VOCATIONAL EVALUATION & FCE SERVICES

FEE

DAILY RATE

HOURLY RATE

1-DAY VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT

Identification of basic achievement grade levels and initial vocational interests.

$360

N/A

N/A

2-DAY VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT

Identification of achievement grade levels, vocational interests, and cognitive/general learning ability.

$560

N/A

N/A

3-DAY VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT and WORK SAMPLING EVALUATION

Identification of achievement grade levels, vocational interests, cognitive/general learning ability, including basic work sampling to determine aptitudes and transferable skills. 

$750

$250

N/A

5-DAY WORK EVALUATION

Identification of achievement grade levels, vocational interests, cognitive/general learning ability, including work sampling to assist determining aptitudes, transferable skills, work skills, work behaviors, worker traits, learning style, best training mode, tolerances, stamina and endurance for a selected occupational goal. 

$1,100

$220

N/A

10-DAY COMPLETE WORK EVALUATION

Determination of a client's vocational feasibility and potential for success in full-time competitive employment, including the above-noted work evaluation services, focusing on a variety of vocational rehabilitation issues, including the assessment of work behaviors, worker traits, psycho-social issues, physical tolerances, and stamina and endurance for full-time work. 

$1,950

$195

N/A

LEARNING DISABILITY EVALUATION (LDE)

 Evaluation if client meets the definition of learning disabled (LD) under California Educational Code. The LDE includes analysis of cognitive and academic achievement levels via a number of testing instruments, including Woodcock-Johnson III by a trained learning disability evaluation professional with a minimum of a Masters Degree.  The LDE is a one-to-two day service depending on client's work pace and includes recommendations for reasonable accommodations and adaptive aides. The LDE may be used as a stand-alone evaluation or in combination with our other evaluation services.

$745

N/A

N/A

$460 - if combined with a Vocational Assessment or a

5- to-10 Day Work Evaluation

FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY EVALUATION (FCE Baseline) – 1 to 2 Days (Code 97670)

Standardized tests of strength, flexibility, weight lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, standing, sitting, etc. to determine functional ability. (5 hr. minimum)

$700

N/A

$140

FCE JOB SPECIFIC (Work Tolerance Evaluation) – 3 Days (Code 97660)

Job specific functional capacity evaluation includes physical work simulation over 3 days to determine stamina, endurance, and physical compatibility for a specific job or a field of work. (5 hr. minimum daily)

$1,125

$375

$75

FCE NON-JOB SPECIFIC (Work Tolerance Evaluation) – 5 Days (Code 97660)

Functional Capacity Evaluation includes physical work simulation over 5 days to determine stamina, endurance, and physical compatibility for multiple jobs or employment in various fields of work. (5 hr. minimum daily)

$1,750

$350

$70

EXIT CONFERENCES (with client and counselor or attorney, etc.)

TESTIMONY and/or DEPOSITIONS (three hour minimum)

PREPARATION, CONSULTATIONS,  RESEARCH  or PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE

EXPERT DESIGNATION of Individual or Company without Retention

TRAVEL (Charged at .36/mile and at $100/hour)

$100

N/A

N/A

$300

.36/mile

N/A

N/A

N/A 

N/A

N/A

$100

$300

 $300

N/A

$100