2021 Intellectual Disability Uncovering, Evaluating, and Cha...
Article by Emily Paavola: Protecting People w/ ID from Wrong...
INTRODUCTION
Mission & Course Objectives
Course Format: How it Works & What to Expect
NAPD Academy Confidentiality Agreement
WEEK ONE TOPIC: THE LAW OF ID & LEGAL STRATEGY
Featured Speaker: Emily Paavola, Esq.
Emily's power point: ID Legal Strategy
Emily Paavola Presentation (Recorded) - Intro & Le...
WEEK ONE: ASSIGNED READING & VIDEOS
Landmark US Supreme Court Decisions, including lin...
Current Medical Definitions
Role & Responsibility of the Capital Defense Team
Best Practices for Atkins Investigations: AAIDD
Risk Factors: Articulated by the AAIDD
Types of Experts Needed to Prepare an ID Claim
Tips for Working with ID Experts
Storytelling: 3 Case Studies
Introduction to Clients (2 min)
James: Looks Can be Deceiving (Stereotypes& Maskin...
Scope of the Atkins Investigation: Three Generatio...
Robert (Three Generation Pedigree) (3 min)
WEEK ONE: EXERCISE
Assignment: Identify the "Special Risks for Wrongf...
Assignment: Risk Factor Chart
Week-One Reference Materials
Article by Emily Paavola: Protecting People w/ ID ...
Information about Tests Commonly Discussed in Atki...
A Practitioner’s Guide to Defending Capital Client...
Helpful Caselaw & Summaries
Sample Pleading: Pre-Trial Motion to Bar Death Pen...
Sample risk factor chart: Robert
US v. Farad Roland
US v. Davis
US v. Paul Hardy
US v. Antun Lewis
US v. Joseph Smith
US v. Bryan Nelson
US v. Shannon Shields
END OF WEEK ONE
WEEK TWO TOPIC: "The ID Mindset"
Featured Speaker: Juliet Yackel
Juliet Yackel Presentation (Recorded) - Stereotype...
WEEK TWO: Assigned Reading & Videos
Matthew Williams TED Talks (14 min)
Common Misconceptions
Overcoming Stereotypes
College Opportunities for Students with Intellectu...
Interviewing Benefactors: "The Benevolent Conspira...
Investigating Strengths (James - the "Preacher") (...
Identifying supports
Tim (supports & benefactors -- and what happens wh...
Tim Appears More Capable With Supports (Benefactor...
Vulnerability in Co-Defendant Cases
Vulnerable to Exploitation & Abuse in Custody and ...
Masking: Heightened in a Capital Case
WEEK TWO: EXERCISES
Assignment: Identify Supports in Your Case
Week-Two Reference Materials
Link to order the book "The Cloak of Competency"
Post High School Outcomes of Adults with Disabilit...
Medical Definitions of "The Developmental Period"
SAMPLE Supports Chart - Adam Smith
Status report re: Robert
Measuring Intellectual Functioning and Adaptive Be...
California lawmakers vote to expand ban on death p...
WEEK THREE: ADAPTIVE FUNCTIONING - Part 1
FEATURED SPEAKER: DR. Daniel Reschly
Week Three: Assigned Reading & Videos
Definition: The Three Domains of Adaptive Function...
4 Key Concepts: Adaptive Functioning
Selecting Informants for Adaptive Functioning Inte...
Case Example: list of informants interviewed in Ro...
The Conceptual Domain
Locating School & Special Education Records
A Complete Special Education File Includes
How to Locate Missing & "Destroyed" Records (5 min...
How to Build an Educational History without Record...
Birmingham City Schools Letter
Reading & Analyzing School Records
Case memo: A School Official says the "Broken Syst...
Racial Bias: Against Referring Black Males to Spec...
The Social Domain
Gullibility & Naïveté
The Practical Domain
Interviewing for Adaptive Functioning
Co-Occurring Mental Disorders
The Crime
WEEK THREE: EXERCISES
Assignments this Week: Choose One of the Three Opt...
Option #1: Adaptive Functioning Chart
Option #2: Educational Snapshot
Option 3: Identify areas to investigate in your c...
WEEK THREE: REFERENCE MATERIALS
Assessing Mild ID: Issues and Best Practices (Book...
Reference Materials from Dr. Reschly
Sample Educational Snapshot
Amicus Brief: Moore v. Texas (most recent USSC cas...
Amici Brief from AAIDD and ARC in Moore v. Texas ...
