors involved in the handoff from a forensic vocational expert to a forensic economist
  • Articulate specific operational definitions shared by forensic vocational experts and forensic economists
  • Describe methodological errors common in the handoff from a forensic vocational expert to a forensic economist

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation 221 : Professional Identity, Standards, and Ethical Issues
2.0

Rick Robinson, PhD, MBA, LMHC, D/ABVE, CRC, CLCP, CVE, NCC

$50.00 USD

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  • Apply basic terms used in professional ethics
  • Describe the historical development and contemporary status of ethics in forensic rehabilitation consulting
  • Summarize the nine core themes in forensic rehabilitation ethics
  • Identify the resources used and available to guide forensic practitioners in navigatingthrough ethical dilemmas
  • Recognize how ethical rules, codes and standards of other forensic experts can help inform forensic vocational counselor practice
  • State areas for current and emerging discussion and study in professional forensic ethical practice

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 2.0 hr = 3 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

JFVA Vol15 No1 Online Distance Education: The JDJP Program : Increases the Earning Capacity of Under-Represented Rehabilitation Counseling Professionals
1.0

multiple

$25.00 USD

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  • Accepted by ABVE for CE
  • Outline current evidence on the efficacy of distance education
  • Determine if there exists a significant relationship between demographic variables and pre-program and post-program vocational satisfaction and wages
  • Determine if there is a significant relationship between pre-program and post-program wages based on race, gender and age

ABVE Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

JFVA Vol15 No1 Test Review
1.0

multiple

$25.00 USD

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  • Accepted by ABVE and IPEC for CE
  • List the domains measured by the P-3 instrument
  • Assess the validity of the P-3 instrument
  • Explain the limitations of the P-3 instrument

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

JFVA Vol15 No1 The COMPASS Initiative : Reducing Negative Career Thinking and Promoting Workforce Readiness in Poor Youth of Color
1.0

multiple

$25.00 USD

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  • Accepted by ABVE and IPEC for CE
  • Describe the components of the Career Thoughts Inventory
  • List potential barriers to career development that can generate negative career thoughts
  • Evaluate the effects of the COM*PASS Initiative’s summer youth employment program on participants negative career thinking

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

JFVA Vol15 No1 The Use of the Earning Capacity Assessment Form-2 in a Medico-Legal Setting
1.0

multiple

$25.00 USD

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  • Accepted by ABVE and IPEC for CE
  • Describe the Earning Capacity Assessment Form-2 as a metric for evaluating post-injury earing ability
  • Explain the limitations of this study
  • Summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the ECAF-2

ABVE/IPEC Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31

JFVA Vol15 No2 Economic Evaluation of Earnings Capacity Loss in Personal Injury Cases : Issues for Forensic Economists and Implications for Vocational Evaluators
1.0

multiple

$25.00 USD

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  • Accepted by ABVE for CE
  • Explain the limitations of a vocational evaluator in establishing the present value (PV) of pre and post-injury earnings capacity losses
  • Recognize three common methods for estimating projected earning of the injured party over his or her expected work life
  • Summarize the difficulty in determining the value of lost fringe benefits, insurance and retirement benefits

ABVE Pre-Approved
ABVE 1.0 hr = 1.5 Points
Expires: 2025-12-31