LIVE: Atkins Evaluations: Procedures, Psychometrics, and Recommendations
December 8, 2023 | 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific
December 8, 2023
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Pacific
4 Hours | 4 CEs
Live Virtual Training via Zoom
Mark Cunningham, PhD, ABPP presents a live virtual professional training program on Atkins Evaluations: Procedures, Psychometrics, and Recommendations in partnership with the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP).
Atkins assessments are the only psycholegal issue where the diagnosis is dispositive. The associated diagnostic findings are a matter of life and death. Psychometric and assessment sophistication in conducting and interpreting the evaluation are essential.
This all-level workshop is directed toward fostering these skills. Instruction will include case law, evolutions in diagnostic criteria, primary evaluation elements, psychometric considerations, effort testing, nature and assessment of adaptive skill deficits, etiology and onset, and presentation of findings in reports and testimony. These will be illustrated with case examples.
The workshop is intended for forensic psychologists conducting or contemplating Atkins assessments. Other interested audiences include forensic psychologists, more broadly; forensic psychiatrists and fellows; clinical and forensic psychology graduate students, interns, and fellows; attorneys representing capital defendants or special populations; and social workers conducting mitigation and sentencing evaluations.
Program Outline:
- Recent evolutions in diagnostic criteria
- DSM
- AAIDD
- Case law
- Evaluation elements
- Psychometric considerations
- Standard error of measurement
- Other sources of error
- Norm obsolescence
- Test specific factors
- Effort assessment
- Assessment of Adaptive Skill Deficits
- Conceptualizations and cautions
- Adaptive skill scales
- Interviewing for anecdotal detail
- Etiology and onset
- Reports and testimony
- Findings based on Atkins reports
- Powerpoint slides in Atkins's testimony
Intended Audience
This live program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals.
Experience Level
This live program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Presented By
Mark Cunningham, PhD, ABPP
Mark D. Cunningham, Ph.D., ABPP is a Seattle-based, board-certified clinical and forensic psychologist, researcher, and prolific scholar, authoring more than 60 publications that have been cited an aggregate of 1800+ times in the scholarly literature, as well as by SCOTUS (Moore v. Texas, 2017) and ...
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe how diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability have evolved in recent editions of DSM and AAIDD
Describe five sources/procedures in Atkins assessments
Describe three psychometric considerations in interpreting IQ scores
Describe six considerations in assessing adaptive skill deficits
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Have a sudden change of plans and are unable to attend live? No worries, you will be given access to the on-demand version of the program once available.
Event Conduct
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Program Partner
American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP)
We are proud to partner with the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP) for this training. AAFP is a non-profit organization of board-certified forensic psychologists whose mission is to contribute to the development and maintenance of forensic psychology as a specialized field of study, research, and practice. The Academy does this by providing high-quality continuing education workshops, providing a forum for the exchange of scientific information among its members, and conferring awards upon outstanding students and practitioners in the field of forensic psychology.
CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.