Systemic Failure in Los Angeles Schools: Chanda Sm...
Systemic Failure in Chicago Schools (Corey H. laws...
Corey H. Lawsuit (Chicago - summary of the case)
Webster v. Watson (ID case decided on September 22...
Pre-hearing Brief filed in Webster
WEEK FOUR: ADAPTIVE FUNCTiONING - Part 2
FEATURED SPEAKER: Jim Patton
WEEK FOUR: ASSIGNED READING & VIDEOS
WEEK FOUR: EXERCISES
Assignment: Storytelling & Vignettes
Assignment: Supporting the Client
WEEK FOUR: RESOURCES
Informal Adaptive Behavior Inventory (by Jim Patto...
Mental Retardation: Determining Eligibility for So...
WEEK FIVE: IQ - Measurement of Intellectual Functi...
Featured Expert: Dr. Greg Olley
Dr. Olley's Powerpoint
WEEK FIVE: ASSIGNED READING & VIDEOS
IQ Scores: locating all historical scores
Raw Data: What is it, How we get it, and Why do we...
IQ Scores: Key Concepts (SEM, Flynn Effect, Practi...
Three Steps to Examine and "Correct" an IQ Score
Example: How to Correct an Obtained IQ Score
Multiple IQ Scores
First, Investigate!
Malingering
The Wilson Case: A Federal Judge Shows How It's Do...
US v. Ronell Wilson (detailed discussion of IQ sco...
Evaluating ID after the Moore v. Texas Redux (best...
Texas Forensic Puente 04.10.15.pdf
Immigrant guidelines.docx
WEEK FIVE: EXERCISES
Assignment #1: Practice "Correcting" IQ Scores fro...
Assignment #2: "Correct" the obtained IQ scores in...
Assignment #3: Update your Atkins Investigation Pl...
WEEK FIVE: REFERENCE MATERIALS
Evaluating Intellectual Disability: Clinical Asses...
Knowledge & Experience Required for Experts in Atk...
Behavior in Adult Forensic Cases: Use of Adaptive ...
Ethical Implications of Practice Effect: Mental Re...
2013 Burgaleta IQ changes.pdf
Vance 1987 Comparison of WISC-R and WAIS-R.pdf
Nagle WISC-R and WAIS in EMR 16yo 1979.pdf
Rubin 1985 Comparison of WISC-R WAIS-R in MR.pdf
Rubin 1990 Follow up comparison of WISC-R WAIS-R.p...
simon and clopton WAIS and WAIS-R.pdf
2016 Byre Cross-nationality use of assessment inst...
2017 Drevan Nonverbal and language-reduced measure...
WEEK SIX: Storytelling Inside the Case
FEATURED SPEAKER: Richard Jasper
WEEK SIX: ASSIGNED READING & VIDEOS
Story Example: Pre-Natal Risk Factors (3 min)
Documenting the Client's Birth (4 min)
WEEK SIX: REFERENCE MATERIALS
BONUS SESSION: FETAL ALCOHOL
Stamping Out Stigma:Establishing the Maternal Alco...
Pre-Natal Alcohol Exposure: An assessment strategy...
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Implications for ...
Ethnic and cultural factors in identifying Fetal A...
Suggestibility and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder...
Legal & psychological implications of nondisclosur...
Amicus Brief: National Organization of FAS
BONUS SESSION: EVALUATING FOREIGN NATIONALS
Featured Speakers: Dhyana Fernandez & Joe Flood
Presentation in 2020 (Recorded)
Intellectual_disability_across_cultures.pdf
Role of Culture in the Lives of People with Intell...
Cultural Competency
BONUS SESSION: THE "ATKINS" QUALIFIED MITIGATION S...
Amicus Brief by the American Bar Association (Moor...
Amicus Brief American Psychological Association (M...
Amicus Brief by APA (Atkins v. Virginia/ McCarver...
Amicus Brief: Penry v. Lynaugh (1989)
FINAL COURSE EVALUATION
Evaluation: Intellectual Disability - Uncovering, ...
Mental Retardation: Determining Eligibility for So...
How to Become an "Atkins" Qualified Mitigation Spe...
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2021 Intellectual Disability Uncovering, Evaluating, and Changing Outcomes
Content
INTRODUCTION
Mission & Course Objectives
Course Format: How it Works & What to Expect
NAPD Academy Confidentiality Agreement
WEEK ONE TOPIC: THE LAW OF ID & LEGAL STRATEGY
Featured Speaker: Emily Paavola, Esq.
