Todd Capielano is a Licensed and Certified Rehabilitation Counselor who has practiced in the private sector of vocational rehabilitation since 1985 specializing in vocational evaluations, labor market research, job placement and career counseling, and life care planning. He has served as vocational expert for the Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review since 1992. Additionally, Mr. Capielano has been accepted as a vocational expert since 1989 in various courts including Federal, State, Civil and Judicial District Courts, and before Administrative Law Judges for State and Longshore Harbor Workers Compensation Act claims. Mr. Capielano also serves as an expert in Life Care Planning where he has been certified by ICHCC since 2015.
Mr. Capielano is a member of professional organizations including the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, the Louisiana Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, and the American Association of Christian Counselors. He has served as Board Member at Large, President, and Past-President of IARP-LA. He received his Master’s degree in Counseling in 1992 from the University of New Orleans and his Bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Louisiana State University Medical Center, School of Allied Health Professions in 1986. He holds national certifications as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, Certified Case Manager and Certified Life Care Planner. Mr. Capielano specializes in the areas of life care planning, vocational assessment, wage and earning capacity analysis, job placement and labor market research as well as career counseling.