About Us
Our Vocational Rehabilitation Services include: Case management and consulting in LA State Worker’s Compensation cases, and Federal Longshore and Harbor worker (USL&H) compensation cases. Case management of worker’s compensation cases include vocational evaluations, on site job assessments job placement, labor market surveys, coordinating return to work for compensation claimants, job seeking skills training, educating employers on job modifications, light duty program implementation, medical case management, and physician consultation on client prognosis and treatment plans.
Areas of Service
Below are some of our areas of expertise. If you’d like to find out more information, please contact us.
Vocational Rehabilitation Assessments
Vocational rehabilitation assessments include review of the evaluee’s medical, employment, earnings records, educational records, and other pertinent information regarding the individual.
Life Care Planning
A life care plan is a dynamic document based on published standards of practice, comprehensive assessment, data analysis, and research, which provides an organized, concise plan for current and future needs, with associated costs for individuals who have experienced catastrophic injury or have chronic health care needs.
Career Counseling and Job Placement
Assist individuals with career guidance and educational goals. Assessment of abilities, skills and interests in assisting with career guidance.
Expert Witness services
We have over twenty five years’ experience providing expert testimony. We are qualified and have been accepted as experts in Worker’s compensation, State and Federal Courts in Louisiana and Texas.
Case Management Services
Vocational rehabilitation assessments of injured workers in the Louisiana State Workers Compensation System, as well as the USL&H Federal Workers Compensation cases.
Labor Market Research Services
Research performed in trends of occupations and wages of associated industries.
Ted Deshotels Vocational Rehab
2020 West Pinhook Road, Lafayette, LA 70508
Phone: (337) 264-1052
Office Hours Monday – Friday: 8:00 – 5:30
Contact Us
Deshotels & Associates
2020 West Pinhook Road, Suite 502
Lafayette, LA 70508
Phone: (337) 264-1052
Fax: (337) 264-1767
Office Hours
Monday – Friday: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM