Comparison to Traditional Rehabilitation

Traditional Approach	Rehab on Site
Offsite	Actual Worksite
Milieu "sick/illness" medical setting	Real work environment, peer and supervisory support.
Simulated work tasks	Real work with own machinery/equipment.
Disability legitimatized	Work identity of the employee maintained.
Medical personnel predominant	Employee-Employer participation and control.
Inadequate knowledge of the job and working conditions	Actual job observed by therapist. Better communication. Clinically supervised task progression. More accurate functional assessments.
Cost removed from site	Cost at site results in more accountability and control