Amber Maxwell, MEd

CRC, LPC, NCC, CLCP, CVE, CIWCS, WIP-C, CCC

Rehabilitation Counselor/Vocational Expert

CURRICULUM VITAE

PRESENT POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate, Intermountain Vocational Services, Inc., 2021 – Present

  • Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor/Owner, Maxwell Vocational and Counseling Services, LLC, 2021 – Present

EDUCATION

  • Post-Graduate Certificate, Work Incentive Practitioner, Cornell University, 2022

  • Post-Graduate Certificate, Life Care Planning, Capital University Law School, 2021

  • MEd, Rehabilitation Counseling & Human Services, University of Idaho, 2018

  • BS, Health Science Studies, Boise State University, 2010

CREDENTIALING

  • Certified Career Counselor, National Career Development Association (NCDA), #CCC20-9183853438

  • Certified Idaho Workers’ Compensation Specialist-Foundational Level, Idaho Industrial Commission

  • Certified Life Care Planner, International Commission on Health Care Certification (ICHCC), $1667

  • Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC), #00342212

  • Certified Vocational Evaluator, Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC), #00342212

  • Employment Services – Basic Level, Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators (ACRE)

  • Licensed Professional Counselor, Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL), LPC-7095

  • National Counselor Certification, National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC), #1095085

  • Work Incentive Practitioner, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations

AWARDS

  • Rehabilitation Services Administration Scholar, 2016-2018

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Field Services Employee Council (FSEC), Region 7 Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Representative, Idaho Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2021

  • Transition Leadership Committee Member, Idaho Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2019 – 2021

  • American Counseling Association, 2017 – Present

  • International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, 2019 – Present

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

  • Neulicht, A. T., Riddick-Grisham, S., Barros-Bailey, M., Knott, M., Maxwell, A., Albee, T., Marcinko, D., Mitchell, N., & Robinson, R. (2023). Life care planning survey 2022: Process, Methods, and Protocols – A 20-year Perspective. Journal of Life Care Planning, 21(3), 5-144.

  • Barros-Bailey, M., Brown, S., Maxell, A., Mallow, S., Latham, S., Thompson, A., & Donohoe, E. (2022). Attendant Care Survey Methodology (ACSM): Introducing a costing model. Journal of Life Care Planning, 20(1), 5-26.

PRESENTATIONS-INVITED

  • Barros-Bailey, M. [developed], & Maxwell, A. [delivered]. (2023, May). Labor market surveys and workers’ compensation. Idaho Industrial Commission Annual Seminar, Boise, ID.

PRESENTATIONS-PEER REVIEWED

  • Austin, B., Clark, C., Obrien, N., Maxwell, A., & Perry, K. (2017, April). Evidence-based practice journal club: Intervention for critical appraisal and clinical decision-making skills. Paper presentation at the Spring 2017 National Council on Rehabilitation Education conference, “Rehabilitation Counseling Education: Embarking on the New Road Ahead,” Anaheim, CA.

  • Clark, C., Groehler, J., Harris, A., Maxwell, A., & Perry, K. (2017, April). Inclusion from mainstream classrooms and effects on social skills of individuals with autism: A pilot study. Poster presentation at the Spring 2017 National Council on Rehabilitation Education Conference, “Rehabilitation Counseling Education: Embarking on the New Road Ahead,” Anaheim, CA.

 PREVIOUS POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, Idaho Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Boise, ID 2017- 2021

  • CAP I/II: Clinical Support Unit/Intensive Care Unit, St. Luke’s Hospital, Boise, ID 2010- 2014

  • Support Associate: Intensive Care Unit, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID 2008- 2010

  • Extended Resource Room Aide, West Ada School District/Pioneer Elementary, Meridian, ID  2006-2008

  • Child Care Assistant, Nampa Recreation Center, Nampa, ID 2006 – 2008