Utah DHS - Evaluating Juveniles for Competency to Proceed in Delinquency Matters

Custom training curriculum for Utah Department of Human Services
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18 Hours | 18 CEs

This training begins with the legal concepts and foundations of competency to proceed in juvenile court and ends with training around report writing and providing effective courtroom testimony. In between, participants will walk through the literature and procedures necessary to conduct effective and developmentally-sensitive evaluations of juveniles facing adjudication in Utah's juvenile courts.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

  • Describe the best practices in conducting juvenile adjudicative competence evaluations & Legal Standards

  • Describe forensic concepts, and models for thinking about juvenile adjudicative competence

  • Describe the body of empirical research related to the issue of juvenile adjudicative competence

  • Describe the role of normal childhood development in conducting developmentally sensitive juvenile adjudicative competence evaluations

  • Describe the role of developmental psychopathology in conducting developmentally sensitive juvenile adjudicative competence evaluations

  • Describe key elements in conducting a developmentally sensitive competence interview of a juvenile

  • Describe the strengths of using various Forensic Assessment Instruments in the evaluation of juvenile adjudicative competence

  • Describe the weaknesses of using various Forensic Assessment Instruments in the evaluation of juvenile adjudicative competence

  • Describe the steps in forming opinions relevant to juvenile adjudicative competence

  • Describe the key elements of a juvenile adjudicative competence report that meets best practice standards & the current approaches to remediating incompetence with juveniles

  • Intended Audience

    This self-paced course is intended for competency evaluators working for Utah's Department of Human Services.

  • Experience Level

    This self-paced course is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level practitioners.

  • CE / CPD Credit

    APA, ASWB, CPA, NBCC Click here for state and other regional board approvals.

Curriculum

    1. Overview

    1. Lesson 1 Video

    2. Lesson 1 Quiz

    1. Lesson 2 Video

    2. Worksheet for Developmentally Appropriate Interviewing

    3. Submit your completed worksheet here

    4. Lesson 2 Quiz

    1. Lesson 3 Video

    2. Sample Case 1 - Evaluation Report - Referral & Evaluation Procedures

    3. Lesson 3 Quiz

    1. Lesson 4 Video

    2. Lesson 4 Quiz

    1. Lesson 5 Video

    2. Blank JACI Protocol Form

    3. JACI Role-Play Case Reference

    4. Lesson 5 Quiz

About this course

  • Free
  • 52 lessons
  • 15.5 hours of video content

Presented By

Dr. Ivan Kruh

Partner, National Youth Screening and Assessment Partners Ivan Kruh, PhD

Ivan Kruh received his PhD in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Psychology & Law from the University of Alabama in 1998 and subsequently completed fellowship training in forensic psychology through the University of Washington. For ten years, he was the Director of Juvenile Forensic Mental Health Services for Washington State and directed a Juvenile Forensic Psychology fellowship through the University of Washington. He has offered juvenile forensic mental health evaluations privately in Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut since 2012. Dr. Kruh specializes in the conduct and coordination of evaluations of juvenile competency to proceed (JCTP) and has co-authored two manuals with Thomas Grisso regarding creation of state standards for these evaluations. He has provided training, quality assurance and technical assistance for a variety of state agencies nationally since 2010, all aimed at supporting the day-to-day provision of high quality juvenile forensic mental health evaluations.

Supervisor of training and certification for forensic evaluation at the Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH) Lindsey North, PhD

Dr. North is the supervisor of training and certification for forensic evaluation at the Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH). She completed formal clinical and forensic training at Sam Houston State University and Arkansas State Hospital, as well as postdoctoral hours in neuropsychological assessment and research at the Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Currently, she conducts forensic evaluation of juveniles and adults, supervises forensic evaluators at DSAMH and forensic interns in the APA accredited internship program at the Utah State Hospital, and works with forensic administrators and national experts to develop and restructure the Utah forensic system and to provide annual and supplemental training to forensic evaluators and other stakeholders in Utah.

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