LIVE: Sanism Separate from Other Biases
January 18, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
January 18, 2024
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Pacific
1.5 Hours | 1.5 CEs
Live Training Via Zoom
Michael Perlin, JD and Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD present a live virtual professional training program on Sanism Separate from Other Biases in partnership with the Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates, LLC.
In this program, the presenters explain the pervasiveness of sanism in all aspects of the forensic mental disability law process -- from arrests and the charging process through forensic witness assessments through pretrial, trial, and appeals stages, and most importantly, through all aspects of the courtroom trial process with particular focus on the roles of prosecutors, defense counsel, judges, and court personnel.
This program is intended for professionals at any stage in their careers. Persons that would benefit from this training include attorneys, mental health care workers, clinicians, and anyone who works in the criminal justice field and encounters persons with a mental, developmental, or intellectual disability. Environments include correctional facilities, courtrooms, academic institutions, hospitals, and private practice.
Program Outline:
- What is sanism?
- How does sanism intersect with cognitive heuristics and false "ordinary common sense?
- How is sanism similar and dissimilar to other biases
- Examples of sanism and interactivity demonstrating common perceptions of vulnerable populations
- Sanism in the judicial process
- What are the results of its impact on the forensic judicial process?
- How does it affect each "player" in the forensic process?
- Highlight particular case law that demonstrates sanism's impact on persons with a mental disability or developmental disability.
- What is therapeutic jurisprudence?
- How does therapeutic jurisprudence serve as the best means for responding to sanism?
- What are the best practices for eliminating sanism?
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
Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD
Heather Ellis Cucolo is a Distinguished Adjunct professor of law and the facilitator of the joint JD/MA program with John Jay College of Criminal Justice, at New York Law School (NYLS). She is also an adjunct professor in the JM Program at Emory University School of Law, and a Fellowship faculty mem...
Presented By
Michael Perlin, JD
Michael L. Perlin is Professor of Law Emeritus at New York Law School (NYLS), founding director of NYLS’s Online Mental Disability Law Program, and founding director of NYLS’s International Mental Disability Law Reform Project in its Justice Action Center. He is also the co-founder of Mental Disabil...
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe the meaning of sanism and how it permeates all of forensic mental disability law
Describe how sanism is similar and dissimilar from other social biases
Describe how the use of cognitive heuristics and false "ordinary common sense" exacerbates sanism's harms
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Program Partner
Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates (MDLPA)
We are proud to partner with Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates, LLC for this training. MDLPA is a boutique educational training company that offers specialized mental disability law consulting, the creation or enhancement of distance learning programs, in-house or online courses, and day or weekend training seminars to reputable organizations, educational institutions, professional groups, and advocacy groups focused on providing advanced knowledge and skills to persons working with marginalized populations.
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