Emily's power point: ID Legal Strategy
Emily Paavola Presentation (Recorded) - Intro & Legal Overview
WEEK ONE: ASSIGNED READING & VIDEOS
Landmark US Supreme Court Decisions, including links to the decisions
Current Medical Definitions
Role & Responsibility of the Capital Defense Team
sample
Best Practices for Atkins Investigations: AAIDD
Risk Factors: Articulated by the AAIDD
Types of Experts Needed to Prepare an ID Claim
Tips for Working with ID Experts
Storytelling: 3 Case Studies
Introduction to Clients (2 min)
James: Looks Can be Deceiving (Stereotypes& Masking) (3 min)
Scope of the Atkins Investigation: Three Generation Pedigree
Robert (Three Generation Pedigree) (3 min)
WEEK ONE: EXERCISE
Assignment: Identify the "Special Risks for Wrongful Execution" in Your Case
Assignment: Risk Factor Chart
Week-One Reference Materials
Article by Emily Paavola: Protecting People w/ ID from Wrongful Execution
sample
Information about Tests Commonly Discussed in Atkins Cases
A Practitioner’s Guide to Defending Capital Clients Who Have Mental Retardation
Helpful Caselaw & Summaries
Sample Pleading: Pre-Trial Motion to Bar Death Penalty Due to ID
Sample risk factor chart: Robert
US v. Farad Roland
US v. Davis
US v. Paul Hardy
US v. Antun Lewis
US v. Joseph Smith
US v. Bryan Nelson
US v. Shannon Shields
END OF WEEK ONE
WEEK TWO TOPIC: "The ID Mindset"
Featured Speaker: Juliet Yackel
Juliet Yackel Presentation (Recorded) - Stereotypes & Misconceptions
WEEK TWO: Assigned Reading & Videos
Matthew Williams TED Talks (14 min)
Common Misconceptions
Overcoming Stereotypes
College Opportunities for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (2 min)
Interviewing Benefactors: "The Benevolent Conspiracy"
Investigating Strengths (James - the "Preacher") (3 min)
Identifying supports
Tim (supports & benefactors -- and what happens when they are gone) (4 min)
Tim Appears More Capable With Supports (Benefactors) (3.5 min)
Vulnerability in Co-Defendant Cases
Vulnerable to Exploitation & Abuse in Custody and Supports Needed from Team
Masking: Heightened in a Capital Case
WEEK TWO: EXERCISES
Assignment: Identify Supports in Your Case
Week-Two Reference Materials
Link to order the book "The Cloak of Competency"
Post High School Outcomes of Adults with Disabilities
Medical Definitions of "The Developmental Period"
SAMPLE Supports Chart - Adam Smith
Status report re: Robert
Measuring Intellectual Functioning and Adaptive Behavior in Determining ID
California lawmakers vote to expand ban on death penalty - Los Angeles Times.
WEEK THREE: ADAPTIVE FUNCTIONING - Part 1
FEATURED SPEAKER: DR. Daniel Reschly
Week Three: Assigned Reading & Videos
Definition: The Three Domains of Adaptive Functioning
4 Key Concepts: Adaptive Functioning
Selecting Informants for Adaptive Functioning Interviews
Case Example: list of informants interviewed in Robert's case
The Conceptual Domain
Locating School & Special Education Records
A Complete Special Education File Includes
How to Locate Missing & "Destroyed" Records (5 min)
How to Build an Educational History without Records (it can be done!)
Birmingham City Schools Letter
Reading & Analyzing School Records
Case memo: A School Official says the "Broken System" Failed the Client
Racial Bias: Against Referring Black Males to Special Ed
The Social Domain
Gullibility & Naïveté
The Practical Domain
Interviewing for Adaptive Functioning
Co-Occurring Mental Disorders
The Crime
WEEK THREE: EXERCISES
Assignments this Week: Choose One of the Three Options
Option #1: Adaptive Functioning Chart
Option #2: Educational Snapshot
Option 3: Identify areas to investigate in your case regarding schools
WEEK THREE: REFERENCE MATERIALS
Assessing Mild ID: Issues and Best Practices (Book Chapter by Dr. Reschly)
Reference Materials from Dr. Reschly
Sample Educational Snapshot
Amicus Brief: Moore v. Texas (most recent USSC case regarding ID)
Amici Brief from AAIDD and ARC in Moore v. Texas (2017)
Systemic Failure in Los Angeles Schools: Chanda Smith Consent Decree
Systemic Failure in Chicago Schools (Corey H. lawsuit)
Corey H. Lawsuit (Chicago - summary of the case)
Webster v. Watson (ID case decided on September 22, 2020)
Pre-hearing Brief filed in Webster
WEEK FOUR: ADAPTIVE FUNCTiONING - Part 2
FEATURED SPEAKER: Jim Patton
WEEK FOUR: ASSIGNED READING & VIDEOS
WEEK FOUR: EXERCISES
Assignment: Storytelling & Vignettes
Assignment: Supporting the Client
WEEK FOUR: RESOURCES
Informal Adaptive Behavior Inventory (by Jim Patton)
Mental Retardation: Determining Eligibility for Social Security Benefits (2002)
WEEK FIVE: IQ - Measurement of Intellectual Functioning...
