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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Public Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25376.
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Appendix A

Public Session Agendas

MEETING 1: PUBLIC SESSION

Hosted by the Committee on Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities

December 7, 2017

Keck Center of the National Academies
Room 208
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Agenda

10:15 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Paul Volberding, M.D., Committee Chair
Gina Clemons, Associate Commissioner, Office of Disability Policy, Social Security Administration (SSA)
Melissa Spencer, Deputy Associate Commissioner, Office of Disability Policy, SSA
10:30 a.m. Social Security Administration Presentations Relevant to the Committee’s Task
  • Background and basis for the task order
    Mary Beth Rochowiak, Policy Analyst, Office of Vocational Policy, SSA
  • Adult sequential evaluation process and functional assessment
    Mary Beth Rochowiak, Policy Analyst, Office of Vocational Policy, SSA
    Megan Butson, Policy Analyst, Office of Vocational Policy, SSA
    Joanna Firmin, Supervisor, Office of Medical Policy, SSA
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Public Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25376.
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11:15 a.m. Discussion of Tasks #1 and #3 from the Statement of Task
Committee Members and SSA Staff
12:15 p.m. Break for Lunch
1:00 p.m. Social Security Administration Presentations Relevant to the Committee’s Task
  • Occupational Information Network (O*NET), Job Zone 1 Occupations, SSA’s Occupational Information System Project, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Requirements Survey
    Deborah Harkin, Senior Policy Advisor, SSA
1:45 p.m. Discussion of Task #2 from the Statement of Task
Committee Members and SSA Staff
2:25 p.m. Summary and Closing Remarks
Paul Volberding, M.D., Committee Chair
2:30 p.m. Adjourn

MEETING 2: PUBLIC SESSION

Hosted by the Committee on Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities

February 26, 2018

Keck Center of the National Academies
Room 106
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Agenda

9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Paul Volberding, M.D., Committee Chair
9:40 a.m. Functional Assessment of Physical Abilities Relevant to Work Requirements
Susan J. Isernhagen, PT, Co-Director, DSI Limited LLC
10:25 a.m. Break
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Public Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25376.
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10:40 a.m. Functional Assessment of Noncognitive Mental Abilities Relevant to Work Requirements
Howard H. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine
11:25 a.m. Functional Assessment of Cognitive Mental Abilities Relevant to Work Requirements
Philip D. Harvey, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
12:00 p.m. Discussion
12:30 p.m. Break for Lunch
1:15 p.m. Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) and NIH Toolbox
Richard C. Gershon, Ph.D., Vice Chair for Research in Medical Social Sciences and Professor of Medical Social Sciences and Preventive Medicine-Health and Biomedical Informatics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2:30 p.m. Break
2:40 p.m. Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB)
Leighton Chan, M.D., M.P.H., Chief, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, National Iinstitutes of Health Clinical Center
3:40 p.m. Discussion with Stakeholder Representatives
Marty Ford, J.D., Senior Executive Officer, Public Policy, The Arc
Kate Lang, J.D., Senior Staff Attorney, Justice in Aging
Kevin Liebkemann, J.D., Chief Section Counsel at Legal Services of New Jersey
Barbara Silverstone, J.D., Executive Director, National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR)
4:55 p.m. Closing Remarks
Paul Volberding, Committee Chair
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Public Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25376.
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5:00 p.m. Adjourn

MEETING 3: PUBLIC SESSION

Hosted by the Committee on Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities

April 19, 2018

National Academy of Sciences Building
Board Room
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418

Agenda

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Paul Volberding, M.D., Committee Chair
9:10 a.m. Functional Assessment of Depression and Anxiety Disorders Relevant to Work Requirements
Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., Elizabeth Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Law, Columbia University
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Veterans Benefits Administration
Robert (Mike) Carr, Deputy Director, Benefits Assistance Service, Veterans Benefits Administration
Jacqueline Imboden, Policy Lead Analyst, Compensation Service, Veterans Benefits Administration
11:15 a.m. Prudential Financial
John Kramschuster, Director, Vocational Services, Prudential Financial
12:15 p.m. Break for Lunch
1:15 p.m. Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
Stephen N. Fisher, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Health Services, Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
William I. Smulyan, M.D., FAAOS, Medical Director, Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Public Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25376.
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2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Sun Life Financial
Tracy Hamill, M.D., Assistant Vice President and Medical Director, Clinical Claims, Sun Life Financial
3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Paul Volberding, M.D., Committee Chair
3:35 p.m. Adjourn

TELECONFERENCE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DISABILITY EXAMINERS (NADE)

Hosted by the Committee on Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities

May 23, 2018

Agenda

1:00 p.m. Opening Remarks
Paul Volberding, M.D., Committee Chair
Discussion with NADE representatives
Jennifer Pounds, NADE President
Sharon Bland-Brady, NADE President-elect
Jeff Price, NADE Legislative Director
2:00 p.m. Adjourn
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The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides disability benefits through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. To receive SSDI or SSI disability benefits, an individual must meet the statutory definition of disability, which is "the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity [SGA] by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months." SSA uses a five-step sequential process to determine whether an adult applicant meets this definition.

Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities examines ways to collect information about an individual's physical and mental (cognitive and noncognitive) functional abilities relevant to work requirements. This report discusses the types of information that support findings of limitations in functional abilities relevant to work requirements, and provides findings and conclusions regarding the collection of information and assessment of functional abilities relevant to work requirements.

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