Injured Worker Help Desk: disability

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Friday, June 22, 2018

NEW SERVICE: Progressive Goal Attainment Program

I recently finished specialized training to provide a structured disability counseling program - Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP) that may be helpful for more serious workers' compensation, auto, or liability cases and for those who are having difficulty moving past their disability. It is a 15-week program designed to result in Return To Work (or in more serious cases improved quality of life). It is based on science and has numbers to back it up.

Injured or disabled: If you are like my other clients you are probably feeling very overwhelmed and cannot see your way past your current disability. This structured program can help move you forward in small, manageable steps. Email me for a free consult marysevinsky@icloud.com.

Professionals: I imagine this service might be effectively used to settle more challenging cases. I would even go so far as to say it could be used in place of "traditional" vocational services. Email me for a free consult marysevinsky@icloud.com.

Here is more info, if you are interested:

https://www.pgapworks.com/en/whatisthepgap/index.php

Email me for a Password marysevinsky@icloud.com

From the PGAPWorks.com website:

The treatment objectives of the PGAP® proceed from the view that return to work is the highest level of independence that can be offered to someone with a debilitating health or mental health condition.

The PGAP® is currently the most researched risk-targeted intervention designed to reduce disability associated with a wide range of debilitating health and mental health conditions.

The PGAP® is considered to be one of the most cost effective approaches for reducing disability and fostering return to work in individuals who suffer from a wide range of debilitating health and mental health conditions.

The PGAP® has been shown to be effective in facilitating return to work in individuals who have sustained musculoskeletal injuries, individuals with chronic low back pain and fibromyalgia, as well as individual with debilitating mental health conditions such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

View a brief, informational video here:

https://www.pgapworks.com/en/whatisthepgap/index.php

Email me for a Password marysevinsky@icloud.com

Mary Sherwood, MS, CDMS, CCM, Occupational Consultant

Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP) Certified

Landline 302.644.1827 | Mobile: 410.444.1989 | Skype Mary.E.Sherwood | Google Hangout Mary@Life-Works.Info

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Mary Sherwood Sevinsky works with clients all over the world via the World Wide Web. She also handles in person requests on the Delmarva Peninsula and the area immediately around the Chesapeake Bay. She works well with both defense and plaintiff attorneys and can handle any file in Baltimore or DC if requested – she never bills more than 2 hours travel.

Pat Highcove and Dane Crook are both based in Mary and each have over 20 years of experience and excellent reputations with both defense and plaintiff attorneys. Primarily they handle Baltimore and DC, but can do parts of Western MD, Southern PA, Northern VA, and Western NJ if needed.

We also are partnering with Kim Sellers, a nurse case manager based in Mechanicsburg, PA who covers most of Pennsylvania and Maryland! She has tons of CAT experience in addition to routine medical management.

Mary Sherwood, MS, CDMS, CCM

Certified Disability Management Specialist

Landline 302.644.1827 | Mobile: 410.444.1989

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Depressed? Try Exercising!

Depression can be a major issue for injured workers. They separated from their coworkers and work routine, typically at home all day while loved ones are at work or school. Often their thoughts turn toward all they have lost, not only the foregoing, but also their physical abilities.

Whatever the injury at some point most injured workers can benefit from some sort of exercise. Doing so will not only give them something to do and, eventually, look forward to, but may also make them actually FEEL better.

Here is a good, short video that explains the benefit of exercise on depression.

http://www.webmd.com/depression/video/how-does-exercise-help-depression