Dr. Flora Ann Pinder

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Dr. Flora Ann Pinder
Pinder Rehabilitation Services, LLC
706 Turnbull Avenue, Suite 301 
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

Phone: (407) 767-8175 or 1-(800) 226-8175

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • Extensive vocational expert witness experience including Long-Term Disability, divorce, Workers’ Compensation, child support, ADA, and personal injury cases for over 20 years.
  • Private vocational rehabilitation experience for over 20 years
  • 30 years of job placement and vocational counseling experience
  • Vocational evaluations provided in Spanish and English
  • Respected as an expert by Judges in various court systems
  • Job placement services, detailed reports, and Labor Market Surveys

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS:

  • Certified Vocational Evaluator (CVE)
  • American Board of Vocational Experts — Diplomate (ABVE)
  • Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS)
  • Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)
  • Vocational Expert for Social Security Administration (past)
  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor (MH 1322)
  • Certified Case Manager (CCM)

EDUCATION:

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, FL
Doctorate in Counselor Education – Specialization: Career Development and Placement

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Orlando, FL
Graduate & Undergraduate Studies in Clinical Psychology

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Tampa, FL
Vocational Work Evaluation Project
Masters of Art – Guidance and Counseling

STETSON UNIVERSITY Deland, FL
Bachelor of Arts – Dual majors English and Spanish

UNIVERSITY OF MADRID Madrid, Spain
Fluency developed to read, write, and speak Spanish
Studied Spanish Culture and history

PUBLICATIONS & SEMINARS:

  • Opening the Vocational Expert (VE) Box in Social Security Administration ODAR
    Hearings, Social Security Committee, Orange County Bar Association, February 14,
    2014.
  • “Accepted Standards, Methodologies, and Tools of the “QRP” 62nd Annual Worker’s
    Compensation Educational Conference and 19th Annual Safety Health Conference,
    Orlando, Florida, August 14, 2007.
  • “Vocational Rehabilitation in Dissolution Cases,” Family Law Division of Seminole
    County Bar Association, Sanford, FL, March 11, 1999.
  • “Utilization of Vocational Experts,” Florida State Conference for Case Management
    Society and IARP, 1999.
  • “Marriage Dissolution Cases: The Role of the Vocational Expert,” Florida Association of
    Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector (FARPPS) Statewide Conference, St.
    Petersburg, FL
  • “Utilization of Vocational Experts for Divorce and Child Support Cases,” Family Law
    Division of Orange County Bar Association, Orlando, FL
  • “Role of Vocational Expert/Evaluator in Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation
    Litigation,” American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, National Conference,
    Houston, TX
  • Pinder, F. A. & Fitzgerald, P. W. The Effectiveness of a Computerized Guidance System
    in Promoting Career Decision Making. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 24, 123-131
  • Pinder, F.A. How to choose and use a vocational expert. Journal of Legal Nurse
    Consulting, 7, p. 8-10

NOTE: Spoke to Family Law Division of Osceola County Bar Association on the use of
vocational experts and to Florida Chapter of IARPS on other occasions.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

PINDER REHABILITATION SERVICES, LLC – Altamonte Springs, FL
Vocational Expert/Rehabilitation Case Manager, 1991-present

  • Manage a caseload of injured workers and other individuals providing vocational
    rehabilitation services. Vocational evaluations to assess employability and determine
    if disabled. Knowledge of medical and mental health issues affecting employability.
    Strong vocational evaluation and assessment skills utilized to develop an appropriate
    rehabilitation plan within the individual’s physical restrictions. Vocational testing
    experience for the State of Florida to develop training plans.
  • Contact employers for job placement and labor market surveys.
  • Provide vocational evaluation assessments to assess employability for divorce, child support, Long-Term Disability (LTD), personal injury, and Workers’ Compensation cases. Work for insurance companies, plaintiff, defense attorneys and private individuals. Testify as an expert witness in a variety of cases including Divorce and Social Security. Knowledge of training programs, the labor market, and other employability concerns.
  • Extensive review of medical records and other documents.

21ST CENTURY REHABILITATION CENTER, Maitland, FL
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, 

  • Provide vocational counseling, vocational evaluations, and job placement services to
    clients at a medical rehabilitation center, which provides an interdisciplinary
    approach to treatment of chronic pain patients.

REHAB. SPECIALISTS OF AMERICA, Ft. Myers, FL
Vocational Rehabilitation Case Manager, Longwood, FL, 

  • Managed a caseload of industrially injured workers with medical, vocational, and
    employment concerns to assist them to return to work. Catastrophic cases with
    serious medical problems. Collected and analyzed information about individuals
    through records, tests, interviews, to appraise their interests, aptitudes, transferable
    skills, and personality characteristics for job placement. Compiled and studied
    occupational, labor market, and economic information.

UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, Orlando, FL
Assistant Director of Career Planning & Placement, 

  • Responsible for the coordination of the Career Planning and Placement Center and
    the supervision of the counseling staff. Provide vocational counseling including
    assistance in job development and identification of transferable skills for graduating
    students and alumni including students with disabilities. Designed and taught two
    innovative university credit career placement courses. Presentations and
    workshops given on a regular basis to university classes. Programs
    presented at statewide professional conventions. Supervised the preparation of
    alumni surveys that provided follow-up placement information on graduates.
    Constant contact with representatives of both local and national employers.

SEMINOLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Sanford, FL
Adjunct Instructor for Vocational Related Classes

  • Taught career development courses designed to assist college students and
    community members with placement and other vocational-related concerns.

STUDENT DEVELOPMENT CENTER, SEMINOLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Sanford, FL
Counselor

  • Provided academic and vocational, counseling to community college students.
  • Interpret results of a battery of personality, interest, and aptitude tests to individuals.

UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, Orlando, FL
Vocational Counselor/ College Career Planning & Placement Counselor

  • Responsible for professional vocational counseling assistance and conducting
    workshops and college credit classes on career related concerns. Provided counseling
    in the following areas: assisting in organization of an effective job search,
    improvement of interview techniques and resume format, job development, and
    specific occupational information.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, FLORIDA STATE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, Sanford, FL
Employment Counselor and Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

  • Interviewed and arranged placement for individuals with a variety of physical
    handicaps including back injuries, deafness, alcoholism, and related.

PROFESSIONAL AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS:

  • Diplomat of American Board of Vocational Experts (ABVE)
  • International/Florida Chapter of the Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP)
  • Orange County Bar Association and Central Florida Case Managers Association
  • Past State Board Member for Florida Chapter of IARP
  • Past Board Member of Friends of 440 (charitable organization for WC scholarships)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION:

Regular attendance at numerous professional seminars and national conferences to include International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP).

  • American Board of Vocational Experts, Central Florida Case Managers
  • Association and Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Annual Conference.

OTHER INFORMATION:

  • Qualified as an expert witness in numerous courts including Orange, Lake, Seminole,
    Vol usia, Osceola, Duval, Marion (Ocala), Brevard, Polk, St. Lucie (Ft. Pierce), West
    Palm, Okeechobee, Hernando, Polk, Manatee, Flagler, Alachua, and other counties.
  • Read, write, and speak Spanish and conduct evaluations in Spanish

REFERENCES: Available upon request.