Life Care Planning and Case Management Across the Lifespan (PDF)

Arkansas (2010); the Russell Baxter Award at the University of Arkansas (2010-2011); and was a Doctoral Academy Fellow at the University of Arkansas (2009-2011).

Mary Barros-Bailey, PhD, CRC, CLCP, NCC, ABVE/AE, CVE, CCC is a Multilingual Rehabilitation Counselor (Spanish/English/Portuguese), Vocational Expert, Life Care Planner, and principal with Intermountain Vocational Services, Inc. She is a practitioner-scientist with a national, sometimes international, caseload. Dr. Barros-Bailey is adjunct faculty at Capital University Law School's graduate certificate in life care planning and has taught with a variety of graduate programs in rehabilitation counseling. She serves as a peer reviewer or on editorial boards of peer-review publications, has presented over 200 times nationally and internationally, and authored over 130 publications such as a book, textbook chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Recent awards are: Best Article, The Advocate, Idaho State/Idaho Bar Foundation, Inc. (2018); Alumni Achievement Award, Middlebury Institute of International Studies (2018); Outstanding Educator Award, Foundation for Life Care Planning Research (2017); and Lifetime Achievement Award, International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (2016). Dr. Barros-Bailey is currently a Fulbright Specialist working with the largest rehabilitation counseling organization in Australia and rehabilitation counseling credentialing organization in the world to establish the first credential in forensic vocational rehabilitation in the southern hemisphere.

Roger O. Weed, PhD, CRC/R, LPC/Ret, CCM/R, CDMS/R, FNRCA, FIALCP/R, Professor Emeritus, and Fellow Emeritus, International Academy of Life Care Planning, is retired as professor and graduate rehabilitation counseling coordinator at Georgia State University. He also held doctoral student graduate faculty status in Counseling Psychology as well as Counselor Education and Practice doctoral programs. He has authored or co-authored approximately 200 books, reviews, articles, and book chapters, more than 80 of which were specific to life care planning. Prior to achieving the PhD, Dr. Weed practiced rehabilitation counseling and consulting for 15 years in Alaska. During his more than 42 years in the profession, Dr. Weed was honored several times for his work including the Distinguished Professor Award (2006) from Georgia State University's Alumni Association (sole recipient), Lifetime Appreciation Award from the International Commission on Health Care Certification (2011), Larry Huggins Lifetime Achievement Award (2009) from the Private Rehabilitation Specialists of Georgia, Lifetime Achievement Award (2005), from the sponsors of the International Life Care Planning Conference, Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (2004) (as well as recognition in 1997 and 1991 as the Outstanding Educator), the National Professional Services Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (1993), and Research Excellence Award (2003) from the College of Education at Georgia State University. Dr. Weed is the creator and senior editor for the first four editions of the Life Care Planning and Case Manager Handbook. He is one of the five founders of the original, nationwide training program leading to life care planning certification. He is also past-chair of the Georgia State Licensing Board for professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers, as well as past-president of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals.