Profile

Steven Shedlin

President,
Rehabilitation Experts of Maryland, Inc.

Contact Details

Rehabilitation Experts of Maryland, Inc.
Rockville, MD 20850

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Bio

Bio of Steven D. Shedlin, M.Ed., CRC


Mr. Shedlin received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Kent State University in 1977. He began working as a job seeking skills/job placement specialist for a non-profit in Akron, Ohio while working on his graduate degree. Mr. Shedlin then received a Master of Education Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Kent State University in 1981. Mr. Shedlin also became a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor in 1981. He has worked in the rehabilitation counseling field since 1978, although in 1985 he turned down a job with a cable television network, not yet named or on the air, that turned out to be The Discovery Channel. Mr. Shedlin has learned to answer, without crying, that he has no regrets in having done so. Since 1989, Mr. Shedlin has had his own company, Rehabilitation Experts of Maryland, Inc. in which he provides vocational expert and life care planning services. He has provided testimony in hundreds of matters in federal and local jurisdictions throughout the United States.

Mr. Shedlin has been a member of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP) since 1985. He has served as a board member and past president of his local chapter (Chesapeake). He is also a former board member and past president of the National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector (NARPPS). In those capacities, Mr. Shedlin was invited to provide testimony to the Maryland General Assembly and the United States Congress in areas related to disability and employment. Subsequently Mr. Shedlin served on the IARP Forensic Section Board for three years, including a year as section chair and as the program chair of the 2006 Forensic Section Conference. He is currently the Immediate Past-President of the IARP Board of Directors and will serve in this capacity through May 2014, having served since June 2008.

In addition to providing testimony to government entities, Mr. Shedlin has presented at IARP state, sectional and national conferences, at conferences serving as part of attorneys’ continuing legal education as well as at seminars for insurance professionals and others related to the rehabilitation counseling profession.

Certifications

  • Certified Rehabilitation Counselor

Education

Kent State University
Kent
Master of Education (M.Ed.), 1981
Rehabilitation Counseling
1979 To 1981

Kent State University
Kent
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1977
Psychology
1973 To 1977

Bachelors

Job History

Rehabilitation Experts of Maryland, Inc.
Owner
Rockville
August 1989 - present

Resource Opportunities, Inc.
District Manager
Glen Burnie
January 1985 - July 1989

Epilepsy Foundation of America
Assistant Director of the Training and Placement Service (TAPS)
Landover
November 1983 - November 1984

NATLSCO Rehabilitation Management
Rehabilitation Counselor
Falls Church
May 1982 - November 1983

Joseph H. Rose & Associates
Rehabilitation Supervisor
Washington
August 1981 - May 1982

Vocational Development Center
Job Seeking Skills Training and Job Placement Specialist
Akron
November 1978 - July 1981

Planned Parenthood Association of Summit County
Coordinator of Men's Services
Akron
November 1977 - November 1978