|
SEMINARS
Our team is experienced in providing seminars and workshops for mental health and legal professionals. We have many multimedia presentations available, and we are happy to customize a training experience that meets your needs.
We will come to your site and provide a training experience for your staff. We have full day, half day, and one hour training sessions.
A Legal Professional's Guide to Risk Assessment This 90 minute course covers the essential elements of risk essessment. Violence and sexual risk literature is briefly reviewed, followed by information about psychopathy, the basics of actuarial instruments, and the current standard of practice for risk assessors.
This workshop is a brief a brief discussion perfect for a bag lunch seminar or short informational session. It covers basic information about common mistakes made by attorneys who face mental health experts in court, and ways in which they can avoid these errors in the future.
This half-day, CLE approved training covers a variety of issues that plague attorneys dealing with mental health reports and witnesses, including a review of relevant case law, information about psychological testing, strategies for recognizing problems in mental health reports, and information about qualifications of psychological experts.
Understanding Mental Illness
This seminar is for people working in environments with individuals who suffer from mental illness, family members seeking understanding of mental illness and its progression, or legal professionals seeking a basic understanding of the ways in which mental illnesses impact the individuals who suffer from them.
What a Forensic Psychologist Can Do for your Case
This workshop is intended for legal professionals. Are you making the most of your cases involving psychological issues? Are you uncertain how to evaluate the quality of a psychological report? This seminar covers the many ways a forensic psychologist can be helpful to your case, including reviewing psychological reports, examining reported results of psychological testing and actuarial instruments, and developing cross-examination strategies.
This training is intended for legal and/or mental health professionals. It provides information about ethical guidelines for forensic psychologists/psychiatrists, and it highlights common mistakes made by individuals practicing in the forensic mental health arena.
This presentation is intended for legal and mental health professionals. Topics include a brief history of competency to stand trial, relevant case law and the legal standards, components of competency to stand trial, assessment methodology and procedures, and communicating the competency results in court.
This presentation is intended for legal and forensic mental health professionals. It focuses on conducting criminal responsibility evaluations. Topics addressed include the role of the forensic examiner, nuances of the concepts of nature and wrongfulness, common errors made by individuals providing these opinions. Additionally, what constitutes moral wrongfulness will be explored.
This presentation is intended for legal and mental health professionals. It addresses the historical underpinnings and the current state of the juvenile justice system in Minnesota. The nature of juvenile evaluations is explained. Areas include competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, extended juvenile jurisdiction, adult certification, psychosexual, and risk assessment. In addition, recommendations on how to work with a juvenile defendant will be covered.
|
