Vocational Rehabilitation Services Glossary

This glossary is provided as a service to users of the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) manuals by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). It represents TWC's best effort to provide a centralized index of useful and important terms appearing in the VR manuals. This glossary does not represent TWC policy and is merely intended to be a tool to assist counselors, staff, and customers to better navigate the detailed text within the VR manuals.

TWC will update this material as necessary to incorporate changes to manuals, rules, statutes or regulations. Definitions within the manuals, rules, statutes or regulations, as appropriate, will control over the indexed terms herein. Please note that some glossary definitions are followed by a number indicating a footnote at the bottom of the page.

If you have any questions regarding the application of a term in this document to your circumstances, or if you identify any inconsistencies in the use of terms or the content in this document, please email the VRSM Support email box at vrsm.support@twc.state.tx.us .

The following words and terms, when used in TWC-VR, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

504 Plan A school's written statement of services provided in accordance with Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is called a 504 Plan. Section 504 requires school districts that receive federal funding to provide a "free and appropriate public education" to each qualified student with a disability who is in the school district's jurisdiction, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability. Appropriate educational services are designed to meet the individual needs of such students to the same extent as the needs of students without disabilities are met.

Abuse The negligent or willful act or omission by a person of mental, emotional or physical injury to a child, a person 65 year of age or older, or a person with a disability with resulting harm or risk of harm, as defined in Texas Family Code §261.001 and Texas Human Resources Code §48.002. Abuse may include physical, sexual or emotional abuse.

Acquired brain injury

An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma. Examples of acquired brain injury traumatic and non-traumatic include stroke, an injury caused by an external force, near drowning, hypoxic or anoxic brain injury, tumor, neurotoxins, electric shock, and lightning strike.

Action item

Message or reminder created by ReHabWorks or entered by VR staff to request that a task be performed or to inform an individual of or document an event in a case .

Action list

List of action items for a caseload or individual.

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