Featured Expert: Dr. Greg Olley
Dr. Olley's Powerpoint
WEEK FIVE: ASSIGNED READING & VIDEOS
IQ Scores: locating all historical scores
Raw Data: What is it, How we get it, and Why do we care?
IQ Scores: Key Concepts (SEM, Flynn Effect, Practice Effect)
Three Steps to Examine and "Correct" an IQ Score
Example: How to Correct an Obtained IQ Score
Multiple IQ Scores
First, Investigate!
Malingering
The Wilson Case: A Federal Judge Shows How It's Done
US v. Ronell Wilson (detailed discussion of IQ scores & Hall v. Florida)
Evaluating ID after the Moore v. Texas Redux (best practices for evaluators)
Texas Forensic Puente 04.10.15.pdf
Immigrant guidelines.docx
WEEK FIVE: EXERCISES
Assignment #1: Practice "Correcting" IQ Scores from a sample case
Assignment #2: "Correct" the obtained IQ scores in your case
Assignment #3: Update your Atkins Investigation Plan - emphasis on IQ Scores
WEEK FIVE: REFERENCE MATERIALS
Evaluating Intellectual Disability: Clinical Assessment in Atkins Cases
Knowledge & Experience Required for Experts in Atkins Cases
Behavior in Adult Forensic Cases: Use of Adaptive Behavior Assessment System-II
Ethical Implications of Practice Effect: Mental Retardation Claims Capital Cases
2013 Burgaleta IQ changes.pdf
Vance 1987 Comparison of WISC-R and WAIS-R.pdf
Nagle WISC-R and WAIS in EMR 16yo 1979.pdf
Rubin 1985 Comparison of WISC-R WAIS-R in MR.pdf
Rubin 1990 Follow up comparison of WISC-R WAIS-R.pdf
simon and clopton WAIS and WAIS-R.pdf
2016 Byre Cross-nationality use of assessment instruments.pdf
2017 Drevan Nonverbal and language-reduced measure of cognitive abiliity.pdf
WEEK SIX: Storytelling Inside the Case
FEATURED SPEAKER: Richard Jasper
WEEK SIX: ASSIGNED READING & VIDEOS
Story Example: Pre-Natal Risk Factors (3 min)
Documenting the Client's Birth (4 min)
WEEK SIX: REFERENCE MATERIALS
BONUS SESSION: FETAL ALCOHOL
Stamping Out Stigma:Establishing the Maternal Alcohol History of Birth Mother
Pre-Natal Alcohol Exposure: An assessment strategy for the legal context
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Implications for attorneys and the Courts
Ethnic and cultural factors in identifying Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Suggestibility and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Legal & psychological implications of nondisclosure in adoption of child w/ FASD
Amicus Brief: National Organization of FAS
BONUS SESSION: EVALUATING FOREIGN NATIONALS
Featured Speakers: Dhyana Fernandez & Joe Flood
Presentation in 2020 (Recorded)
Intellectual_disability_across_cultures.pdf
Role of Culture in the Lives of People with Intellectual Disability
Cultural Competency
BONUS SESSION: THE "ATKINS" QUALIFIED MITIGATION SPECIA...
Amicus Brief by the American Bar Association (Moore v. Texas)
Amicus Brief American Psychological Association (Moore v. Texas)
Amicus Brief by APA (Atkins v. Virginia/ McCarver v. North Carolina)
Amicus Brief: Penry v. Lynaugh (1989)
FINAL COURSE EVALUATION
Evaluation: Intellectual Disability - Uncovering, Evaluating & Changing Outcomes
Mental Retardation: Determining Eligibility for Social Security Benefits (2002) (clone)
How to Become an "Atkins" Qualified Mitigation Specialist (63 min)
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