Master of Science Rehabilitation/Vocational Evaluation, 1976; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

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1 KENNETH P. FERRA, M.S., C.R.C. P.O. Box New Stine Rd., Suite 222, Bakersfield, CA Bakersfield, CA Telephone: (661) Fax: (661) EDUCATION Master of Science Rehabilitation/Vocational Evaluation, 1976; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Bachelor of Science Rehabilitation and Psychology, 1974; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona CREDENTIALS Certified Rehabilitation Counselor #11327, 1977 Certified Vocational Evaluator #0796, 1984 National Certified Counselor #0975, 1983 Vocational Expert, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration, 1989 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Rehabilitation Counselor/Disability Management Consultant. Vocational rehabilitation and disability management consultation to employees and employers. Evaluation of earning capacity and access to the labor market, skills analysis, counseling, career planning, placement and case management to Present. President, California Association of Rehabilitation Professionals President, California Chapter, National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector AFFILIATIONS International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals National Rehabilitation Association National Rehabilitation Counseling Association Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association

2 Page 2 CONFERENCE/LECTURE PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS 05/01 Ergonomics - Cumulative Trauma Disorders Society for Human Resource Management 03/01 Changes in Workers Compensation 12/00 Avoiding Retro-Active VRMA Payments California Compensation Defense Attorney s Association - Monterey, CA 10/00 ADA Trilogy Cases U.S. Supreme Court American Employment Law Conference Hot Springs, VA 07/00 Disability Management Practices Lyons Club, Bakersfield 10/99 Vocational Evaluation and Civil Litigation CPA/Law Forum of Central California 09/99 Vocational Rehabilitation in 1999 Lorman Education Services Workers Compensation in California 09/99 ADA/Workers Compensation Modified/Alternate Work Hanna, Brophy et al. Sunrise Seminars 08/99 Cross Examination of the Vocational Expert during Social Security Hearings California Association of Independent Paralegals 02/99 Return to Work Programs in Workers Compensation 11/98 Returning Employee s to Work Workers Compensation Symposium 03/98 Update on the Americans with Disabilities Act Bakersfield South Rotary Club 12/97 The Americans with disabilities Act and Administrative Regulations Self Insured Schools of California 09/97 Employer and Employee Guidelines on the Disability Act CPA/Law Forum of Central California 05/97 WC/ADA Why the Job Functions Have to Be Essential Golden Empire Safety Society, Bakersfield

3 Page 3 04/97 Time Frames for Employers to Offer Modified/Alternate Work 11/96 Modified/Alternate Work, Early Intervention and the Americans With Disabilities Act, Professional Symposium Series 09/96 Update on Workers Compensation & ADA Employers Advisory Council 06/96 Workers Compensation & ADA Central Valley General Hospital, Hanford 06/96 Early Intervention & Rehabilitation Optimists, Bakersfield 02/96 Re-Employment Under Workers Compensation and ADA 01/96 The Merge of Workers Compensation and ADA Exchange Club, Bakersfield 10/95 Workers Compensation, ADA & Return to Work Programs 05/95 Workers Comp Costs You Do Have Some Control, But Only if Ferra and Associates Safety & Claims Consultants 01/95 Return to Work or Retrain? How to Conserve Human Resources and Avoid Victimizing the Injured Worker American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians 10/94 When workers Can Not, Will Not Or Should Not work Jackson, Lewis, et. Al., Zonni, Ginocchio, et. Al. 09/94 Stress in the Workplace 05/94 How to Handle Rehabilitation Files in 1994 California Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, Stockton 11/93 The Effect of the 1993 Workers Comp. Reforms on Rehabilitation California Compensation Defense Attorneys Association, 11/93 Implementing the Changes to Vocational Rehabilitation State of California, Division of Workers Compensation, Annual Meeting

4 Page 4 10/93 Employer Savings with Workers Compensation Reform Golden Empire Safety Society 09/93 Evaluation and Plan Development for Injured Workers in 1994 California Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, 06/93 Vocational Rehabilitation in Transition California Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, Stockton 04/93 Workers compensation Changes in Rehabilitation California Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, San Luis Obispo 03/93 Workers compensation Reform, Evaluating and Placing Injured Workers, Proposed Changes California Association of Rehabilitation Professionals 01/93 Attitudes toward People With Disabilities, Windmills Society for Human Resources Management 01/93 Laws Affecting Business, The Americans with Disabilities Act 11/92 ADA, Workers Compensation and your Safety Record American Society of Safety Engineers 09/92 Evaluation, Rehabilitation and the Law California Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, 06/92 The Americans with Disabilities Act, Guidelines for Employers California Independent Petroleum Association, 06/92 Effects of the Proposed Legislation on Rehabilitation California Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, Fresno 06/92 Implications of the ADA Bakersfield Regional Rehab Hospital 05/92 Reforming Rehabilitation in Workers Compensation Golden Empire Safety Society 04/92 The Americans with Disabilities Act California Association of County Safety Officials

5 Page 5 03/92 ADA, Requirements and Regulations Employers Healthcare Roundtable, Delano Regional Medical Center 03/92 Workers Compensation and the ADA State Compensation Insurance Fund 03/92 Americans with Disabilities Act and Its Impact Wasco Chamber of Commerce 02/92 Workers Compensation and Vocational Rehabilitation White paper: IARP-DFEC work group (recommended standards for vocational rehabilitation experts in California). The Rehabilitation Professional, 17(3), Austin, T., Barzegarian, B., Ciddio, M., Cottle, R., Diaz, F., Ferra, K. P., Hall, R., Harmon, C., Largo, R., Macy-Powers, K., Remas, M., Roman, C., Simon, S., Torres, J., Tracy, L., Van de Bittner, E. E., Vega, E. N., Wallace, A., & Winn- Boaitey, K. (2009).