National Issues related to Competency Restoration and Ohio’s Response: Implementation of SB2

November 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 12th, 2021 the OHIO Mental Health and Addiction Services Department of Forensic Services will offer their annual professional education conference, this year focusing on the changes in the Ohio statute language for competency restoration, and the populations that this will most likely impact. TO REGISTER:  https://concept.paloaltou.edu/2021-ohiomhas/ November 2nd, 2021, ElizabethContinue reading “National Issues related to Competency Restoration and Ohio’s Response: Implementation of SB2”

Systemic Inequities in Forensic Evaluations

The Ohio Forensic Center Directors Association is proud to partner with Concept Continuing and Professional Studies and Palo Alto University to present Systemic Inequities in Forensic Evaluations Over the last year, there has been a nationwide awakening to racial and discriminatory injustices against minorities in this country. Laws have been changed and policies have beenContinue reading “Systemic Inequities in Forensic Evaluations”

What “reasonable (professional) certainty” Isn’t

For the National Commission on Forensic Science Recommendation on this topic click here. Reasonable (Medical, Psychological, Scientific, Professional) Certainty Terry Kukor, Ph.D., ABPP, and Meredith Veltri, Ph.D., ABPPNetcare Forensic CenterJune 2019 As best as can be determined, the “reasonable degree of certainty” formulation was first applied to scientific evidence in 1935, when a witness wasContinue reading “What “reasonable (professional) certainty” Isn’t”