INSTRUCTORS
	Wayne Enright Jodi Fischer Erica M. Galipeau Barbara Harrington Christina T. Howe Gerard Kerr Min Trevor Kyi John R. LaCourse Louise Lynch Leonard N. Matheson Roy O. Matheson Kathleen A.B. Pratt

Leonard N. Matheson, PhD, CVE

Leonard N. Matheson, PhD, is a psychologist, author and inventor who was a pioneer in the field of occupational rehabilitation. He is the Research Scientist and Founding Director of EpicRehab. He is the originator of work hardening, work tolerance screening and work capacity evaluations and has participated in setting the national standards of practice for work hardening and functional capacity evaluation. Among more than 120 scientific papers and chapters in textbooks are the chapters on functional capacity evaluation in the American Medical Associations definitive textbook, Disability Evaluation. He has designed many of the tests and treatment models that are in use in Occupational Rehabilitation today. His tests have been translated into more than two dozen languages and has been a consultant to several Fortune 500 employers, the Social Security Administration, the United States Congress, and hundreds of rehabilitation centers and governmental agencies in the United States, Canada and in other countries. Dr. Matheson has testified before the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC and consulted to both House and Senate committees on disability and rehabilitation.

Dr. Matheson has been a professional in rehabilitation for more than 35 years, as a licensed psychologist, certified vocational evaluator, and certified rehabilitation counselor. His doctoral work at the Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California focused on cognitive function and among his current projects is the development of new methods to evaluate and treat people who have brain injury and the reliable measurement of physical functional ability with self-report measures. He served on the editorial board of Spine for ten years and currently serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation and is on the editorial board of Work. Recently retiring after 15 years as an Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy and Neurology at the Washington University School of Medicine, Dr. Matheson maintains an active consulting practice in Chesterfield, Missouri, working with people who have physical, neurological and psychological disabilities, as well as businesses and professionals on career satisfaction and employee selection. He uses a cognitive behavioral approach to assist his clients to learn positive psychology strategies to manage their lives optimally.

Having been mentored by many outstanding people, Dr. Matheson is especially pleased to be a mentor to numerous young rehabilitation professionals, who help him bring to life his motto: To recognize and develop the value in each of us.