Measuring Functional Capacity and Work Requirements -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Measuring Functional Capacity and Work Requirements Summary of a Workshop -- 1 Introduction -- OBJECTIVES AND FOCUS OF THE WORKSHOP -- 2 Measuring Functional Capacity of Persons with Disabilities in Light of Emerging Demands in the Workplace -- EDWARD YELIN, PH.D. -- LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS: 1960 TO THE PRESENT -- THE LABOR MARKET AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES -- SUMMARY OF LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS -- O*NET AND THE CONTEMPORARY LABOR MARKET -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- JANET NORWOOD, PH.D. -- GENERAL DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS -- 3 Linking Components of Functional Capacity Domains with Work Requirements -- HOWARD GOLDMAN, M.D., PH.D. -- EDWIN A. FLEISHMAN, PH.D. -- CILLE KENNEDY, PH.D. -- GENERAL DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS -- 4 Desired Characteristics of Instruments to Measure Functional Capacity to Work -- ALAN JETTE, PH.D. -- ATTRIBUTES VERSUS RELATIONAL CONCEPTS -- ALLEN HEINEMANN, PH.D. -- CONSTANTINE LYKETSOS, M.D., M.H.S. -- GENERAL DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS -- 5 The Use of Functional Capacity Measures in Public and Private Programs in the United States and in Other Countries -- PATRICIA OWENS, M.P.A. -- RICHARD BURKHAUSER, PH.D. -- IAN BASNETT, PH.D. -- Likely Directions of Future Change -- Conclusion of the Review -- GENERAL DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS -- 6 Adapting Measurement of Functional Capacity to Work to SSA's Disability Decision Process -- VIRGINIA RENO -- LISA IEZZONI, M.D., M.S. -- DAVID STAPLETON, PH.D. -- GENERAL DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS -- 7 Recurring Themes and Issues -- DEFINITIONAL AND MEASUREMENT ISSUES -- ISSUES IN ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY TO WORK -- MOTIVATION, WORK ENVIRONMENT, AND ACCOMMODATIONS -- MEDICAL LISTINGS AND THEIR ROLE IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS -- FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES' PROGRAMS.

CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- References -- APPENDIX A Review of the Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process Research -- APPENDIX B Workshop on Functional Capacity and Work Requirements as They Relate to SSA's Disability Decision Process Research -- APPENDIX C Workshop on Functional Capacity and Work Requirements as They Relate to the Social Security Administration's… -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.